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Sunday, March 30, 2025
Eid Mubarak
Friday, March 28, 2025
The last night of Ramadan.
This could be the last night of Ramadan. May Allah shower blessings upon us. May Allah forgive all of our sins, may Allah remove all pains and suffering among us, may Allah give us a peaceful life and Jannah after death, may Allah keep us happy and give us a lovely life. Ameen, Ameen, Ameen.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Self-Evaluation Report
Group members:
1.
Introduction
We presented on April 03, 2024. Our topic was “Closing Facilitation.”
My co-facilitators were Hali Omar, Sharon Jean, and Shawn Heydary. I have
attached:
- our presentation,
- quiz page,
- workshop design sheet, and
- All evolution forms from the observers.
2.
Planning
In our group discussion, we decided that I would cover how to
wrap up a workshop/seminar and group activities. I have added a quiz activity
at the end. Students will learn something through the quiz. Also, laughing at
the end of the presentation will be good humour.
I have updated the observation form with our group names and
printed five copies.
I have planned, created, and designed a quiz paper and
printed 25 copies.
3.
Facilitating – during class
We utilized our presentation timing appropriately. We
have given enough time to participate in our activities and write down the
observer evolutions.
In our agenda, we added more summaries after each
presentation slide, but then we realized that we could summarize everything
when presenting the slide; there was no need to add another slide for a summary.
In the end, the group only decided to provide an overview, but I added it to a
quiz; like every course, we added a quiz at the end. It’s just to add extra humour
to the presentation so the participants enjoy a fun moment and learn something
from it.
I worked on my slides independently. Then, my group shared
their opinions and made some adjustments. I researched my topics and added all
the information I had collected in a short form.
Our co-facilitators had researched their topics well and then
presented them briefly. Our professor also joined us as the topic was significant.
4.
Evaluating
After checking the evaluation form, I found 32 positive
comments and two suggestions for making things different.
After the presentation, everybody said they liked it very
much. The class laughed, enjoyed it, and said they wanted the presentation. For
example, one said that he may forget all the presentations but will remember
this one, especially the quiz. Others were saying it was amazing; they even
could think of how we would end our presentation on closing facilitations.
From this presentation, I learned a lot. I have seen many presentations and observed how they close their work. I have researched online and followed our given book. I have learned much about the importance of closing a group work and a seminar/workshop.
If I had facilitated the presentation again, I would have made it more colourful, added some videos, and spoke less.
5.
References
- Textbook
- Course Resources
- Course Pack: Sections 9 & 6
- Class notes on Brightspace
- Ideas for
Closing your Workshop. (n.d.). SKILLS21. https://www.mcgill.ca/skills21/facilitator-guide/plan/ideas-closing-your-workshop
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Some important issues to remember about food serving in corporate meetings or home
We live in a multicultural world. Everybody has different food habits, fasting days, and spice levels. So, when we arrange a corporal party or even any house party, the host must consider all of these.
If we need to arrange a food party in the daytime during the month of Ramadan, Muslims won't be able to eat anything. In this case, I recommend serving food in a box. So, if anyone wants to eat right on the spot, they can eat it. Anyone who wants to take it home or away and eat it later can easily do it.
When we serve food, we should make a small note by mentioning main ingredients like beef, mutton, Fish, or Halal. We can also mention whether it is vegetarian or vegan.
If we can provide two kinds of food, Halal and vegan, then everybody will be able to enjoy it. Nonveg people can eat halal meat, and vegetarians can enjoy vegan food.
Again, everybody can enjoy the beverages with non-alcoholic drinks, like a mocktail.
Still, we should be careful about allergic items. That is why that tiny note in front of the food is important. You can mention that it has nuts or milk products, etc.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
A Quiz, everyone failed in the class
Professor Mahbubul Hauque from the University of Dhaka gave this kind of quiz in our first class long ago. We all failed. After a long time, I took this quiz in my class at Georga Brown College. Yes, all failed. Later, I explained why they failed.
Quiz
C01 Community Worker
Winter Semester
George Brown College
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1.
What is your professor’s full name?
Ans:
2.
How many facilitators facilitate
today’s presentation?
Ans:
3.
What colors have been used in the
presentation?
Ans:
4.
How will you evaluate this
presentation?
Ans:
If you have completed
reading all the questions, please write down your name and submit the paper to
a facilitator.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Biography 273: Mini stage program, every day.
