{"id":20937,"date":"2021-04-20T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20937"},"modified":"2021-04-20T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:12:35","slug":"camosun-students-win-co-op-and-work-integrated-learning-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/04\/20\/camosun-students-win-co-op-and-work-integrated-learning-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun students win co-op and work-integrated learning awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth-year Camosun Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty and fourth-year Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan have won The Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC\/Yukon award. The award recognizes BC or Yukon students who demonstrate an outstanding level of achievement in co-op education or work-integrated learning. Fogarty won in the Work-Integrated Learning category, while Kaplan took home the Co-op category.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her work integration, Fogarty began an exercise class for people with chronic disease at the YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island, as well as a class for teenagers with depression and anxiety, a decision that Fogarty says stems from her own experience with the latter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20940\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20940 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3529-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3529-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3529.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camosun student Tanya Fogarty (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone kind of goes through a little bit of something in high school as they\u2019re finishing up,\u201d says Fogarty. \u201cAs someone who\u2019s a bit younger in my degree, I thought that it was really important [to give] any outreach that I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fogarty\u2019s class focused on the individual, she says, from the point of view of what worked for them. It\u2019s different for everyone, but one thing she tried to steer clear of was the brain-chemistry aspect of depression and anxiety, because the class took place after her students had just spent a full hour with the psychologist clinician, she says, and they were often already overwhelmed. By the time students got to her class \u201cthey were hammered with stuff in their brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s just move and see how we feel. Let that be an escape,\u201d she says. \u201cWhatever you have on your mind, breathe it out, let it go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the class that focused on treating chronic diseases, such as heart failure, cancer, and diabetes, Fogarty says one of her main messages was communicating that it\u2019s still possible to have exercise be beneficial, even if you\u2019re dealing with the late stages of a disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s what made our program really special and welcoming to people,\u201d she says. \u201cWe had one lady and she was in\u2026 heart failure; they were preparing her family because they thought she was not going to make it. For her, this program was everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20941\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20941 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3528-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3528-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3528.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camosun student Dylan Kaplan (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kaplan, who is majoring in human resources and leadership management, started his work experience as support coordinator for the engagement and communications group at Victoria-based charity Innovativecommunities.org Foundation. He says that being recognized on this level comes down to believing that his efforts were worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the time you can see something like that and think, \u2018Alright, sure, that doesn\u2019t seem too hard, but what are the odds?\u2019 It really taught me that I need to put myself out there,\u201d says Kaplan. \u201cBecause, well, this wouldn\u2019t have happened if I didn\u2019t go out and apply for that first award.\u201d (In February, Kaplan won the 2020 Yvonne Thompson Page Co-op\/Internship Student of the Year Award; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/2021\/02\/25\/camosun-student-takes-home-co-op-internship-student-of-the-year-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read our story on that here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan says the most recent award puts him in a good place for future business and educational endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hope it communicates what I\u2019m able to achieve,\u201d he says, \u201cand I think that could be meaningful going forward, moving forward into my career or applying for new programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Kaplan and Fogarty are thinking about persuing a master\u2019s degree in the future. Fogarty would like a master\u2019s in physiotherapy, while Kaplan says the focus would be on human resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth-year Camosun Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty and fourth-year Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan have won The Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC\/Yukon award. The award recognizes BC or Yukon students who demonstrate an outstanding level of achievement in co-op education or work-integrated learning. 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