CEDAA Website Development and Overhaul

The main goal of this project is to develop and overhaul Collaborative Eating Disorder Awareness Association's website onto Webflow. This includes general SEO optimization for multiple separate web pages, an events calendar, social media integration, a membership hub/dashboard, active form fields for volunteer recruitment submissions & community research submissions, Canada Helps API/donation integration, GPT-4/Open AI API Plug-in within the membership dashboard, a streamlined map of 30-50 content web pages should be created/adapted, which should be unique and at least half should be interactive, and more. Learners will have access to all relevant materials, writing, and subscriptions that are necessary to carry out this project.

Feasibility Report for CEDAA

Background Information: CEDAA stands for Collaborative Eating Disorder Awareness Association and is a registered charity based out of Edmonton, AB. While limited in our first year of operations, we have managed to start up and support student-union registered post-secondary student groups at MacEwan University, the University of Alberta, and McMaster University. With plans to help start and support student groups at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal, University of Lethbridge, and UBC by the end of this fiscal year. Being able to affiliate ourselves and support students, also means we support people directly in each community through the use of in-place university assets, programs, and infrastructures. This enables the ability to promote awareness of preventative health, and hold all and any types of events using a minimal cost structure due to student group affiliation, whether they are speaking panels, in-person support groups, trauma-sensitive exercise classes, etc. This also creates the ability to start more community-based research within each of these institutions, which streamlines from faculty down to students pursuing independent studies, master's thesis, doctorate thesis, or honours designations in both undergraduate and graduate settings. Most of the students we have currently worked with have been in the top nursing programs in Canada (MacEwan/UofA). Utilizing university infrastructure, combined with pursuing independent research projects through our charity enables us to bridge community engagement and community-based research that can help bring more innovation toward public health, as “the PH system has continuously required the partnership with citizens, communities, NGOs, municipalities and others – in order for reductions in disease and injury and improvements in health and longevity” (Guyon et. al., 2017). While the population health methodology associated with Canada’s public health system safeguards it and prevents strain on it, there is a need to bring innovation toward the public health system to create adaptability, flexibility, and innovation in patient care and Canadian ailment reduction through preventative health methodology. Especially because within Canada, the relevant sectors (body assessment, nutrition, and exercise) tend to exhibit a disconnect without a focus on preventive methodology due to the paternalistic medical model Canadian physicians have adopted that is often justified by the beneficence principle (Brown, 1985; Cody, 2003; Dembo et al., 2018). In essence, innovation starts with more than just policy decisions made by an independent provincial healthcare system (AHS), respective government bodies, or independent committees. Approximately, 3,000,000 Canadians fit the diagnostic criteria of having an eating disorder as of 2022¹. However, all relevant statistical data is preliminary as there is not enough research done pertaining to this field within Canada that can provide more justification, meaning there is work to be done. The impact of our programs has started to convey a shift in consumer perception and promote an integrated holistic approach toward preventative health. The act of utilizing student groups to help us combine research, with dissemination through presentations and workshops within the community, with building programs such as exercise classes or in-person support groups, has shown a growth trajectory in program impact and innovation. The main activities we focus on are in a limited capacity and are only done so through 100% volunteer time: Spreading Awareness through Educational Information Distribution in Regard to Eating Disorders, Eating Disturbances, and Related Dysfunctional Behaviours Across Canada Published research (internally/in-house and through a community-based framework from university students) Community-based entrepreneurship and research Preventative health methodology Supporting Post-Secondary Registered Student Groups, Clubs, and Bodies Presentations, workshops, and seminars to students, health professionals, & other specific populations Prospective Activities: Involvement with Food insecurity Collaboration with Avaliare Clinic for mobile application Creation of a rotational trauma-exercise-based program for priority populations (not limited to those with EDs) (potential YMCA collaboration) Involvement with K-12 school systems (i.e. student group support in a high school setting) Virtual/in-person support groups available in each province for those with EDs (using student groups/university infrastructure) Current projects we are working on include: ED campus resource package that will be dispersed to 8 post-secondary institutions in Canada 2 in-house research projects to start building preventative health methodology/ED research in Canada Leading student teams for ED mixed methods research within 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities in Canada EDAW planning/activities (speaker panel, community events, seminars, dance classes, etc) Volunteer recruitment/development materials (HR) Student internship structuring for organizational development (website re-design, leadership capability, etc) Revenue development and grant submissions More thorough information will be provided to students. Project Information: The main goal of this project is to create a feasibility report that identifies and tracks CEDAA's ability to continue to operate long-term. Students should use sufficient background information, from databases such as IBISWorld and other relevant databases from their university e-library, as a way to gauge the ability to sustain the aforementioned activities. Students should utilize websites such as Canada Helps - https://canadahelps.org and Charity Data - https://www.charitydata.ca/ in order to analyze similar charities and non-profits, to determine how they spend the funding, how much funding they receive from grants vs. fundraising, and what activities they do. Students can also utilize persuasive writing by using various research discussion frameworks on the major issues CEDAA faces and through case anayses of simialr performing charities, which can include utilizing Eisenhardt's Comparative Case Studies Framework and Evandro Bocatto's and Eloisa Perez de Toledo's Reverse Engineering of Moral Discussion as a way to discuss preventative health methodology among Canadians and CEDAA's feasibility profile. Students can collect preliminary qualitative or quantitative research or collect information from 'community-based interviews' as a way to guide or gauge the report better. As this report will be kept confidential, students will most likely not require REB approval but should consider advisement from their faculty supervisor for conducting or collecting preliminary data to help build their report. Students should use theoretical frameworks for business ethics and be able to create a report based on multiple perspectives on ethical practices and procedures, such as a Kantian approach to business highlighted by Robert E. Frederick, the effect of John F. McVea's dramatic rehearsal in decision-making , the ability to incorporate Freeman's stakeholder theory for building longevity toward program offerings, as well as, shed light on minimizing issues such as James A. Waters and Fredrick B Bird's Moral Muteness . (The mentioned ethical critiques are examples and students may use other approaches that demonstrate the ability to approach Canada's current social issues without prejudice or bias based on CEDAA's activities and as a way or direction CEDAA should pursue in one or all of our active programs). As we are a charity, we are required to maintain a higher moral ground or standard compared to other social-based enterprises or other corporate-based non-profits. But our ability to communicate this will enable us to promote better transparency and maintain our longevity through our ability to collect funding. The report should highlight how current activities can be sustained and have relevant enrollment. It should also bring a feasibility profile on utilizing university infrastructure and create better processes to build our social innovative ecosystem. The report should also list prospective or future activities that could help with CEDAA's mission as well, which can either be a gateway to a new activity, a new program offering, or tie into a current activity. The report should also have a corporate and regular donor profile and also other revenue-building avenues. The feasibility profile should build a competitive landscape based on what various not-for-profit and for-profit eating disorder clinics/organizations are doing and how CEDAA can build itself to diversify from these organizations in a holistic approach. Organizations to look at include NEDIC, EDSNA, Body Brave, ANEB, Looking Glass Foundation, EDNFL, Bridgepoint Center for Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders Nova Scotia, House Next Door, Alberta Wellness Center for Eating Disorders, Telus Health/corporate wellness services (Lifeworks), etc. Citations: Brown K. (1985). Can medical paternalism be justified?. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 133(7), 678–680. Cody WK. Paternalism in Nursing and Healthcare: Central Issues and their Relation to Theory. Nursing Science Quarterly. 2003;16(4):288-296. doi:10.1177/0894318403257170 Dembo J, Schuklenk U, Reggler J. “For Their Own Good”: A Response to Popular Arguments Against Permitting Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) where Mental Illness Is the Sole Underlying Condition. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2018;63(7):451-456. doi:10.1177/0706743718766055 Guyon, A., Hancock, T., Kirk, M., MacDonald, M., Neudorf, C., Sutcliffe, P., Talbot, J., & Watson-Creed, G. (2017). The weakening of public health: A threat to population health and health care system sustainability / L’affaiblissement de la santé publique: une menace pour la santé des populations et la viabilité du système de soins de santé. Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 108(1), e1–e6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/90006804 1- https://www.uhn.ca/corporate/News/Pages/Expanding_support_for_eating_diso rders_across_Canada.aspx#:~:text=In%20Canada%2C%202.7%20million%20p eople%20meet%20the%20diagnostic,will%20develop%20an%20eating%20diso rder%20in%20their%20lifetime. 