After lunch, every afternoon, we four sisters used to play together. We used to make plans, prepare and execute a cultural function. It had dance, song, reciting poems, and many more. We had a program speaker and also a mini stage to perform. The audience was also us. I can tell you about the program, its quality was very good. Generally, my two younger sisters and I always danced and sang along with other items. My older sister never tried that. She knew how to play guitar, draw pictures, recite, and other staff. But singing and dancing wasn't her plate of food.
Now, who was the boss? Everyone. When everyone is boss, the program obviously ends with fighting with each other, mostly verbally, sometimes physically. The final ending happened with my mom. She couldn't sleep because of our big fighting noise. Well, she also became physical, too.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Don't waste any parts of food.
I try not to waste anything, especially food. A few days ago, I tried something new with cabbage by watching a recipe video. In that recipe, the chef squeezed the graded cabbage and asked to throw out the water.
I didn't like that. As chefs, they shouldn't say that. They must be encouraged to utilize any part of the food.
I kept the water. It was nutrient-rich from the cabbage. Later, I cooked rice with that water. Yes, I added more water, oil, salt, and lemon juice. The rice had a beautiful aroma and taste, and I didn't have to waste the water from the cabbage.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
INTERVENTION/SOLUTION RATIONALE AND PRELIMINARY WORKPLAN
Invade Indigenous land.
The development of a Theory of change and the completion of a logic model
The problem is “Invading indigenous unseeded land or the
traditional territory.” This invasion by the Government or big corporations is
a big problem for Indigenous people and their lifestyle and also for the
environment.
The Canadian Government and Indigenous authority made a
contract or treaty that Indigenous people could live in a reserve land and
follow their own culture and norms. The land is dedicated to the Indigenous
people.
Initially, the reserved land given to indigenous people was unsuitable
for harvesting. But Indigenous people had no option. Later, these areas became
important for many natural resources. Many times in different indigenous
territories, the Canadian Government (sometimes on behalf of big corporations)
put highways, took water from the land, gave some company authority to check
for oil or other minerals, let them make pipelines, etc. These activities happened
without considering changes or destroying the ecosystem on indigenous land.
That’s why, for any activity on the reserved land, the Canadian Government
should obtain proper consent from the Indigenous leader of that land.
• What
are the factors that cause the problem?
Indigenous people are very aware of the protection of land
and nature. That’s why they are careful with natural resources. So, when
anything harms nature, indigenous people protest and try to protect it.
Sometimes, these projects take land, destroy water bodies,
and destroy flora and fauna, which directly impacts Indigenous people’s health.
Sometimes, human rights are not even respected during the project. For example,
Indigenous people lose their clean water supply or are affected by poisonous
chemicals.
Then, for years, they keep suffering, but no one is there to
stop those unhealthy projects.
• Is
there any data to support my analysis?
In 2018, there were 174 unsafe drinking water advisories in
over 100 First Nations communities. Short-term advisories warn residents of a
water quality issue on a certain water system. Long-term drinking water
advisories have been in place for more than one year. (Yenilmez, 2022)
With the stench of chemicals in the air, the students learned
of the striking impacts of airborne toxins and spills on the Aamjiwnaang First
Nation, as well as working-class Sarnia residents and industry workers. These
impacts are all too real for the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which has higher
rates of asthma, cancer, miscarriages, stillbirths and other adverse
conditions. (Western Law, 2024)
• What
factors are you planning to address in my intervention?
I want to
create a law that no one can make any changes to the indigenous land without
the indigenous leaders of that land’s consent.
• What
are the related behaviours that I want to change?
To finalize any project on the reserved Indigenous land, one
must discuss it with the Indigenous people who are living on that land. They
have more knowledge about that land, and they live on it.
Target Group
• Who am I targeting?
The prime
minister. He, who can make this law.
• Why are
they my target group?
All parliament members are part of the Government and the
opposition group. They can bring and pass the legislation.
• What is
their status at this point in the project, vis-à-vis my issue?
I believe all levels of Government, from local to federal,
are involved in this issue. But if parliament passes this law, then everyone
will follow it.
• What
subgroup will be more likely to change their behaviour?
The big oil/mining companies may change their behaviour to
follow the law and start respecting indigenous suggestions. They might devise a
good solution that indigenous people will agree on, and the project might have
been done correctly.
• How do I expect to change their behaviour?
