Description The Maker movement is a community-based movement that utilizes new, emerging and accessible technologies to make things and create solutions addressing a wide range of needs, problems and goals. At York, this growing culture is reflected in the increase in studio spaces and laboratories with ‘makerware’ technologies like 3D printers, laser cutters and digital […]
Description Housed in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, this collaborative teaching and learning space will have students: designing experiments that are modelled by mathematical equations, using mathematical software and tools commonly used in industry, which will aid in the design and collection of the results of the experiment, writing scientific and technical reports, and […]
Description The Las Nubes Program will offer students a richly experiential education living and studying in smallholder farming communities in a southern Costa Rica conservation region, the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor (ASBC). Incorporating courses open to students in the Lassonde School of Engineering’s Environmental Engineering program as well as the Faculty of Health’s Global Health […]
Description This project will develop a web-based platform for Kinesiology and Health Science (KAHS) undergraduate students focused on Knowledge Mobilization (KM) and community-based research (CBR) in sport and physical activity at York, Peel and Durham Regions. This platform will aim to spotlight digital storytelling, identify potential partnerships, and showcase the multidisciplinary dimensions and significance of […]
Description Building upon Osgoode’s current track record of experiential education and eLearning initiatives, this project is twofold. The first project will develop a Justice Innovation and Access to Justice program in partnership with three organizations affiliated with Osgoode, combining experiential education, eLearning strategies and community-based learning. With the second project, in addition to the further […]
Description This program will promote and support faculty members wishing to use Globally Networked Learning in their classrooms. By establishing a GNL hub staffed by an instructional designer who works directly with faculty, the program will help them integrate GNL into their courses. The project also aims to work with relevant units to adapt York’s […]
Description This scientific project offers a series of intense two-week field courses held throughout the summer session on Glendon’s own campus, with 82 lush acres of parkland and gardens acting as a natural laboratory. Students will learn a variety of techniques in ecological research while in the field without the cost of expensive research stations […]
Description Targeting two types of experiential education—placements and internships—the Glendon Work-Integrated Learning Program will coordinate effort between academic units and administration. The structure will help strengthen the current placement programs, and launch a collaborative internship pilot project with one of Glendon’s academic units. Project Lead(s) Mario Roy Faculty Glendon College Funding Priority Experiential Education Connect […]
Description The Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation and Faculty of Graduate Studies are partnering to propose a university-wide graduate student paid internship experiential education program. This program will provide graduate students with enhanced opportunities for work-integrated learning and skills acquisition that is crucial to enhancing the student experience and post-degree outcomes. Project Lead(s) […]
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 […]