Level UP- MacEwan Emerging Leaders Community Engaged Project

Positions available: 30 May 15 - July 9 2021 10 hours/week for 8 weeks This section of the series focuses on students applying the the leadership knowledge they gained in the personal and group sessions to real-life problems that our community is facing. Community engagement is collaboration based on mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge, experiences and resources between students and community partners. Students can use this experience to help explore possible career directions and establish professional networks. Training from the Social Innovation Institute will focus on systems thinking, human-centered design and project management strategies.

Level UP: First Year Experience Mentorship (Phase 1)

Positions available: 80 July 11 - September 2, 2022 10 hours/week for 8 weeks All first-year students will be grouped in cohorts based on faculty or program and will be assigned an upper year student as a mentor. The start of the term is when most students need support; a mentor will organize virtual meetings, activities and socials while providing guidance for a smooth transition to university life. Mentors will: Get thorough mentorship training and knowledge of MacEwan student services Enhance their leadership skills through positive role modelling Add to your career profile and gain a co-curricular record position Contribute to a positive campus culture experience

Level UP: First Year Experience Mentorship (Phase 2)

Positions available: 115 September - October, 2021 10 hours/week for 8 weeks All first-year students will be grouped in cohorts based on faculty or program and will be assigned an upper year student as a mentor. The start of the term is when most students need support; a mentor will organize virtual meetings, activities and socials while providing guidance for a smooth transition to university life. Mentors will: Get thorough mentorship training and knowledge of MacEwan student services Enhance their leadership skills through positive role modelling Add to your career profile and gain a co-curricular record position Contribute to a positive campus culture experience

Level UP: First Year Experience Mentorship (Phase 3)

Positions available: 115 December 2021 - January 2022 10 hours/week for 8 weeks All first-year students will be grouped in cohorts based on faculty or program and will be assigned an upper year student as a mentor. The start of the term is when most students need support; a mentor will organize virtual meetings, activities and socials while providing guidance for a smooth transition to university life. Mentors will: Get thorough mentorship training and knowledge of MacEwan student services Enhance their leadership skills through positive role modelling Add to your career profile and gain a co-curricular record position Contribute to a positive campus culture experience

Sustainability - Content Creation-MARKET RESEARCH-SOLUTIONS

DECARBONIZED.ORG NON-PROFIT GROUP (NGO) - ECO TRANSPORT SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING - MARINE OCEAN PROTECTION - Xprize Rainforest & AMAZON RIVER BASIN CLIMATE PLANS CATALYZING CLIMATE RESILIENCE - OCEANS, FOREST, RIVER & ENERGY SOLUTIONS # students + 14 CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS We would like to align with students caring on Environmental impact projects, empowering them to collaborate on creating content that is aligned with our sustainable mission and climate sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our actions within the Decarbonized.org, a 501 c3 - NGO Global Climate organization. Our collaborative work is done on ZOOM, we have an inclusion/diversity plan, along with an open call to those with other languages. We support many different perspectives for global outreach including your innovation and creative ideas. Decarbonized.org is an international alliance of creative solutionists, developing ongoing events, projects on a Platform, so to reach multi stake holders for CLIMATE resilience catalyzing solution projects for meeting the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN.org). Projects: Students can choose alignment for their custom planned 80 hour project. 1: We have the “ACT NOW AMAZONAS ACTION ALLIANCE “ Team, chosen for qualification into the XPRIZE RAINFORESTS Conservation Competition for 2023/2024. Www.decarbonized.org/act-now or 2: SUSTAINABLE ECO TRANSPORT - Efficient Ocean SHIPPING: Sonic Protection for Whales Project Drawdown ( SEE BOOK & WEBSITE) it is a vital part of Green House Gas Emissions (3%) so a strong need to plan to reduce bunker fuel and carbon footprint for UNSDG 2030 Goals> reducing (CO2) Decarbonizing Shipping: whale protection. We want to understand sustainable Shipping/ocean conservation: NGO research as we target market and corporate 'ship owners", governments, people, as our multi-stakeholders audience. Including the overall market of consumers, who are a key link to the need for importation of goods and being aware of the full impact cycle (20% increase import during COVID- why?. IMO requires PLANS FOR FUEL REDUCTION. (www.un.org) We have researched a technology kit to help this fuel reduction, rapidly be placed on existing fleets.Related to research on advanced technology to help the shipping industry lower carbon & saving the whales from sonic sounds that disrupt habitats.(www.sonicsea.org) NRDC, UN.org, NOAA Marine Research and IMO * research on environmental protection. Project scope: We have a 48 page document of research and ready to develop a campaign for this Target market- with a global impact view. Expand Charts on Industry size, market potential (specific for global environmental policy requirements ) NRDC, UN.org, NOAA Marine Research. Strategic positioning of brand - to Collaborate on Global outreach projects to promote climate awareness Thank you for caring on CARBON issues, Project Drawdown targeted the Efficient Ocean Shipping as a key transport challenge, 3 times greater impact then electric cars, we need to rebuild sustainable shipping, transport + protection plan for marine habitat and all peoples & cultures. To accomplish this, we hope the student(s) will: Help on set up of format of Website pages, write blog articles, email newsletters/content pieces on topics - Oceans- Tech For Good/INNOVATIONS or on Forest conservation for xprize rainforest project. Evaluate recent successful user-generated campaigns. USE Google Analytics and $10K google add words budget monthly to help run campaigns Ultimately, plan is to explore your potential, working on content creation, marketing, including internet, video, interviewing Scientists/change-makers! Note: *only if Matched as a Canadian Student under “Level Up” special project program, with Riipen, they may give a honorarium, otherwise it is an unpaid internship for building work experience. If you like the sound of our impact culture, join us. Actnow♻️

Mentorship Assistant

We would like to work with students to review feedback of programming and evaluations from First Year Experience Mentorship 2021-2022 Phases 1-3. This will involve: Conducting environmental scan of Nationwide post-secondary student mentorship programming with specific focus on BIPOC and First Year students Compiling common threads and list recommendations Creating an evaluation framework for the program