Now, it seems that the authority doesn’t care about
Indigenous people’s health or the climate. If we pass this law, they will be
bound to follow proper procedures to make a plan succeed. It will be suitable
for the environment and the Indigenous people who are living on that land.
References:
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Yenilmez, S. (2022, July 26). Indigenous safe drinking water crisis in canada-
overview. The Indigenous Foundation. https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/indigenous-safe-drinking-water-crisis-in-canada-overview#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20there%20were%20174,for%20more%20than%20one%20year.
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Toxic tour of Chemical Valley illustrates the impact of
environmental injustice on indigenous and working-class communities. Western
Law. (April 03, 2024). https://law.uwo.ca/news/2024/toxic_tour_of_chemical_valley_illustrates_the_impact_of_environmental_injustice_on_indigenous_and_workingclass_communities_.html
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Box, C. T. (n.d.). Section 1. developing a logic model or theory of
change. Chapter 2. Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
| Section 1. Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change | Main Section |
Community Tool Box. https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/logic-model-development/main
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Biography 272: Majo Khala (My aunt, maternal)
Majo Khala was my mom's second sister. My mom is in third place among sisters. My grandparents' maternal looks were very different. My grandma was a small, dark-skinned woman, and my grandpa was a tall, fair-skinned man. Mejo Khala was a small and dark-skinned woman, and my mom was fair and tall. My mom said that when people come to choose a bride, they often select my mom instead of mejo khala. It's a South Asian tradition that boys' parents visit the girl's home to see the girl, and if they like her, then the marriage proposal begins.
My older aunt (my mother's older sister) said mejo khala had a very cute face and dark curly hair, like a flower. But South Asian grooms like fair skin. So, my grandparents faced lots of problems for her marriage. So, when a rich family wanted to marry her, our grandparents became very happy and, like other parents, made a big mistake. They were pleased that they had got a groom from a big family, so didn't care to look for more information about the groom. So, in the end, my mejo khala suffered.
In South Asia, all families wanted their bride to work at home for everyone and take care of everything. They don't help her. They believe it's her duty, and she should be happy that she could become a bride of that family. People will be happy to see a mother holding a baby and doing work. No one will go and help her by holding the baby or doing the work.
Mejo khala had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Her daughters were twins. After having a baby, she couldn't find the time to care for her baby. She had to cook for the whole family. The babies used to cry all day. In the rain, they cry and try to crawl on mud to come to their mom. This is how one of my baby daughters became very sick and finally died.
My mejo khala couldn't take this anymore. She cried to her parents. Our grandparents took her back home. I must say they made a very strong decision about their daughter. In South Asia, parents never like to take their daughters back, no matter how much a girl suffers. She had to live with their in-laws.
Majo Khala started living with her parents, and no one in society liked that. Her own siblings also hurt her many times through words. But she was a quite nice lady by nature. She silently stayed and kept helping her parents and, many times, her siblings.
When I was born, my older sister became very sick. Doctors didn't have hope that she would be alive. My parents did everything that anyone suggested. In that situation, my mother didn't have time to look after me. So, my mojo khala came to our house and took care of me and the family. My mother said she couldn't save any of the girls if her sister didn't hold everything in strong hand and take care of me.
Later, she came to visit our house many times. She always brought homemade Bangladesh cake (Pitha) and fruits from her garden. Sometimes, she tried to make jokes with me, but I never understood them and became angry. I thought she was making fun of me.
She liked very spicy food. When she cooked, we had to remind her not to add spice.
When her older son started sending her money from Saudi Arabia, where he used to work, she became delighted. She started lending money to others. Everybody asked her to save money for her future.
She has been staying with her second son in the last few days. I pray to Allah to forgive her and give her Jannat, give her a peaceful after life.
Friday, March 14, 2025
Environmental/ Sustainable Development Organization: Above Ground
Vision, mission, and their work:
Mission: “Above ground” ensures that those people and communities harmed by reckless business companies
should have access to justice.
Vision: Across the border, “Above ground” gives people strong judicial and non-judicial access to remedies in Canada by
allowing them to turn to the court or access less costly mechanisms to fight
for their rights.
Work: “Above Ground” is working to make
laws in Canada so that companies can respect human rights and consider
environmental aspects.
My recommendation: Respect human rights and consider environmental aspects, which are already being established in many countries, especially in Europe. “Above Ground” should use social media to spread awareness so that the general public will also push the government to follow it.