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SLC’s Fitness and Health Promotion (FAHP) program continues to find innovative and impactful student placements with hands-on experience working in fitness facilities, alongside personal trainers, athletic therapy clinics, and varsity athletics. Students working with varsity team's therapist support athletes during competitions by responding to injuries, assessing conditions, and assisting with treatment. These placements are particularly valuable for students planning to pursue Athletic Therapy, as they can complete the 100 practical hours required for program applications.

Next Tuesday, May 19 is Personal Support Worker Day in Ontario. In honour of that day, we spoke to Pankti Bakulkumar Trivedi, a student in St. Lawrence College's Personal Support Worker program at Maple View Lodge that started in 2024 as an innovative “living classroom” learning environment and community partnership that benefits the students and residents equally.  

We are pleased to celebrate the success of a client-based project in The Human Side of Business: Thinking and Thriving in the New World of Work. Second-semester business students presented evidence-informed, practical recommendations to the Independent Living Centre Kingston (ILCK). Their work balanced client dignity, accessibility, and lived experience with organizational priorities such as capacity and long-term sustainability. 

As I approach the completion of my Honours thesis, I have begun to explore how this work can extend beyond academic research and contribute to practical, community-based solutions. My project examined access to laundry and hygiene services among individuals experiencing homelessness, with a focus on the broader implications for health, dignity, and quality of life.  Conducting research within this population presents significant challenges, particularly in relation to recruitment, trust, and ethical oversight. Research involving individuals experiencing homelessness often requires careful review due to heightened vulnerability and the need for strong ethical safeguards. 

This spring, 30 graduating students from SLC’s Health Care Administration program partnered with Kingston Community Health Centres to tackle three pressing issues: human trafficking awareness, responsible AI use for families, and a redesign of KCHC's volunteer engagement systems. Over nine weeks, students conducted literature reviews, needs assessments, and frontline staff interviews before presenting their findings at a final showcase on April 20th.