2021 Catamount Fellowship for Emerging Changemakers Cohort Deliverables
Catamount Fellows research a complex, systemic issue affecting the community in collaboration with a community partner and faculty mentor. Each Catamount Fellow completed a set of scholarly and creative works to showcase their learning. Check out their finished works below!
How do learning ecosystems support rural communities and the 21st century learner?
Catamount Fellow: Amirah Azmi, Health Sciences
Community Partner: John Taylor, Livingstone Range
Faculty Mentor: AnneMarie Dorland, Marketing & Social Innovation
Full Report: Learning Ecosystems: Improving K-12 Education Through Learner-Centered Pedagogy
Creative Work: Learning Ecosystems: A Visual Reflection [pdf]
How might we improve and foster a diverse, inclusive, and safe community within long-term care organizations that is built on equality for all?
Catamount Fellow: Benin Al-Manaihil, Sociology
Community Partner: Iqbal Ali and Amadea Schweighofer, Brenda Strafford
Faculty Mentor: Ines Sametband, Psychology
Full Report: Understanding and Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Continuing Care Organizations
Creative Work: Enhancing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Continuing Care: A menu of options representing emerging initiatives [pdf]
How might we engage older adults in the community and on campus to enhance lifelong learning and intergenerational learning?
Catamount Fellow: Chichi Odinma, Nursing
Community Partner: Lee Tunstall, Andrea Young, and Barbara Hagen, Silvera for Seniors
Faculty Mentor: Jocelyn Rempel, Nursing
Full Report: Enhancing Lifelong Learning and Intergenerational Learning Among Older Adults
Creative Work: Emancipation [video]
How might we utilize partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals to create transformative change?
Catamount Fellow: Emma Berger, Psychology
Community Partner: Connie Van der Byl, Institute for Environmental Sustainability
Faculty Mentor: Adam Cave, International Business and Supply Chain Management
Full Report: Sharing the Vision: Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals in Post-Secondary Institutions
Creative Work: Making Space [video]
How might we ensure that Alberta’s public parks are accessible to all?
Catamount Fellow: Kaitlyn Squires, Biology & Geography
Community Partner: Katie Morrison, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Faculty Mentor: Kathy Rettie, General Education
Full Report: Paying More for Less: Accessibility and Alberta's Natural Spaces
Creative Work: A Collection of Photographs Taken Through the Seasons of the Fellowship: Kananaskis [pdf]
How might we support accessible Indigenous women & family-centred primary health care with a Virtual Resource Centre (VRC)?
Catamount Fellow: Kaylie LaPierre, Psychology
Community Partner: Gaye Hanson, Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Centre
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Kennedy, Nursing
Full Report: Indigenous Wellbeing: A Strengths-Based Approach with Virtual Supports
Creative Work: Representation of Wellbeing Through Beadwork [pdf]
How might Children's Services and the non-profit sector better collaborate in order to improve services for families experiencing homelessness?
Catamount Fellow: Leanne Lucas, Psychology
Community Partner: Jocelyn Adamo, Trellis
Faculty Mentor: Harpreet Aulakh, Criminal Justice
Creative Work: The Relationships of Systems [png], Painting Supplement [pdf]
How might we continue to build momentum in our Calgary communities to build and strengthen natural supports?
Catamount Fellow: Michael Kozhukhar, Criminal Justice
Community Partner: Susan Brooke and Heather Hayes, United Way of Calgary & Area
Faculty Mentor: Janet Miller, Student Counselling
Full Report: The Value and Potential of Natural Supports in Calgary Communities
Creative Work: Conversation With Calgarians: The Value and Potential of Natural Supports [audio file]
How might community and industry work together to foster belonging for unhoused Indigenous families?
Catamount Fellow: Roshni McCartney, General Management
Community Partner: Karen Shopland, Brookfield Residential
Faculty Mentor: Rob Platts, Interior Design
Full Report: When a House is Not a Home: Investigating Spiritual Homelessness in Indigenous Populations of Calgary
Creative Work: Brickolage [video], Video Supplement [pdf]