Foundation for Education Perth Huron

The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, through nomination by the Foundation for Education, was recently recognized by the Province of Ontario for helping students gain hands-on learning opportunities for their future careers. The healthcare alliance received an Employer Champion Award for providing high school students with valuable work experience for 10 years through co-op, job shadowing and mentoring. Students get a chance to work in 20 departments over a five-week period — from helping in nursing units to participating in fundraising events.“Meaningful learning opportunities, like those provided by the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, help students gain valuable experience, which will help them reach their future career aspirations. By getting this experience today, our students will be better prepared for the jobs of tomorrow.”

— Laurel Broten, Minister of Education

“We are proud to have exceptional people providing exceptional care excellent care at Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance. It is a privilege to inspire students in our community to pursue a career within the health care sector. In fact, one of our nominators for this award is also a former co-op student who discovered her passion for nursing with us and is now in postsecondary studies to become a nurse.”

— Andrew Williams, CEO, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance

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As a local organization charged with connecting the world of business with education, the Foundation for Education Perth Huron annually present regional Employer Champion Awards. These awards recognize Huron Perth employers who have shown an outstanding commitment to providing meaningful work experiences for high school students in their communities through job shadowing, mentoring, apprenticeship, classroom or worksite visits and cooperative education.

For their outstanding commitment to providing meaningful work experiences for high school students, this year’s regional recipient was the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance’s Clinton Public Hospital as represented by Facilities Management employee, Barry Bell.

“The award this year had a unique and dual purpose”, states Executive Director of the the Foundation Wes MacVicar. “Not only did we wish to recognize that the HPHA and CPH has been providing opportunities for co-op students for over 20 years, but we also wanted to highlight the daily efforts of its employees who makes the experience for students a great growing opportunity by way of true mentorship.”

Barry Bell (with the help of his brother and co-worker, Budd Bell) is one such employee. Continue reading →

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Introducing a new name for long-established experiences for kids.

Known as ARTITUDES since 2000, we are pleased to present it’s new handle “ART | LIFE Workshops” along with a 60 second trailer to represent what the initiative looks like on the ground.

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ART | LIFE is a variety of Foundation produced workshops that bring unique experiences to kids…exceptional hands-on learning times with professionals from all walks of life that inevitably introduce students to richer ways of becoming themselves.

We invited ourselves into Avon Maitland schools over the last year to document ART | LIFE in effort to archive the project and to produce a brief promo (above) to be shown to patrons at our annual Gala.

Since the event’s inception 16 years ago, all proceeds from the Gala (Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Church Restaurant) go directly to building and sustaining ART | LIFE workshops which annually equates to over 100 workshops to 5000 students.

We invite you to share the video with colleagues and social media friends and keep in mind that we are always excited to add your personal support to our endeavours through donations via CanadaHelps.

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