Description Students will gain practical insights into applications of their disciplinary knowledge outside academia. This AIF initiative will extend EE for students by moving along the EE spectrum of possibilities, introducing more community focused and work focused opportunities. Some of the placements will be arranged with alumni working in the arts and beyond. The integration […]
Description This project will commence within the School of Nursing with a purpose to apply and evaluate Simulated Person (SP) methodology as a means of enhancing and fostering the students’ learning experience. The goal is to create a pedagogical environment that facilitates students’ critical thinking and self-reflection, and prepares graduates to practice in complex and […]
Description This project will develop an eLearning infrastructure for Schulich School of Business courses that employ community-focused experiential education strategies. Offering modules through a website, this online infrastructure will provide students with individualized, need-based learning paths relevant to their specific community-focused projects. Giving students the information and tools to successfully complete their projects, it will […]
Description This project will develop a network of community partners in the digital media world—from industry to arts organizations to public institutions—who will collaborate on projects with undergraduate and graduate students. Through courses within the curriculum and internships within the existing Technology Internship Program (TIP), this project will design and test models for collaboration, offer […]
Description The program will be an interdisciplinary experiential learning course that can help promise ventures prepare for investment, and will primarily run over the summer, through LaunchYU summer program. Students will work in their venture teams to prepare their ventures for Business Angel crowd funding investment. Project Lead(s) Andrew Maxwell Faculty Lassonde School of Engineering […]
Description This project seeks support to broaden EE offerings in Science by consolidating and extending the reach of our co-op/internship initiatives, and by developing initiatives and curricular elements that will address the goal of developing Community-focused EE opportunities. This is likely to include the re-development, consolidation, and expansion of our work-focused programs and the development […]
Description This project is to develop entrepreneurial internships that will provide students an opportunity to become entrepreneurs and create career options for themselves and others after they graduate. Innovation York, the School of Administrative Studies (SAS) and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) are partnering to develop this internship program based on […]
Description Students will learn the theories that drive social justice movements, definitions of community, and boundary-making and its effects within community-building. Students will then interact with community partners, specifically on campus student groups or clubs that will perform the activity. This project aligns with and advances the University's commitment to EE for students and the […]
Description The purpose of this project is three-fold: To develop and refine an interactive simulation video (with an embedded story line and decision-making points) geared to teach a conflict resolution communication skill, to undergraduate nursing students in a 4000 level Integrated Practicum course, in the context of providing culturally competent client care. To evaluate the […]
Description Working in partnership with Toronto art galleries, colleagues in Visual Arts will integrate into existing and future courses opportunities for students to access gallery operations, exhibition and screening opportunities, archival and personnel resources, and internships. This will allow students to explore links between contemporary art practices and their forms of dissemination. Project Lead(s) Yam […]