Requested by the Winnipeg Foundation for the purpose of analyzing donor’s patterns & preferences.
The Foundation wanted to be able to obtain information available from current internal data sources through a very difficult and time-consuming process. The students’ main challenge was the obtaining of donation information as a function of time (several different perspectives).
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The Flood Mapper Project was requested by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for the purpose of creating a proof of concept application that could be used to show the value of collecting LIDAR data. The Flood Mapper program itself was used to analyze the different watershed areas in Manitoba along the Red River basin.
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“CONGRATULATIONS TO NELSON NYALUGWE”
This is a note the Teacher Education Department received from an alumni who acquired his Technical Vocational Diploma: International in the Enhancing TEVET Outcomes (ETO) Project. Nelson continued on to University of Malawi successfully completing a Bachelors’ degree and sent the following note:
“Greetings from your former COHORT “A” student in Malawi. I just want to let you know that The MIGHTY Red River College Diploma earned me an entry into University of Malawi and I passed my Bachelors’ Degree in Technical Education. Next, I am pursuing a Mecatronics Diploma Course in Automobile right here, pending final exams in December this 2012.”
“I always remember you honourable mentors for the great wisdom pumped in us that propels me to date. My caliber had trembled making me surmount any educational obstacle. Hostly speaking, you really sharpened us and I can see myself riding to further heights should the opportunity arises.”
Convey my Warm regards to Sir and Mrs. Don Rencz, Ms Janis Hamm.
I should visit you in my life time should the opportunity befall on me.
May God Bless. Nelson Solomon Nyalugwe
From the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday July 21, 2012:
On Friday, politicians from all three levels of government gathered on the south side of the Millennium Library to celebrate the $4.3-million reconstruction of a public space once deemed a dangerous and dingy corner of downtown, owing to the absence of sidewalks and high fences that cut it off from Donald and Smith streets.
Full article at http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/library-parks-opening-better-late-than-never-163273116.html
Learning Innovation Awards are given for innovation in three broad areas:
Teacher Education Learning Innovation: Building a Graduation Tradition
After 38 years Ross Sundmark is retiring. The Graphic Design Program is losing a great resource and friend.
There will be a friends and industry event Thursday June 14, 5 pm at the King’s Head. Come out and share your stories.
Relational nursing involves a process of inquiry. We have already seen how the nurse inquires about Joe’s and his family’s experience. Other areas of inquiry that Suzette will consider are empirical knowledge – what are the current best practices for management of diabetes? What does she need to know in order to competently manage Joe’s physical health needs? She thinks about ethics – what is the right or moral thing to do when there is pressure to discharge Joe before everything is ready for follow-up in the community? She also examines her own experiences, beliefs, values and ideology – for instance, has she allowed her ideas about “compliance” to affect the way she has responded to Joe? Self-observation is key to being able to consciously choose the best actions in a particular situation.
So what has this meant for Joe and his family? Joe’s physical health needs have been competently cared for, and they have felt respected and listened to. They trust Suzette and are willing to hear the recommendations she has for them. Safety has been maintained, and Joe’s concerns have been attended to. Joe feels empowered to manage his health better, and his family feels ready to support him.
We are exploring the story of Joe, whose nurse Suzette practices relational nursing. In relational nursing practice, nurses look for “how people, situations, contexts, environments and processes are integrally connecting and shaping each other” (Doane & Varcoe, 2005). So Suzette inquires about the connections and influences that shape Joe’s health and illness experience. She notes that he is from an ethnic minority group, lives in a poor neighbourhood, and is on disability leave from his job. He has a large extended family who visits him frequently. Joe’s wife and family are experiencing his illness as very frightening and overwhelming. Suzette offers the family support and resources.
Joe states that he hasn’t gone to his doctor because he feels discriminated against at the clinic. Suzette considers how this has hampered his illness management, and supports Joe and his family in thinking of ways to address this concern. Cultural safety is an important part of relational practice, and means going beyond cultural awareness or sensitivity, to actively promote respectful and supportive practices and systems.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of Joe’s story!
Reference: Doane, G.H. & Varcoe, C. (2005) Family nursing as relational practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Thanks to everyone who attended the displays of National Nursing week in the Library Hallway. The event proved to be a sampling of what the nursing life is like at Red River College including a look at some of the skills of nurses, the job roles, and the program development of the RRC Baccalaureate Nursing Program. Special thanks to Instructor Tracey Wozney for spearheading the organization of the day and to the many student and staff volunteers who answered questions from our guests and participants. Please enjoy a sampling of photos from the event.
Tracey Wozney
Nursing student
Nursing Week Event May 7th and 8th
Come by the Library hallway from 11 am to 1 pm on May 7th and 8th
as we kick start the beginning of National Nursing Week.
There will be a variety of booths, information, and displays reflecting the positive impacts nurses make on the lives and well being of Canadians.
Please stop by to see what it is nursing faculty and nursing students do in the preparation of knowledgeable, competent and caring health professionals and their contributions to society as learned, innovative and thinking citizens.
There will also be pizza and pop for sale.
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.