How is an experiential learning program like INSPIRE designed? 

Jenna and Parker sit down with INSPIRE’s Apprentice Garage Coordinators Nowshin Nawar Arony and Ali Hamdy. They take a broad view of the program and oversee the learning and work that INSPIRE’s student teams take on. 

Points of Interest:

• Building experiential learning programs

• Adapting to student needs

• What modern learning can look like

Links: 

• https://inspireuvic.org/testimonials
  

What does it mean to mentor… mentors? 

Jenna and Parker chat with Kezia Devasathan and Jena Wheeldon, who mentor INSPIRE’s ClimAct and Carbon Impact of Web Browsing projects respectively. Together, they coordinate INSPIRE’s ambassador team. Kezia and Jena are both incredibly active members of the UVic community. Find out how their experience as INSPIRE’s ambassador coordinators has gone. 

Points of Interest:

• Working with the WECS club (Women in Engineering & Computers Science)

• Mentoring students at varying levels of expertise

• Team motivation and building bonds

Links:

• https://inspireuvic.org/ambassadors
  

How can we approach societal problems that are beyond the scope of one team?

Jenna and Parker are joined by Bachan Ghimire and Payton Chernoff to talk about their project collaboration with the Alliance to End Homelessness in the Capital Region (formerly the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness). 

This is a project exemplary of the kinds of solutions INSPIRE students create and the experience they have in the program. Thinking of applying for a role with us? Check these folks out. 

This week: 

• Understanding a problem

• Adjusting to team roles

Links:

• https://victoriahomelessness.ca
• https://inspireuvic.org/gvceh 
• https://inspireuvic.org/apply