Student of the Year / en Alyssa Nurse wins student of the year accolades from provincial, national work-integrated learning groups /celebrates/alyssa-nurse-wins-student-year-accolades-provincial-national-work-integrated-learning <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alyssa Nurse wins student of the year accolades from provincial, national work-integrated learning groups</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-05-04T14:05:42-04:00" title="Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 14:05" class="datetime">Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:05</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/victoria-college" hreflang="en">Victoria College</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-05/AlyssaNurseHeadshot-crop.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Alyssa Nurse"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(photo courtesy of Alyssa Nurse)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto student <strong>Alyssa Nurse</strong> has won student of the year awards from both <a href="https://ewo.ca/awards/">Experiential &amp; Work-Integrated Learning Ontario</a> (EWO) and <a href="https://cewilcanada.ca/CEWIL/CEWIL/Updates-and-Events/Updates-and-News/2023/SOTYA%20Winner%202022%20Alyssa%20Nurse%20University%20of%20Toronto.aspx">Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada</a> (CEWIL). &nbsp;</p> <p>The fourth-year student at Victoria College, who is majoring in economics and political science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science,&nbsp;received the honours following an internship with the NATO Association of Canada.</p> <p>Nurse says the accolades were made possible by a work-integrated learning course at οMississauga, adding that enrolling in the <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/economics/experiential-learning/information-students/eco400y5-internship-application">ECO400Y Economics Internship</a>&nbsp;was the best decision she made in her undergraduate program.</p> <p>“It gave me practical experience, and it was designed with&nbsp;our own personal and professional growth and development in mind.”</p> <p>During her eight-month internship, Nurse published several articles for the organization and served as a program editor and event co-ordinator. NATO Association of Canada president <strong>Robert Baines</strong> calls her work “simply outstanding.” &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Nick Zammit</strong>, assistant professor, teaching stream, in the department of economics at οMississauga,&nbsp;says Nurse is an exceptional student and&nbsp;a “positive force for women’s empowerment and racial equality.”&nbsp;</p> <p>While doing her work placement, Nurse was also the editor of <a href="https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cquilt"><em>Caribbean Quilt</em>,</a> a student-run, editorial journal on Caribbean Studies, and the co-president of the Caribbean Studies Student Union.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/u-t-student-wins-honours-work-during-utm-economics-internship-course">Read the οMississauga story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/student-year" hreflang="en">Student of the Year</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 04 May 2023 18:05:42 +0000 lanthierj 301492 at