{"id":53940,"date":"2022-05-18T05:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=53940"},"modified":"2022-05-18T05:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T09:39:10","slug":"sault-colleges-social-service-worker-students-receive-national-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/sault-colleges-social-service-worker-students-receive-national-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sault College\u2019s Social Service Worker Students Receive National Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_93598\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/76YqvXud8i4?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Second year Social Service Worker (SSW) students, Miranda DeMarco, Amanda Drinkwater, Christiana Lamothe, and Marissa Steinke, were honoured yesterday at the Government of Canada\u2019s Justice Canada Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2022 virtual event for their powerful video submission in the third annual Victims Week 2022 Student Video Competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Sault College students received this national award for creating a video that raises awareness of victim and survivor issues and supports this year\u2019s theme <em>The Power of Collaboration<\/em>. Their submission competed against colleges and universities across Canada<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat started out as an assignment became so much more. As our group started collaborating and researching for this video, we were able to come together and share our perspectives to ensure we could find the right words to give strength to victims and survivors of crime,\u201d said Miranda DeMarco. \u201cThrough this, we recognize how powerful words can be. They can be lifechanging,\u201d added Christiana Lamothe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSault College is very proud of the wonderful video created by our students Miranda, Amanda, Christiana, and Marissa. They delivered an incredibly important point in a very simple and poignant way. In the video the students do not let anything distract from their message \u2018believe the victim\u2019,\u201d added Marilyn King, Associate Vice President, Academic, Sault College.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sault College\u2019s SSW program provides students with the knowledge and skills to support and empower individuals, families, groups and communities and make an impact in our society. \u201cIt\u2019s important to the SSW program to provide options and opportunities for students to engage with the community and apply their knowledge in the field. This video submission was a wonderful demonstration of the impactful work that can be done while studying in the SSW program. We are so proud of this group\u2019s work in raising awareness for victims and survivors of crime. Congratulations to the winning group and all participants,\u201d said Nicole Falldien, Coordinator and Professor, SSW Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SSW program helps you to grow as a person and will guide you in any direction you choose. This recognition is the culmination of our last two years of work, and we are honoured to have been chosen,\u201d added Amanda Drinkwater. \u201cWe are grateful for the support we\u2019ve received from our Professors and the College. We wouldn\u2019t be here without that,\u201d added Christiana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so proud to have been able to work with this wonderful group of people. We made something truly powerful with a message that needs to be spread. The SSW program at Sault College is amazing, it has helped me grow so much both professionally and personally. Making this video was one of the highlights of being in the SSW program. I am in awe of how well it came together,\u201d added Marissa Steinke.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our students on this national recognition! Learn more about Sault College\u2019s SSW program by visiting the Sault College website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Second year Social Service Worker (SSW) students, Miranda DeMarco, Amanda Drinkwater, Christiana Lamothe, and Marissa Steinke, were honoured yesterday at the Government of Canada\u2019s Justice Canada Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2022 virtual event for their powerful video submission in the third annual Victims Week 2022 Student Video Competition. &nbsp; The Sault College &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 16:15:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53941,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions\/53941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}