Study the principles of indexing including indexing types and rules, and creation of abstracts. Explore the principles of subject analysis including thesauri and Library of Congress Subject Headings. This course may include mandatory group work. We recommend viewing the course schedule immediately upon logging into the course to view course and any group work requirements. Computer Software Requirements: CINDEX v.4 Demo version. Students can download for free. Instructions will be provided in the course. Prerequisite: OL423 Resource Description and Access II
Focus on various types of information technology used in the library setting including mobile devices, e-readers, playaways, ipads and tablets, digital media and various software and applications. Access to a current mobile device with wireless Internet capability is required (e.g., smartphone, tablet or iPad).
Stress can play a huge factor in people's professional lives. Learning how to deal with stress is vital to long-term health. While stress alone doesn’t cause disease, it triggers molecular changes throughout the body that make people more susceptible to many illnesses. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the importance of how to deal with both positive and negative stress in their lives. By using wellness perspectives, each student will gain more insight into how they can control both internal and external stressors.
The student will become familiar with the scientific knowledge of the human body necessary to recognize, accept and use the important principles in all phases of study in the Health Sciences.
Settlement Workers need to advocate for the newcomers/immigrants to ensure that their integration into their communities are successful. In this course the learner will participate in learning activities that demonstrate effective methods of advocating, ways to improve independence in their clients, how to mobilize/network for a resolution, protecting their clients from the media/exploitation and community building.
This course is designed to introduce learners to the fundamental concepts of Canadian Law and the countries legal systems. Students will learn various citizen rights and responsibilities, the importance of social and political participation, and elections. In addition, determining how laws are defined, created, implemented, and enforced will be examined. Canadian culture will also be addressed, along with how Settlement Workers can assist newcomers to integrate into the Canadian culture while still maintaining their own individual cultural heritage. Topics of religion will also be discussed in this course.
This course is designed to provide students with the skills, terminology and the understanding of concepts in basic arithmetic and the metric system and to encourage good study habits and the ability to work independently. This basic course covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals. In addition, the student will learn to solve practical problems involving percents, perimeters, areas, volumes, and metric.
In this course, students develop their knowledge of ethical guidelines and practice in addictions and mental health within an inter-professional context. Students reflect on their individual scope of practice and build on their understanding and practice of effective and professional teamwork. Inter-professional and ethical challenges and dilemmas are analyzed in case scenarios, and ethical approaches are discussed. Students review certification options after graduation and develop personal plans and professional portfolios.
Students will acquire an understanding of principles of adult learning and therapeutic relationships in order to develop, implement and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs and strategies in the workplace. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to promote employee wellness through identification, management and prevention of work-related stress and burnout, acquire skills to assist employees to cope with bereavement and loss, facilitate Employee Assistance Programs, and provide crisis intervention and critical incident response, defusing and debriefing. Pre-Requisite - current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as an RN or RPN OR registered in the jurisdiction where you live.
In this course, students will have exposure to a comprehensive windows-based financial spreadsheet package to enhance their problem-solving abilities. The package used will be Microsoft Excel for Windows. The student will use this as a tool to prepare various reports and presentations and applications which can be transferred to work commonly performed in the modern office. Students will gain hands-on experience in learning and understanding the software, as well as creating and developing spreadsheet applications. Students will develop and enhance spreadsheets, charts, data lists, tables, macros, and perform what-if analysis. Computer Software Requirements: Excel is required and a Memory Stick Flash Drive of 4 gb or greater.
This course explores the many facets of the construction industry and develops a deeper knowledge of the many factors that impact this industry. Students increase their awareness of various participants and stakeholders that are typically involved in a commercial construction project, as well as and issues such as impact on the economy, safety, environmental, and use of technology. This course may include mandatory group work. We recommend viewing the course schedule immediately upon logging into the course to view course and any group work requirements.This course has achieved accreditation by the Gold Seal Accreditation Board of the Canadian Construction Association. For more information about Gold Seal training, please visit the CCA website at the following link. https://www.goldsealcertification.com/about/training/accredited-training/
This course will allow students to read selected Canadian literature, including novels and short stories, and to analyse and discuss various key points of each piece of literature. Students will identify the different types of audiences intended for each literary piece. Some suggested areas of study for each novel will include selected key literary terms as well as discussion of the relevance of setting and plot in relation to Canadian culture and history, found in each individual piece. This course will focus on both reading literature as well as the use of proper written English. The novels chosen will also be explored in relation to their relevance to Canadian culture. Key literary terms and events will be discussed for each novel, including questions for each literary piece.