Information Workbook Package

Provide a tangible deliverable that encompasses and provides information about disordered eating and eating disorders, specifically aimed at students in a post-secondary setting. The primary audience for EDs within Canada is white female adolescents aged 10-19. However, students should be expected to identify the impact of EDs on minority populations (BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+), as well as focus on the influence of holistic therapies (music, art, AAT, or dance therapies) and the effect of spiritual components (i.e effects of Ramadan fasting as a preconditional factor to an ED, effects of culture on an ED diagnosis with a psychoanalytical emphasis, how a journey in Christianity, Islam, and/or Hinduism (or any other religion) may help in recovery, etc), which can be used in conjunction with traditional methods for ED treatment (CBT, FBT, DBT).

Level UP - Digital Content Creation and Design

CEDAA stands for Collaborative Eating Disorder Awareness Association and is a registered not-for-profit aimed at providing support to student populations and awareness towards the dissemination of eating disorders, disturbances, and related dysfunctional behaviors through the creation and support of related research papers published in Canada. Our goal for this project will be to help develop marketing strategies for our affiliated student groups at post-secondary institutions and prospective groups. As well as digital creation for social media and major branding elements. Ultimately, you will be working on content creation for our organization, utilizing Canva or Adobe Creative Suites. If you like the sound of our culture and are ready to tackle this challenge with us, then we'd love to hear from you.

Level UP: Graphic Designer and Promotional Development Coordinator (Phase I)

CEDAA needs a designer to prepare for EDAW (Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2023) to help make creative materials and designs that speak to brand guidelines using Adobe Creative Suite or Canva. And contribute to CEDAA's online platforms through proactive social media designs and website marketing designs for EDAW.

Level UP: Research Acquisition and Development Coordinator

The coordinator will support research collection under the guidance of CEDAA and will develop a bigger informational database the CEDAA can utilize and post on its website and social media platforms regarding Eating Disorders. Areas of inquiry include: What Eating Disorders are (for the general public), Eating Disorder Myths, Eating Behaviours and Disturbances, Clinical Definitions and Associated Behaviours of Eating Disorders (for clinicians and facilitators), Support Strategies for Individuals, Support Strategies for Family Members, Early Prevention Methods, Progressive Coping and Prevention Strategies, and an extensive list of Types of Treatments Available/Resources Available within Western Canada.