Student Grad Comittee

Student Grad Comittee

For anyone interested in the student grad committee, the first meeting is Tuesday June 13th at 12:15 in Room 1185.

Family Violence - Do you think it's a problem?

Faily Violence - Do you think it's a problem?

What do you know about these issues, besides what you may have seen on television?

from Wikimedia Commons

• Domestic conflict?
• Child Abuse & at Risk?
• Domestic Related Homicides?
• Wife Battering?

What does abuse mean?

Abuse means the mistreatment of a person in 1 of 4 ways:

• psychological (emotional or verbal)
• sexual
• economic
• physical

What is Physical Violence? VS What is Non-violence?

The Cycle of Violence

From: The Health Department of Western Australia (Feb, 1999).

"The cycle of violence model was developed by Lenore Walker in the 1970s. She worked with a great number of domestic violence survivors and found a common pattern which is now known as the cycle of violence. The cycle of violence is sometimes useful to demonstrate for women the pattern of violence. Be aware that the cycle of violence does not apply to all violent partnerships" Health Department of Western Australia (Feb, 1999)

The cycle of violence is a representation of what happens in an abusive relationship. In general:

• abuse isn't constant or random
• three phases vary in time and intensity
• phases tend to occur with increasing frequency and increasing severity if the cycle is not broken.
• The couple that lives in such a violent relationship becomes so dependent on one another that any attempt to leave by the abused causes tremendous disruption for both lives, so the cycle continues.

What about children?

How are children affected by witnessing an abusive relationship? Watch the video below.

Find Out More

from Wikimedia Commons

Find answers to the following questions:

• What is domestic violence?
• What is violence?
• In what sort of relationships does it occur?
• What kinds of behaviour does it include?
• Are the victims always women?
• How common is domestic violence?

There are many resources available in Calgary for people who are experience abuse or violence.

The City of Calgary

Homefront Calgary

Calgary Counselling Centre

Domestic Violence Handbook

There are many more. If you or someone you know needs help, you need to talk to someone you trust or contact one of these agencies.

Your Task

Be prepared to discuss this next week during Connect class and be ready to be put on the spot to answer the questions.

Body Image Resources

Friday, 12 May 2017

Body Image Resources

Body Image Survey

The Athletic Body Compared

Women's Ideal body image Article

Assignment (due May 26th)

• Find at least two pieces of advertising (magazine ad, flyers, YouTube Ad, TV commercial) that you believe depict body image(positive or negative, male or female)
• Record them somehow and submit them to your folder that you share with me.
• Be prepared to discuss your images/ads and how it impacts your views about body image

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make stress your friend

Video - Stress

Complete 3 guiding questions in response to the video. Submit your answers in your Google drive folder.

Guiding questions

1. List 5 scenarios that you consider are stressful.

2. Explain how you address or respond to those(listed above in question 1) stressful situations?

3. How will your response differ, after you educate yourself about the positive benefits of stress?    

Opportunites - Apprenticeship and Internship Programs

Casually explaining life like a Video game

Catching Up on CALM

Catching Up on CALM

At this point you should have completed and submitted the following assignments:

• My Career Story Assignment
• Resume and Cover Letter of the future



from xkcd.com

• Moving out Assignment

All completed assignments must be placed in your assignment folder. When you have completed a missing assignment, please email me at dsparhar@EduCbe.Ca (from your @EduCbe.ca account)

Reminder - Summer School

Friday, 5 May 2017

Reminder - Summer School

Summer School registration closes May 1st.

If you want to do Summer School go to the Success Center and sign up.

Financial literacy made simple ..... The following link will take you to Prezi Presentation

Canadian Taxes Explained

Please read the article and apply an appropriate amount of tax in your yearly budget according to the conditions of your simulation (kids, buying a house, etc...).

Good Luck.

Don't forget to deduct both federal and provincial tax from your spreadsheet.

Congratulations, you found a place to live and have checked the first month's expenses.

Now we get to lay out how we are going to pay for the other 11 months of the year.

Go to the Moving Out Assignment Folder and check out the Household Budget Guide and Household Budget Spreadsheet.

You will need your own copy of the Spreadsheet to fill out with your values.

This spreadsheet is due on or before March 10th.

from San Antonio Mini Storage

Today we begin the Moving Out Assignment.

Part one (01) of this assignment involves some research and presenting your findings of what a potential move out looks like.

That assignment can be found here.

The assignment up to and including the first month budget plan is due on February 15th.

Good luck

once you are ready for the quiz click the link and take the quiz
http://bit.ly/2jf56KB

Quiz time!

image from xkcd.com

...Well not quite yet.

