Evan Gaggero was a Police Foundations student at St. Clair College one year ago, when he first attended the First Responders Career Fair.
Today, he is Ontario Provincial Police Cadet Evan Gaggero, and he's back at the Career Fair looking to find the next recruits to follow in his footsteps.
To help fill a void at Windsor's Downtown Mission at a time of great need, Paramedic students from St. Clair College filled an ambulance with food and winter clothing and delivered it to the Mission.
Students collected donations of non-perishable food, clothing, feminine hygiene products and pet food at the LaSalle Zehrs and Windsor Sobeys from Nov. 15 to 17, 2024.
St. Clair College has a longstanding reputation for producing highly skilled paramedics ready to
serve in challenging environments. But students and faculty recognize that learning to be a paramedic is about more than the hard skills they learn in the classroom, it's also about soft skills like mentorship and supporting one another.
On August 31, 2022, St Clair College hosted a Paramedic Strategic Summit to better understand the current demands of Paramedic Services and prioritize strategies for 2022/2023. As a result, it was identified that increasing enrollment in the Paramedic program would serve as a longer-term strategy for the recruitment difficulties being experienced across the province.
Even in a pandemic, coordinators in St. Clair College’s paramedic program are ensuring students get the hands-on training they need.
Qualified and professional paramedics will train students for the next eight weeks through mock scenarios they may encounter ranging from overdoses to fainting seniors.