Fall 2019 SCHS Newsletter

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Hasan went beyond his initial goals and successfully
created five episodes during the pilot, focused on:
• Reflective Practice in Teaching;
• Youth Mental Health and Addiction;
• The importance of land-based treatment,
Civil Resistance and Social Work
Integration;
• Teamwork in Community Services; and,
• Social Policy and Role of Social Workers.
His podcasts have been incorporated into both the
Social Service Worker and Addictions and Mental Health
programs at Centennial. Additionally, they have been
embraced by Social Workers, Educators and Activists
across the globe who have tuned in to listen, and have
commented on their use of his podcast as a learning
and teaching tool. The episodes have been viewed
over 585 times in the last six months, by audiences
from Canada, the USA, Australia, Bangladesh, the UK
and Norway. The Podcasting Social Work series is now
widely available on nine broadcasting platform such
as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts,
RadioPublic, and Anchor.
Hasan acknowledged that with any such project,
challenges would be encountered. With this project,
the main challenge was to identify the tools and the
technical set-up for recording and editing the podcast.
As more tools become available, he expects that the
podcast series will become even more user friendly
and accessible in the future. Hasan is very grateful
for the opportunity to bring this innovative project
to fruition, stating ‘We are so blessed to work at the
School of Community and Health Studies. Our Dean,
Dr. Wendy Kubasik and Chair, Community Services,
Jennifer Woodill and my colleagues are helpful and
encouraging. I have received tremendous support and
encouragement from the school’.
I strongly feel that a
strong relationship
among educators and
learners and a culture
of encouragement are
key to success for
students and for an
educational institution.
The benefits of this project have touched numerous
facets of Centennial College. For Hasan himself,
this project has provided him with an opportunity
to gain the required knowledge and skills to create
a podcast, and to use a podcast for effective
teaching and learning. Within the broader College
community, this project directly contributes to
Centennial’s Book of Commitments # 1 and # 5 as
it enables more innovative and engaged student
learning. The podcast series provides students
with increased schedule flexibility for learning,
while enhancing their digital literacy. On a broader
scale, this research project helps promote global
citizenship as well as human rights and social
justice in local and global levels by equipping
students with community knowledge and tools to
critically confront and disrupt systemic bias and
work towards improving social conditions.
On a personal note, Hasan shared that outside of education, his favorite figure in history is, “Mahatma Gandhi
who successfully utilized nonviolent civil resistance strategies for freedom and justice. As I strongly believe,
Gandhi said, “Be the change that you want to see in the world”. I strongly feel that a strong relationship among
educators and learners and a culture of encouragement are key to success for students and for an educational
institution. My goals outside of education and research is to continue to build relationships with communities and
participate in humanitarian and social justice work across the globe”.
HASAN MAHBUB-
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