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 This project involves the creation of a 3 credit elective course on student leadership development to be housed in Multidisciplinary Studies at Glendon College. The course will adopt The Social Change Model of Leadership Development. This model is inclusive in that it is designed to enhance the development of leadership qualities in all students […]
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 This project sheds a critical look on how we define proficiency in a second language. One aspect of the project aims at creating a curriculum in French as a second language for academic purposes (FAP) that is relevant and interesting to young adults attending college or university and studying in specific fields. The project […]
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 […]
Description Funding is for development of infrastructure to support experiential education in the Faculty of Health and potentially other Faculties. The Faculty is working with interested course directors to develop a series of demonstration projects. Best practices and new partnerships will be explored. Prototypes will be developed for future use and the course directors will […]
Description Growing out of Osgoode’s plans for the broadening and deepening of experiential education opportunities, so that all students will include a significant EE component as part of their degree, and building on Osgoode’s innovative initiatives in this area, including legal clinics, intensive programs, simulation-based courses and internships, the fund support the development of an […]