HMSV3996: Community and Health Leadership Applied Research Project
General
- Undergraduate
- 12 learners; teams of 4
- 45 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 15 projects wanted
- Alberta, Canada
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 6, 2025Experience start
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January 24, 2025Project Scope Meeting
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April 12, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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January 6, 2025Experience start
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January 24, 2025Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 12, 2025Experience end
Overview
- Details
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The Health and Human Services Management Post-Diploma Certificate program builds upon the student’s expertise from their health or human services diploma or degree and prepares them for leadership roles within an organization. Students from this program take business courses along with discipline-specific electives in preparation for leading and managing in the complex landscape of the helping professions.
Our Applied Research Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Project bridges the gap between academic inquiry and real-world application with an applied research project. This allows you the opportunity to connect with students who can work with you in a project to suit your organization’s needs.
Highlights:
- We will work with you to help identify suitable projects.
- Under supervision of a faculty member, students present a viable, evidence-based, practical response to an identified organizational need.
- Students work in small groups to conduct research, complete the research project work, and present their work and/or recommendations to you and/or your organization.
- Students divide their time between course curriculum and the applied research project for a total of 45 hours (3 hours/week for 15 weeks) in the fall or winter terms.
- This is an unpaid experiential learning opportunity.
Our students can:
- Provide your organization with innovative solutions and fresh perspectives on community-centered challenges.
- Create surveys for research.
- Participate in data analysis and collating information.
- Perform a literature review or needs analysis.
- Develop community engagement strategies.
- Assess workplace processes and practices and develop recommendations.
- Learner skills
- Quantitative research, Online communication, Ethical standards and conduct, Research
- Deliverables
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Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
- A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
Project Examples
Students in groups of 5-6 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Project examples may include:
- Researching, recommending and/or problem- solving solutions to assist with and identified need within an organization
- Researching grant proposals.
- Conducting market survey and data analysis.
- Developing surveys or focus group guides or questionnaires.
- Analyzing data from focus groups or questionnaires.
- Creating comprehensive reports based on research findings.
- Analyzing workplace processes and or policies using an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens and providing recommendations for process improvements.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
How is your project relevant to the course?
Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.
Do you have capacity to provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback?
Will you be able to provide a representative of the company to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project?