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6 The Chronicle December, 2018 - January, 2019 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus Psychotherapy comes to DC, UOIT Jasper Myers The Chronicle Durham College and UOIT are part of a free demo project aimed at helping students with anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges. Whitby-based Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences and three other mental health hospitals throughout the province are involved in a provincewide demo. Ontario Shores is offering cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to the campus community in Oshawa and at more than 30 other sites throughout its service area - in Durham Region, Northumberland, Peterborough, Haliburton, Kawartha, Scarborough and York Region. "The Ministry of Health has asked us to work on a project where we're providing publicly-funded psychotherapy across the province," says Beth Brannon, director of the Integrated Community Access Program at Ontario Shores. DC and UOIT students can access the services through the health centre, located in the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre. Interested students must see a mental health practitioner at the health centre and get a referral to be part of the CBT demo project, says Dr. Nicole Elliott, clinical psychologist at Ontario Shores. Ontario Shores offers 12-16 weeks of CBT through the demo program, which will be in effect until March 31, 2020. Dr. Elliott says there's a greater need mental health support at the post-secondary level. "There's such a higher increase with anxiety and depression when Photograph by Jasper Myers (From left) Registered nurse Jennifer Muller, Dr. Nicole Elliott and registered nurse Tracey Holz of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. people first move away or go to school and stuff and then that's exactly what CBT helps support, too," she says. "So, the therapy we do, it’s more looking at building in more skills for being able to cope with things on your own, or just really examine the ways that you’re thinking, or looking at ways to be able to identify what’s been going on contributing to your emotions and your distress and then how you can change that." The Campus Health Centre already offers mental health services. Students of either school get an initial appointment to determine their needs and then are connected to the appropriate services, according to the health centre's website. When a student is referred to the demo, they'll go through the Ontario Shores intake before getting into the CBT demo. Brannon says this intake allows students to be connected to the right services, even if the CBT demo isn't the service they need. "That intake process is important, because sometimes what happens is people will be referred who actually need more than what this project can offer," says Brannon. The intake nurses will work with individuals to find the right support, so if they see someone needs a different kind of therapy, they'll flag it and make sure the individual is properly connected, adds Brannon. Bringing ideas to life with 3-D printing at the library Students, faculty learn how to create 3-D items Morgan Kelly The Chronicle Rat skeletons, characters for roleplay games, organ diagrams and Christmas presents are some examples of what the 3-D printers at Durham College (DC) and UOIT can bring to life. The first 3-D printer to arrive on campus was in 2014 at the downtown UOIT location. Now, DC and UOIT have three printers, which cost $1,500 to $2,500. Students and faculty from DC and UOIT were able to learn more about the printers at workshops held in mid-November at the north Oshawa and Whitby campuses. There was a small turnout at the first workshop located in the basement of the north Oshawa library due to an issue with registration. Luckily, passing students were able to drop-in to learn more. “A friend of mine, told me about (the workshop) because he bought a 3-D printer and he doesn’t know how it works, so we came here to learn,” says Felipe Leitelobo, 35, a visiting scholar at UOIT. Librarian Kate Gibbings, 37, and student employee and 3-D printing assistant Mark Rizk, 20, were the hosts of the workshops for the week. Rizk has been an assistant since September but says he has been interested and familiar with 3-D design software since his first year in high school. The first workshop was: Introduction to 3-D Printing. A handful of students discussed their design ideas and learned about 3-D printing software and websites with free and licensed 3-D designs. One of the websites students explored for free designs is called Thingiverse.com. Rizk demonstrated how to select designs on Thingiverse and upload them to a free 3-D printing software, Cura. Cura allows the user to scale, modify and rotate their design to provide the best printing quality. Another software used was Tinkercad, which allows users to create 3-D designs from two-dimensional sketches. Students played around with Tinkercad in the second workshop: Beginner Design for 3-D Printing. “I say the biggest issue for a beginner would be how to make an efficient design,” says Rizk. “It’s a lot of trial and error,” Gibbings adds. “I don’t have an engineering background but some of the stuff that sounds complicated, you try something, it didn’t work … you do it again, it can be that simple.” Rizk says they see a lot of mechanical engineering students who use the 3-D printers for their capstone projects during November. At the beginning of the year, they see more personal projects. “Someone was doing sort of a costume for like a (comic) con,” recalls Gibbings. “It did have multiple, multiple parts … so much planning and learning, trial and error, it was really just at a high level of what they were doing and Students and faculty from DC and UOIT discussing 3D printing. learning as they went along.” Printing projects cost $1.50 per hour which covers the price of the filament used for printing. Depending on the size of the project, Rizk says prints can take as little as 30 minutes or as much as 12 hours to complete and are monitored in case something goes wrong. Students can apply for a 3-D printing project by filling out a request form for the north Oshawa library or downtown UOIT campus. For those who missed the workshops, email library.3dprinting@ durhamcollege.ca or visit the library reference desk during Rizk’s office hours for questions. Some items that were 3-D printed at the workshop. Photograph by Morgan Kelly Photograph by Morgan Kelly
Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca December, 2018 - January, 2019 The Chronicle 7 DC fire, safety program raises money for hospital Donate more than $3,000 to Sunnybrook hospital burn centre Kathryn Fraser The Chronicle Individually, they are small fund-raising efforts. A bake sale. Some students collecting coins while holding firefighters' boots. But collectively, along with the help of an industry partner, Durham College's Fire and Life Safety Technician program [FLST] has donated more than $3,100 to the Sunnybrook Hospital Ross Tilley Burn Centre. Harding Fire Protection Systems, an Ontario fire protection organization, was a key contributor, donating $1,000 as part of Fire Prevention Week in October. The donation was made Nov. 5. Fire Prevention Week featured educational and interactive events at DC. A firefighter "challenger" obstacle course by the bus loop, alarm-pulling demonstrations and a trivia wheel full of prizes. Every year, the FLST program selects a different charity to support during Fire Prevention Week. FLST Program Coordinator Randy Panesar said the students researched Sunnybrook and agreed to support the hospital because of its fire and life safety connection. "[We wanted to] support [Sunnybrook's efforts because they] provide medical care to those who have been affected by fire or fire-related incidents," Panesar said. Jennifer Gourley, president of Harding Fire, said the organization has partnered with other Ontario colleges but focuses its attention on DC. She said she is amazed at the readiness, preparedness and Photograph by Kathryn Fraser Durham College's Fire and Life Safety Technician program students are charity-minded. knowledge of the students. "Some of our most promising young inspectors who have moved up over the last couple of years have come from Durham," Gourley said. "They bring what they've learned in the program and [are] able to take that information and marry it with what they're learning from our senior technicians in the field to become really well-rounded technicians." Molly Orpin, manager of marketing and strategy at Harding Fire, said the organization has donated to Sunnybrook Hospital in the past. "The burn unit is obviously very close at heart to our industry because of the type of work we do to prevent fires and burns," she said. "We wanted to support [the efforts of the students] and it's a great cause at the end of the day, too." Panesar said Harding Fire will become a resource for DC students, with company officials coming in as guest speakers and providing networking opportunities to further careers. "Having organizations such as Harding come to our college and partner, it really motivates the students," he said. "When the industry comes in and [students] see the real world and their probable future, it brings healthy competition." Mark Pitropov, student VP of the FLST program, said he is grateful for donations from students, faculty and Harding Fire. "Not only for the money," he said. "But for knowing that we have made a significant change within the fire industry. Education and prevention are both the core to life safety and having the opportunity to teach students and faculty [during Fire Prevention Week] was invaluable." Poor attendance at DCSI annual general meeting Lack of quorum cancels session until new year Morgan Kelly The Chronicle Durham College Students Inc. (DCSI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) on Nov. 16, but the meeting never actually began because the room was nearly empty. There were only three DCSI members present for the meeting in the Centre for Collaborative Education - chairperson Charles Wilson, Corrina Collete, director of science and engineering and Parastoo Sadeghein, director of community services and health, so the meeting didn't meet quorum in order to proceed. At the AGM, DCSI planned to discuss the proposed general operating bylaws, presented in a 41- page document. DCSI’s financial statements were also be reviewed. Due to the lack of DCSI members present for the AGM, it was Durham College students who attended the DCSI's annual general meeting. Photograph by Dakota Evans announced the meeting will be rescheduled in the next semester. In addition to the lack of DCSI members in attendance, DC students also stayed away in droves. Less than 10 students attended the AGM. Wilson blamed the poor turnout on midterms and exams. "It's bad weather and it's a really bad time for students, too," says Wilson. "I really think what it speaks to is the fact that this is probably the worst possible time for students." Seated in the front row awaiting the meeting was Toosaa Bush, who was elected DCSI's vice-president, internal, earlier this year. Bush was later fired from his position at the end of June along with two other elected members. President Jaylan Hayles and vice-president, external, Geoffrey Olara, were the other two senior members who were fired alongside Bush. DCSI says the reason behind their termination is still considered a "confidential human resources" matter. Their positions have not been filled. This marks the second year without senior elected leadership members for Durham students. Bush says it was unfortunate there weren't enough students present for the AGM, but wants students to "fight for their rights. "We need to know where our money is being allocated towards, where it's being used," says Bush. "DCSI needs to be accountable for it because they haven't communicated with us throughout the whole year." As it stands, there is nearly $5 million in the DCSI coffers, the Chronicle's Liam David reported earlier this semester. More than half of the budget goes to the health plan, $60,000 is allocated to a legal defence fund and $165,000 is budgeted for events, although no events have been announced. Nearly $970,000 will go to DCSI salaries. Bush hopes DCSI will be able to promote the next AGM better. Wilson says students will receive a 28-day notice before the next scheduled AGM.
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