This is SLC: Our College News

For the last several years, SLC students in the Autism and Behavioural Science program have engaged in a range of fundraising and public awareness activities in order to draw attention to both the needs and unique abilities of people with autism and their families.

Korey Thomson, a third-year student in the Instrumentation and Control Engineering Technology program is creating software to run virtual holograms for clinical simulations for medical students at the Queen’s University Medical Simulation Lab. The software will be used on a headset called the HoloLens which uses 3D models to create learning scenarios for medical students. Learn more about this collaborative project in an article written by Korey.

We are pleased to announce that we will be welcoming Sheila Watt-Cloutier as a keynote speaker for LCC2021! Sheila’s work has touched upon the intersectionality of climate change, foreign policy, the economy, and global health. She utilizes her Indigenous teachings to provide a more holistic understanding of sustainability and personal well-being by elevating global issues to a more personal level.

SLC Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Psychology professor, Marie-Line Jobin, and fourth-year student, Taylor Liggett, will be presenting their research at both the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) 82nd Annual Convention, being held virtually from June 7-25, 2021, as well as at the American Psychological Association (APA) virtual convention, August 12-15, 2021. The research focuses on exploring students' perceptions of their engagement and sense of belonging and ways to foster both during alternative teaching/virtual learning.

A student team project addressing period poverty in local Indigenous communities was shortlisted to pitch their innovation idea at The Mayor’s Innovation Challenge Showcase for the City of Kingston on Friday, March 26, 2021, along with seven other teams.