Winslow Infrastructure is giving back to the next generation, and the broader community, outside of construction by providing students with innovative experiential real-life learning with industry experts.
Winslow’s Emerging Leaders and Crazy Ideas College are working together to help students from Patterson River Secondary College lead change on issues they care about.
Winslow prides itself on providing opportunities for diverse experiences that stretch and challenge our people.
We learn by doing, it’s what we do best, that’s why the partnering with the Crazy Ideas College was a perfect match.
The Social Innovators Program offers a unique approach to how we train our emerging leaders.
They get a chance to see leadership through a different prism.
They get to understand some of the futuristic ideals toward leadership, and the way they get to engage with the students, the way they get to mentor them, it’s truly encouraging.
The Winslow Way is about learning with and from each other and deepening our understanding of the communities where we work.
Our involvement in the community is to enhance and create opportunity.
It is a privilege to work with and within our communities and we are invested in building great communities for the future.
In May, a two-day Social Innovators Workshop was held where 75 students kick-started their journey where they worked in teams to invent programs, products and services that enrich the lives of others in the community.
It was a chance for students to explore innovation and problem solving, not traditionally offered at school that provides the opportunity to bring industry closer to the communities where they do work.
Winslow introduced ‘futuristic’ thinking concepts, while also giving some of our Emerging Leaders an opportunity to step into a leadership role and deepen their skill set while working and mentoring students.
The program encourages students to embrace their passions and equips them to turn an initial thought into a realistic, practical concept that they can pursue and be proud of.
Students generated novel ideas promoting care for the environment, enhancing health and wellbeing, reimagining learning and fostering community connectedness.