Faculty Bootcamp - Faculty of Health

Bootcamps are an opportunity for faculty members to travel and gain firsthand experience with international programs through a planned and structured short-term program. Faculty members are guided to visit selected global partners and communities and are introduced to opportunities on which to build relationships for greater engagement in experiential and international learning.

Faculty members can:

Experientially learn about the community & available resources
Become immersed in the culture and context
Connect on health issues important to local communities
Co-create, design and propose relevant experiential courses for York students

Following each bootcamp, faculty members apply their experience towards developing programs that benefit student learning, opportunities and/or engagements such as through a proposal for course adaptation or new course design, globally networked learning plan or identifiable joint projects with international partners. Faculty members also present the experience back to their respective School or Department.

Bootcamps are designed to support strategic faculty global engagement initiatives and are funded as part of the international program of the Faculty of Health.

Ghana Bootcamp for Nursing 2024

Building bridges in global healthcare: a recent bootcamp in Ghana had nursing faculty members embracing experiential learning firsthand. Through collaborative exchanges with healthcare professionals in diverse clinical settings, faculty members gained rich insights into Ghana's healthcare approaches and cultural context. This immersive experience has already enhanced the Faculty's global learning initiatives, inspiring an innovative nursing practicum launching Spring 2025. Through these strategic bootcamps, faculty translate their own experiential learning into dynamic educational opportunities for our students.