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This way, she said, students leave school with a few ideas of where a sociology degree might actually take them. A Mount Allison University sociology class saw its hard work bear fruit last weekend when the Halifax Refugee Clinic opened a used clothing boutique, Section 96, in downtown Halifax. The clinic was exploring the option of starting a social enterprise in its downtown Halifax storefront location at Grafton St.

It also wanted to provide refugees with some Canadian work experience and create a drop-in and community advocacy centre for refugee rights. San Patten, professor for the course Sociology of Non-Profit Organizations, decided to have her 13 students develop a business plan for the clinic as a group project for the course.

Patten says the course is designed to give students an understanding of the role of social organizations in creating change. Among other things, it explores the management challenges in non-profits, their internal operations, strategic planning, relationships with the funding community, interactions with government, and the effective use of human resources.

Julie Champagne, the executive director of the Halifax Refugee Clinic, was happy with the results. The Halifax Refugee Clinic provides a diverse range of services to refugees including housing, employment, and medical and psychological support, often needed because of the physical and psychological scars inflicted from torture and other abuse.

They are the only organization in Nova Scotia to offer these services to refugees. The act provides protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted, or in danger. Students often arrive at Mount Allison with a passion to change the world.

A group of first-year students taking an introductory sociology class were given some tools to help them work towards this goal. The group spent a Saturday in a Service Learning Workshop, learning how to combine community service with the concepts they were covering in class.

Fabrizio Antonelli. They can see that their actions in the community can help resolve some of these issues. Skip to main content. Back to home. Innovative teaching in sociology.

Sociology professors at Mount Allison are known for their creative teaching methods; in fact they have won awards for these. Understanding "sawbonna" — "I see you" Sociology professor and critical criminologist Ardath Whynacht challenged her fourth-year seminar class with the concept of "sawbonna" - a transformative justice model that means "I see you" and signifies seeing the value in another human regardless of what they have done. Skip this Video.

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