We are proud to announce that Dr. Akhshik, Program Manager from the Research and Innovation team at St. Clair College, will be one of the featured speakers at an exciting event on November 6th. This online event will bring together thought leaders to discuss key topics that drive innovation and research.
Date: Wednesday, Nov 06
Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Location: Online
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Dr. Akhshik and other experts!
Register here: Event Registration
Dr. Karamjeet Dhillon and Ms. Sonja Popovski from St. Clair College’s Research and Innovation team proudly represented the college at the International Day of the Girl 2024 Breakfast Event. Hosted by Build a Dream and featuring keynote speaker Manjit Minhas, the event highlighted the importance of empowering young women to become leaders in their fields. Dr. Dhillon and Ms. Popovski engaged in meaningful discussions, addressing challenges and sharing insights on innovation and leadership. The event served as a powerful platform for advancing the dialogue on women’s leadership in technology and beyond.
Playing with LEGO has long been a favorite activity for kids and adults alike, but at St. Clair College’s STEM Robotics Summer Camp, it’s much more than just playtime – it’s an opportunity to create, innovate, and learn how to bring LEGO creations to life through technology.
Supported by a $300,000 grant from the Ontario government through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), the camp offered equity-deserving youth from community groups in Windsor-Essex a chance to explore LEGO robotics and coding during an immersive five-week program in July and August 2024.
We would like to welcome Dr. Karmie Dhillon as our new Director of Research and Innovation. Karmie offers a wealth of research experience and a dynamic leadership style. This is an exciting time for our team! Find out more about Karmie in link below.
https://karamjeetkdhillon.academia.edu/
This is an amazing scholarship opportunity for post-secondary students in Engineering, Skilled Trades, Cross-Border Logistics, & Policy Leadership, who are also interested in pursuing a career in Canada’s promising automotive industry. Deadline to apply is Sept 12.
The new St. Clair College ECE Outdoor Lab, located at the Chatham Campus, is an outdoor teaching area that offers a firsthand learning opportunity for ECE faculty, students, children, and our community. The outdoor lab extends the teaching space and allows students to gain practical learning experiences. The ECE Outdoor lab received funding from three partners: Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Chatham Kent YMCA Foundation, and St. Clair College Alumni Association.
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent funded the new lab set in a dedicated space outside the Mary Uniac building on St. Clair Colleges Chatham Campus. In the newly funded lab, the ECE students will host classes for both theory and practice based on moving the theory of outdoor research into practice. ECE students have an opportunity to conduct experiential learning in the outdoor lab on an individual basis, with peers, and with the ECE Faculty.
In the Fall of 2022, Dr. Beverlie Dietze, Director of Learning and Applied Research at Okanagan College, invited St Clair College Chatham Campus to become part of the Outdoor Pedagogy ECE Faculty Research Project, of which she is the lead researcher. Brenda Huff, ECE Professor, is the faculty participant in the Research Project representing St. Clair College. The research project explored research and practices associated with outdoor pedagogy while developing the community of practice.
“Ten colleges across Canada participated in the project, and St. Clair College is one of three Colleges from Ontario. The involvement in the research project has rooted the new outdoor lab as a focal point for our ECE program by implementing key learnings from the research project. Our ECE students gain core competencies as graduates by bringing research and practice closer together.” Mentioned Brenda Huff, ECE Professor, St. Clair College.
In late 2023, Chatham Kent YMCA Foundation donated outdoor learning materials. This donation was to add to the equipment prepared for outdoor multipurpose use with the ECE students and the community partners. In collaboration with the ECE program, the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario hosted two community events named Loose Parts in the fall and winter. These events were open to the community to attend.
Also, in late 2023, St. Angela Merici School participated as a community partner with our ECE program. This partnership included four kindergarten classrooms with a rotating schedule of visiting the ECE Outdoor Lab. The kindergarten children and their educator teams visited the outdoor lab to explore the natural setting. The student-designed curriculum invited the children to explore and learn. The opportunity deepens the practice of the ECE students to include interaction with children to plan, implement, and reflect on their prepared curriculum.
St. Clair College Alumni Association funded the purchase and installation of raised garden beds built for an Indigenous garden project.