Fleming College

 

Official Launch of C-Links Centre in the City of Kawartha Lakes

 

Community academic partnership is the foundation of over 95 Community-Links (C-Links) projects that students in the Environmental Leadership course presented this semester to advocate for an organization and issue. The top five Links project finalists will showcase their assignment to a panel of judges at the official launch of the C-Links Centre in the City of Kawartha Lakes on Thursday, December 8 at the Frost Campus. The finalists are competing for a $1,000 grant that will go to their partner organization.

Links project is a vital component of the Environmental Leadership course that offers a community based learning approach to identify and apply a personal understanding of leadership, sustainability and community in the context of natural resource sciences.

Students in the course work in teams to select a local City of Kawartha Lakes business, not-for-profit and charity organization or a municipal government group to research issues of importance to the community.

The following five team presentations advance to the finals:

1. Technology Alliance Group – Social benefits
2. Towards Balance Support Network – Timebank (Organizations time-banking)
3. Towards Balance Network – Time Bank Awareness
4. Lilac Gardens of Lindsay – Sustainable Weed Control
5. Fenelon Falls Museum – Heritage Trees

The top five C-Links finalist were selected by Fleming’s C-Links Project Coordinator Shantal Ingram and School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences faculty members Barb Elliot and Sara Kelly. Selection criteria included knowledge and understanding of their topic, research skills, and quality of their presentation through public speaking, poster board presentation and grant application. 

 

Official C-Links Launch & Links Projects

Date:  Thursday, December 8, 2011

Time:  6: 00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Refreshments to follow)

Location:  Fleming College Frost Campus, 200 Albert Street S., Lindsay, Glenn Crombie Theatre, Rm. 250

Cost:  Free

 

The Community Links (C-Links) Centre for Community-Based Education and Social Mapping in the City of Kawartha Lakes was made possible through the generous funding of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

C-Links is an organization that facilitates community-academic relationships through community-based education and community service-learning. Its goal is to engage students, faculty and the community in educational experiences which develop collaboration, innovation and empowerment for all involved.

 

Environmental Leadership Course

The Environmental Leadership course is integrated into many of the School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences programs to enable students to develop a personal position and direct their career path within the context of the environmental and natural resource industry. An integrated, community based learning approach is used to identify and apply a personal understanding of leadership, sustainability and community in the context of natural resource sciences.

 

School Of Environmental And Natural Resource Sciences

Fleming’s focus is the environment, so you won’t spend much time in a lecture hall. It’s active, outdoor, hands-on learning, with field camps and projects that will challenge you to put your new skills into practice. Most programs offer work placements, and some offer paid co-ops, internships, or international exchanges. The small class sizes are taught by renowned faculty who are committed to your success. More of our grads are working in the environmental and natural resources fields than any other college in Canada. Our school is different – are you?

 

Fleming College

Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Business and Technology, Continuing Education and Skilled Trades, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Visual Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, and Law, Justice and Community Services. Fleming College has 6,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 60,000 alumni.

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For more information:     
Paula Walton, Communications Officer, (705) 749-5530 x 1370 or paulaw@flemingc.on.ca