Challenge Question How might Toronto communities, especially youth and marginalized populations, be sustainably engaged in embracing the circular economy? Partner: Repair Cafe Project Summary Repair Cafe Toronto eventually broadened its mandate in order to create a culture in Toronto where repairing rather than tossing away was the norm and organized gatherings in a variety of […]
Challenge Question How can members of a Toronto community be encouraged to foster community interconnectedness and well-being by saving their seeds from home-grown food in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way? Partner: Team Knitters Project Summary Help residents of a Toronto community feed themselves and others through establishing a seed-sharing ecosystem. A Seed Library is a depository […]
Challenge Question For a community with a large farming-based property tax space, how can it reimagine its income sources to provide its residents with the best level of service? Partner: Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Project Summary It is a priority for municipalities to provide its residents with the best level of service. To provide the best […]
Challenge Question How can we better manage capstone resources, materials inventory and outcomes across campus? Partner: Lassonde, Student Welcome and Support Center Project Summary As the number of enrollments at Lassonde School of Engineering increases, efficient data processing becomes a daunting task. This is due to not having a properly designed database, which can hold […]
Partnership with Ohneganos and Terrastories Project Summary Our project’s goal is to raise awareness, educate, and inform students about the various water issues affecting the Six Nations of the Grand River. Our team compiled a systematic literature review on the relationship between mental health and water insecurity that was transformed into an entertaining and informative […]
Project Summary This project explores the real-world inequities that people face when engaging with the contemporary fashion marketplace - with an emphasis on the context of online shopping. Our project is a response to the question: How can you help the public better determine their clothing size for online stores and provide more equitable access […]
Partnership with the SDG Hub at York and The Office of Sustainability at YorkU Project Summary Digestion in York’s Living Lab explores an important aspect of a closed-loop system on York's Keele campus—compost. The intention of our project is to divert organic waste produced at York University that would otherwise go to the landfill - […]
Challenge Question How can we tackle sustainability at Glendon Campus? Partner: Office of Sustainability - YU, Regenesis, Pollution Probe *PIP Partner Intensive Project: This project has goals and parameters that are driven by the designated project partner. It is expected that the student team will work closely with the partner and engage in regular, synchronous collaboration […]
Challenge Question How can fair trade be brought into service for greater systemic change? Partner: Green Campus Cooperative and the Fair Trade Campus Steering Committee Project Summary A Fair Trade Campus Steering Committee at York is currently working towards joining 41 other campuses across Canada in being designated a Fair Trade Campus. The objective of […]
Challenge Question How can York U set up a composting program? Partner: Green Campus Cooperative and the Fair Trade Campus Steering Committee Project Summary York annually ships over 600kgs of organic waste annually to landfills that are over 100 km away. This initiative is one piece of a two-part project (the other being a composting […]