Posts about Stretch Experiences conducted over the 2019-20 year. This section will be updated with Fall 2020 Stretch Experiences when they’re underway.
By Danielle Bailey-Heelan What did your Stretch Experience involve? My Stretch Experience was with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Northern Alberta (EFRY) where I contributed in various ways. I worked as a Court Worker, triaging individuals through to duty counsel, and providing general information on legal proceedings and support for disadvantaged populations. Early on, my […]
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. […]
By Mattias Neset What did your Stretch Experience involve? In my Stretch Experience, I worked on the internal and external culture of Policywise⏤a non-profit organization⏤to help improve productivity and employee motivation, in turn helping to improve services provided to the community at large. I practiced my leadership and learned valuable skills through various projects, including […]
By Basel Moukaskas What did your Stretch Experience involve? In what way can novel research findings in health and wellness be conveyed to healthcare professionals for the purpose of teaching and awareness? This is the question that I have tried to tackle with my Stretch Experience. Dr. Spencer Proctor served as my verifier for this […]
By Salma Ibrahim Since her much-anticipated online, feature-length publication is not yet released to the public, she shares her latest report here, depicted in a cartoon format that aligns with the project’s creativity. We hope to share the final project when it’s published! Salma’s Stretch Experience was a creative writing endeavour dedicated to engaging difference. […]
By Adam Czarnecki What did your Stretch Experience involve? I worked with Alpha Phenomics, a local company developing livestock monitoring technologies, for my Stretch Experience. The project that they were working on was a system to track individuals in a certain population and accurately predict if they have a virus based on various biometrics. The […]
Photo derived from MIT Sloan Management Review. By Nicholas Vankka When the state of uncertainty had become far too certain, I, like many, came into the summer of 2020 with no clear vision of what the next four months would look like. My initial Stretch Experience proposals were canceled due to obstacles related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, […]
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 […]
