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Personal Development Team
Peter — Digital Collections Developer
Peter is a seminarian studying for the Diocese of Calgary. He received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Alberta, and is continuing his studies at Newman Theological College. During his work with FACTSnet, he was part of three projects over the course of the summer.
Anna — Digital Collections Developer
Anna is a student at Ambrose University who plans to graduate in April of 2020 with a Bachelor of Music in Professional Music. The primary focus of her studies have been in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy, and she hopes to work both as a performing artist and as a private voice teacher after graduating.
Leo is a newly graduated student from the University of Calgary. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in June 2019. During his work with FACTSnet he acted as the ESL team admin and is a part of several projects including the Workability Workbook translation, ESL curriculum and website design works.
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Lance — ESL Team Coordinator and Data Collections Assistant
Lance recently graduated from the University of Calgary. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with Specialization in Energy and Environment. During his work in FACTSnet, he coordinated and assisted multiple ESL projects including the Workability Document Supplement, ESL Curriculum, and Workability Workbook translation and instruction.
Celina — ESL Digital Collections Developer
Celina is a student at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) studying Culinary and Pastry Arts. During her employment with FACTSnet for Summer 2019, she mainly focused on working on the Workability document and Workability ESL Curriculum Project.
Richard — Tech Lead and ESL Assistant
Richard is a recent high school graduate who will be pursuing an honours major in computer science at the University of British Columbia starting in 2019. Coming from a background heavily rooted within technology, computer science, and mathematics, he is ready and capable of developing modern solutions to contemporary issues utilizing critical thinking and time management skills he has gained from his success in the IB Diploma program.
Danielle — Team Lead and PBF Project Coordinator See PBF Project
Danielle is a student at Mount Royal University pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in General Science. During her term at FACTSnet, she helped manage projects for the PBF team and aided in administrative tasks.
Jing is a high school student who is entering her senior year at Sir Winston Churchill High School. During her summer internship she worked with the PBF team to scan and organize archives that will be helpful for future research.
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Kari — Ambrose Coordinator
Kari is a student at Ambrose University studying Biology and Behavioural Sciences. During her work with FACTSnet she acted as team leader for Calgary and researched brain development.Read more
J — Collections Developer/Admin
J has a background in Psychology and is a prospective architecture student. J worked as an admin and was part of the architectural collection project as well as the mental health project.
Tricia — Digital Collections Developer
Tricia is a student at the University of Calgary studying Environmental Science with a
focus on Chemistry, and Sustainability Studies. Her academics are centered on laboratory
practices and targeting sustainability issues through field and literature research. During
her time with FACTSnet, she focused on recycling programs and policies in schools and
businesses in Calgary, Parkland County, and Spruce Grove.
Richard's Public Summary
My summer job at FACTSnet has been eventful and multifaceted. My position can be effectively summarized as a combination of tech lead and ESL assistant, placed within the tech and ESL Mandarin Calgary teams. Primarily, I have worked with many technology related and miscellaneous tasks, including setting up working folders and timesheets for new employees this summer. The most notable projects I developed this summer are reworking and creating a demo version for the Career & Personal Development Assessment Sheet, editing and publishing public-facing posts/pages across multiple FACTSnet Blogger websites, working with the ESL team with editing and translating the Workability handbook, as well as assisting the PBF team with document scanning and searching solutions.
My contributions to the Career & Personal Development Assessment Sheet are mainly based off formatting and cleaning up the previous incoherent and fragmented version that resulted in confusion and ineffectiveness amongst its users. I reformatted and cleaned up its layout, set and verified calculations present on the sheet, and incorporated protected ranges to prevent accidental modification to critical elements. Furthermore, I distributed this cleaned-up version of the assessment sheet to the Calgary Summer team to use as their Assignment #2, rather than the broken version before. In addition to this year’s goal of improving the ease of comprehension of the Workability curriculum for ESL students, I added comments or descriptions for each subtopic on the three major topics of the assessment sheet. These comments are intended to explain concepts that are otherwise difficult to explain or comprehend. They are also kept in simple English to disencourage reliance on translations. Lastly, I assisted the ESL team in writing instructions on how to operate the assessment sheet written in both English and Mandarin. These instructions are provided alongside a DEMO Career & Personal Development Assessment Sheet for use by summer employees and ESL students to hopefully help with the often complex and overwhelming nature of spreadsheet software.
Great responsibility and reliance upon my abilities in working with technology were expected, most prominently in regards to web development. FACTSnet currently operates and maintains a sizeable number of Blogger websites across multiple accounts, and thus, a significant amount of coherence and uniformity is required. Initially, I was tasked with migrating sections of the Workability workbook after the ESL team has finished improving and editing it. However, my dependence on its completion eventually timed out as many members of the ESL team were reassigned, resulting in slow progress. I was able to properly align the theme of the newly created FACTSnet Careers website to all other FACTSnet websites using consultation with Michelle A. Details on continuing with this project will be outlined below. Excluding work on that website, I published book info and their tables of contents on the Transcendent Biblical Spirituality Networks website. Additionally, I edited and fixed the layout of the Creed Topics post, reorganized course descriptions on the CIN website, added individuals’ and teams’ public summaries to the FACTSnet Opportunities website, and composed instructions for searching the PBF archive. Lastly, I created the Intern 2019–20 Reporting Template and Master Interns 2019–20 Reporting documents with updated layouts and descriptions to alleviate confusion.
I am very grateful for this incredible opportunity to gain leadership experience and develop technical skills in a workplace environment. I never thought that this would fill my summer and help my personal development, rather than allow mindless dwelling at home all day. It is great to hear the motivation behind this, which is to improve the next generation by incorporating traditional values; I truly respect that. Not only did this position provide me with invaluable work experience, it also allowed me to work in fields that I prefer.
Lance's Public Summary
Being with FACTSnet for the summer assisted my personal and career development while contributing to the projects in the organization. I was offered the opportunity to further hone my own career-related skills and supported, participated, and managed ESL related projects. The main objective of the ESL Project is to aid people with limited English literacy in English-dominant societies like Canada by:
- developing English writing and speaking capabilities,
- understanding English concepts and forms, and
- reintegrating them into the norms in the society they live in.
I am mainly involved in the development and finalization of the ESL Curriculum and the Career Assessment Sheet. I organized and managed the completion of the Workability Workbook Supplement initialized by the Edmonton Team. Thanks to the efforts of the ESL team and the whole FACTSnet organization, the experience allowed me to see the issues with ESL today and understand what I need to do to be of assistance.
My work is detailed below. I have completed ESL projects while some are still requiring further improvement. Completed tasks include:
- Completion of the Career Assessment Sheet Instruction Document in English and the ESL English Version
- Organizing, coordinating and editing of the Workability Workbook Supplement Material
- Completion of the 9th ESL Curriculum Topic: Using Documents, Numeracy and Computer Skills
Continuous improvement is the key to having high-quality work. At the end of my term, there are still tasks that require further work, such as the Personal Example Document for Workability Workbook, and all the other ESL Curriculum Topics. In terms of personal development, I have completed the assigned tasks given by the organization. I have completed a soul-wellness topic called Priorities, which was given to the PBF Team.
My wonderful time in FACTSnet has been a blessing. I met people with huge dreams and goals. It gave me guidance on what I needed to do as I go on in life. Although this organization is still in its infancy, I believe it will continue to grow and have its purpose realized soon.
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