The final assignment leading into the Winter Break is to do some research on employment standards in Alberta and Canada.

Take a look at the Alberta Employment Standards Website and answer the following questions:

1. What is the minimum amount of times an employee must be paid per month? 
2. If you are terminated or fired from your position at work, how long must you wait to be paid for the hours owed to you? This is the maximum wait time.
3. What is the minimum wage that an employer must pay an employee in Alberta?
4. What is the maximum number of hours a person may work in a row on a single day? (This can include overtime)
5. What is the minimum amount of hours you would work in a row to receive a 30 minute break or two 15 minute breaks? Do employers have to give you these breaks?
6. Overtime must be paid to employees after _____ hours of work in one day or ______ hours per week?
7. Overtime must be at least ______ the employees regular wage?
8. What kinds of things can an employer deduct from your paycheque? What can he NOT make deductions for?
9. Young workers 15, 16 or 17 years old must have __________ with them if they are working an evening shift that lasts past 9:00 p.m.
10. What hours is an "adolescent" (12-14) NOT allowed to work during?
11. What jobs can adolescents work in?
12. What is Holiday Pay and who receives it?
13. What is Vacation Pay? How much Vacation Pay do you get after 1 year of employment? What about as a part-time worker?
14. How much notice must your employer give you to terminate your employment?
15. How much notice must you give your employer to terminate your employment?
16. What is maternity leave? How long is maternity leave?
17. What is parental leave? How long is parental leave?

Next, take a look at the Canadian Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Guide for Teens and this video and answer the following questions:

• What basic rights do you have as a worker in Canada?
• What should you do if an employer is sending you to do something you feel is unsafe?

Read the stories on the CCOHS website Take some notes on how these incidents could have been avoided.

All of this information will be assessed with a quiz on January 6th after we return from break.

Your homework to complete before the end of class is to set up an assignment folder in Google Drive.

Coincidence? Conspiracy

Follow the following, simple steps:

• Log in to Google Drive with your student webmail, @EDUCBE.CA account (Ask Way if you can't remember it)
• Create a folder that is named [YourLastName][YourFirstName]Connect
• For example, Mr.Parhar's would be WayMitchellConnect (use underscores if the lack of spaces makes you uncomfortable).

• Share the folder with Way at: DSPARHAR@EDUCBE.CA 
• A Don't Panic picture will appear next to Way's name if you did it correctly.

Assignment: Resume of the Future

image from quickmem.com

This month we will be looking at resumes and job interview skills.
Your assignment is a simple one, to write the resume that you want to have when you are 25.

• What kinds of things do you want to have accomplished by the time you are 25?

• What work experience/ volunteering/ education do you want to have on your resume by 25?

Please follow the proper format (From last week's post) for your resume and feel free to book a time with Mr.Way during Success time for editing help.

This assignment is due November 18th.

Resume Writing Resources

Government of Canada Resume Writing Guide

ALIS Resume Writing Guide

Video - Resume Writing

Assignment - Cover Letter of Your Future

From xkcd.com

Great, so you have a resume, now you need to look at applying for a job.

Your next task is to write a cover letter to apply for a specific job.

To do this you will submit:

1) A screen capture of the job you are applying for. Kijiji, Monster, and Calgary Job Shop are all good places to look.

2) A Cover letter that would get you an interview at that company.

If you need help writing it, please schedule a time to sit down with Way and talk it through.

This cover letter is due in your assignment folder.

Your homework to complete before the end of class is to set up an assignment folder in Google Drive.

Follow the following, simple steps:
Log in to Google Drive with your student webmail, @EDUCBE.CA account (Ask Parhar if you can't remember it)
Create a folder that is named [YourLastName][YourFirstName]Connect For example, DoeJohnConnect (use underscores if the lack of spaces makes you uncomfortable).
Share the folder with Parhar at: D@EDUCBE.CA A Don't Panic picture will appear next to Way's name if you did it correctly.

My Career Story

Assignment Folders

Please see the below post and create a Google Drive assignment folder

Student Wellness Survey
Could everyone please fill out this survey by the end of class today?

November's Theme
The theme for this month is career readiness. For your first assignment you will be creating a presentation to share with the class about a career that you are interested in pursuing.

...what do you mean that you aren't interested in anything? Don't worry, for that, we created the Wheel of Careers. Give it a spin and start researching.

Completed assignments can be placed in your Google Drive Assignments Folder. There will be a check-in for them next Friday (November 18th) and will be due completed no later than November 25th.