January 4, 2017 - 3:45pm
A year-long VIU Centre for Community Outreach and Care project will see Child and Youth Care (CYC) students working on quality of life issues raised by residents of a Harewood housing complex.
VIU’s Centre for Community Outreach and Care is focused on providing practical child and family-focused learning experiences for CYC students by working with the Harewood community, where the University’s main campus is located. The project under development between the Centre and King Arthur Court will give four CYC students ue and challenging experiential learning experiences – the kind they will be able to draw on when they transition to a career in the community wellness field.
“From our perspective it was simple. King Arthur Court is VIU’s neighbour and we help our neighbours,” said Ashleigh Martinflatt, Coordinator of the Centre for Community Outreach and Care. “With the help of our community partners and our Child and Youth Care students, we are going to do what we can to bring the suggestions that came from the people who live there to life and at the same time provide exceptional practicum work experiences for our students.”
*This article originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2016 issue of VIU Magazine. Check out more stories from the latest issue of VIU Magazine here.
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