By Julie Shatto This summer I’m excited to plan and execute an independent project for my Stretch Experience entitled “Brain Buddies”. Brain Buddies will be a community-based mental health initiative with the goals of providing accessible resources to Edmonton families and reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness. What was the inspiration for Brain Buddies? We […]
By Allie Quigley For my Stretch Experience, I worked with the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP), a branch of the Edmonton Heritage Council. As a history honours student who primarily studies the history of fashion and material culture in colonial America, I was intrigued by the opportunity to study history in a local context. […]
Stretch Experience Update: PLLC alumni and program founder hears success stories from participants It was Yasmin Rafiei’s own journey applying to medical school that got her thinking about the barriers some applicants face. While reviewing the myriad requirements typical of medical school applications – competitive Medical College Admission Test scores, paid employment, leadership experience, volunteer […]
By Geoff McMaster for Folio When Lan Truong entered a local beauty pageant during high school, nothing about it felt right. While the event was organized for charity-one Truong would rather not mention-the purpose of the contest for the girls themselves was never made clear. Points were awarded for spurious attributes such as social media […]
By Maite G. Latorre The importance of leadership transition was never top of mind for me, even after participating in a variety of organizations, clubs and committees that have gone through changes in leadership. But when I started my Stretch Experience with Halford Consulting Inc., a specialized leadership transition organization, the projects I worked on required me to […]
Photo provided by the Compassion House Foundation. By Julia Craig As we adjust to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, with less contact in-person and increasingly more time attached to our screens, it’s undeniable that technology has played a significant role in easing this transition. From business meetings to online learning, and from remote […]
Let’s rewind to September 20, 2018: I was not exactly sure why or what I was doing trying to tackle the entirety of the Canadian health care system as a 19-year-old, under-certified, and exceptionally clumsy university student.
By Phoebe Marinakis A man walks down the street, looks at his phone, it’s 6:30pm, the bus arrives in 10 minutes, sits at the bus stop and waits for the bus to arrive, he’s on his phone, thinking about what he wants to eat later. The bus arrives, he gets on, sits down, and makes […]
Christy Kan I remember… my first day in Canada: fresh air, blue skies, neverending prairies, and the scent of freshly cut grass. It was a beautiful summer day in Edmonton and in the eyes of five year-old me who had newly immigrated from Hong Kong to Canada, I was absolutely elated to be in a […]
As a third year immunology student in the University of Alberta’s Specialization program I spend most of my time learning about the dozens of different bacteria, virus, fungi and parasites that plague humanity. From memorizing virulence factors to drawing out countless mechanisms of infection all night, I can now say immunology and the immune system […]
July 15th, 2019 Almost fourteen years ago, I was a young girl who attended my first Green & Gold soccer summer camp at the University of Alberta. A number of my coaches at that time were Pandas’ soccer players. I still remember how much I looked up to them and wanted to be like them […]
Hi all! My name is Julianna Stern and I am working at YoungLeaders.World (YL.W) as the Communications and Business Development Intern for my Stretch Experience. YL.W is a non-profit organization in Edmonton that provides leadership training to youth through local and international summits and conferences. Officially founded in 2016, YL.W is now growing rapidly and […]
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