Description This project is intended to expand international opportunities available to York students, which now include a range of exchange programs and internships, by adding a summer study abroad program through which they will be able to earn credit towards their degrees. Working with Faculties and programs, York International will build on its experience, infrastructure […]
Description This interactive training and capacity-building program will involve students, faculty, alumni and volunteer experts in the development of a business continuity planning tool kit to assist small businesses in implementing plans to prepare for and respond to various kinds of emergencies and business disruptions. Components include training workshops offered on-campus, on-site, and online, and […]
Description We have been invited by a major Canadian internationally renowned performance company to create a partnered student-centred creative project. The planned collaborative activity is a pilot project: a pan-Faculty 3 credit course for upper level students drawn from all 6 departments and from the Digital Media program. A small, specific creative activity will be […]
Description In order to integrate theoretical concepts with practice, we plan to bring together geoinformation expertise from the Geomatics Engineering, the disaster risk management from the Disaster and Emergency Management Program, and the practitioners’ expertise from the Emergency Preparedness Program (EPP) to benefit our students. We intend to develop a geoinformation based disaster and emergency […]
Description The alternative campus tour serves as pedagogical tool to equip and engage students and community members to critically examine conceptions of the campus space and community. The project seeks to select and collect material and stories about different sites of the campus and make them widely available to the campus population and the wider […]
Description This initiative is intended to develop an integrated but flexible program to promote and support sustainable, collaborative student social entrepreneurship. It includes three components: curriculum – the integration of sustainable business content into existing courses and development of new credit and continuing education offerings; a support structure – business plans, finance, etc.; and pilot […]
Description Designed to allow students to build on classroom learning through work terms directly related to their field of study, and building on experience with the Technology Internship Program, this project involves planning and implementation of a model for a co-op program appropriate to FSE. It includes development of the academic framework, integration of the […]
Description Designed to foster closer engagement between York students and faculty and heritage sites, institutions and organizations in the GTA and lead to development of a public history course, the project has several components: developing an inventory of local heritage resources and links with organizations, encouragement of incorporation of these resources into courses, and a […]
Description NOISE for social change is a unique engaged learning opportunity for social work students at York. It brings social work students together with high school students from the Jane-Finch community and York University alumni in 20 community actions pods. Throughout 2012-2013 each pod will design and implement a community project. This invaluable multi-directional learning […]
Description The project involves development of a blended course, and the incorporation of technology to support placement of students in media or communication positions utilizing research methods skills developed in their studies. The technology will facilitate connections between the seminar group and their placements, and students will be supported during their placements through the online […]