Integrated Management Student Fellowship helps students make real-world impact
Young people care about the world that they live in聽and students at Desautels聽don't聽just聽sit back when聽they're聽troubled by what they see, they聽want to take responsibility, Sabine Dhir told CBC Television News.聽The Integrated Management Student Fellowship (IMSF) program helps them do聽just that.聽An experiential leadership development opportunity offered through the BCom program,聽the IMSF聽it is designed for undergraduate students聽seeking聽to create impact in the real world.
"IMSF is tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development goals, and it gives students the opportunity to fuel their learning by focusing on things they care about," said Dhir, an Associate Professor (Professional) of Strategy & Organization who serves as the Director of IMSF.聽聽Dhir gave the example of one student initiative that repurposed unused soap from hotels, sterilizing it and providing it to people who are unhoused. IMSF is a Desautels initiative, but it is open to students from across the university.
"We want people to leave IMSF with the ability to work with people who have different sets of skills in a multidisciplinary and collaborative way," Dhir added.聽聽"We want a sustainability student, a psychology student and an engineer to be able to work together to solve some of the very challenging problems that we face."聽
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