Ashley Gagnon says helping team members grow into leaders has been her focus for over a decade. That focus prepares them to excel in their roles with Mini U and in their communities. She says Mini U uses workshops, clear expectations and focused feedback to give team members chances to grow.
Gagnon says the leaders and supervisors, the people who are with the campers every day, are the ones who make the biggest difference tothe camp experience.
Jennifer Hedges, an assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of social work and a former social worker, says situations where emergency placement workers are sending kids to school in dirty or inappropriate clothes or not teaching them how to brush their teeth shouldn’t be happening — and if they are, it’s important to find out why.
Souradet Shaw [BA/97, M.Sc./09, PhD/18] is an expert at analyzing public health data to shed light on the spread of infectious diseases.