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Embedding Sustainable Development Goals and Twenty-First Century Teaching in the Glendon Curriculum

Description The Research Apprenticeship Program has, for the last nine years, provided first-year students at Glendon campus with individual, hands-on research training and mentoring from a faculty member. This AIF project builds on the successes of the Research Apprenticeship Program and extends it throughout the four years of undergraduate studies. Institutionalizing a commitment to sustainability […]

Open Access Teaching & Learning grants

The AIF awarded 25 Open Access Teaching & Learning grants (Category IV) for 2020 - 2021. Open Access Teaching and Learning Grants were open to full-time and contract faculty members to encourage the development of open access learning resources during COVID-19. The focus of the call is on non-curricular initiatives to provide engagement opportunities and […]

Academic Innovation Fund (AIF)

Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) Enabling teaching and learning innovation The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) supports projects that advance York Universty's priorities in terms of teaching, learning and the student experience. Since 2011, the AIF has supported faculty and campus partners in their efforts to develop new and exciting ways to educate students. LEARN MORE Quick […]

Explore AIF projects

The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) supports implementation of projects that advance York University's institutional priorities outlined in the University Academic Plan: 2020-25, Strategic Mandate Agreement and the Institutional Integrated Resource Plan. This page provides an overview and archive of funded projects since 2011, when the AIF started. Quick Links Vice-Provost Teaching & Learning Teaching Commons […]

About the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF)

The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) was created in 2010 to encourage innovation in teaching, learning and the student experience. The AIF supports implementation of projects that advance York University's institutional priorities outlined in the University Academic Plan: 2020-25, Strategic Mandate Agreement and the Institutional Integrated Resource Plan. The priority areas for AIF Phase 4 (2021-Present) […]