Confederation College Shuniah Building (Staff Photo)
Confederation College will be focusing on supporting the mental health of Indigenous students.
They have received $263,920 coming from the provincial government. The funding is part of Ontario’s Roadmap to Wellness, $2.39 million in funding given to seven other institutions along with Confederation College.
Leslie MacGregor is the Associate Dean of Student Success, and explains where the money will go.
“The focus is on Indigenous students to support and address the sense of belonging, community, and to ensure mental health well being and supports.”
MacGregor goes on to mention that the funding is crucial, especially during the pandemic that has taken such a toll on students.
Furthermore, for students to take such classes seriously, they must get academic credit, and the grade has to matter. That would ensure students know they are valued beyond their résumé of achievements. I saw this firsthand when I taught high school health. Despite its importance, few colleges require this class, so it has no impact on a student’s grade point average. With little at stake gradewise, students regularly asked to skip my class to work on an honors assignment or study for a midterm.
But what’s an A in physics if you wind up in an abusive relationship, dependent on drugs or suicidal? I’d often discover students furtively studying for the next period’s exam behind their computer screens during class. I learned not to take this personally; they’d been groomed to focus on grades above all else. The message our education system sends young people is hopelessly wrong.
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LANSING, Mich. - Three of Michigan s 15 public universities have announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates, while others are evaluating plans or implementing other strategies to increase immunizations among students.
The University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus will require everyone on campus to provide proof of vaccination or weekly negative tests. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Oakland University both will require vaccines for students who want to live on campus.