Orientation

Today the BMHC CSL group had our first group orientation where we got to meet everyone on the project and discus our projects and roles. It was the first time I got to meet other class members that are working on interviews and literature reviews as part of their placement. I thought it was nice to get together and find out what the other group was doing and give each other feedback on each others projects and provide suggestions.

 

The group

 

The interview group from what I understand will be working on developing interview questions to ask BMHC staff and will conduct and transcribe interviews in the following weeks. The blog group which I am part of will have access to the interviews and we will be able to use them as part of our blog. The interview group will also be doing literature reviews on the history of the BMHC which will provide us with interesting insight into the development of community heath care in the community and hopefully will uncover some interesting information we can share with everyone.

 

As for my own group, we were able to discuss some great ideas for the blog as well as some projects we can do. One of the girls and I came up with an idea of developing a clothing drive at the university to collect clothes and hygienic supplies for women at the Kindred House. The Kindred House is a Boyle McCauley Health Center program located in downtown Edmonton that provides a safe place for women and transgendered individuals that are involved in street prostitution.

 

"Staff and volunteers work to provide a safe, supportive, non-judgemental environment, that enables us to respond to the most basic needs of the individuals who access our services" (taken from the Kindred House pamphlet)

 



We believe that this will enable us to interact more closely with the community and play a greater role in supporting the efforts of the BMHC. We have yet to figure out the details of this drive but we look forward to getting it started up.

In addition to this initiative, we were able to come up with some possible ideas of things to include in our blog including staff profiles, a virtual tour of the BMHC, some literature reviews, and facts and research on community health clinics in Canada and abroad.