C4 Management: Are you C4 or ENG4K alumni? Or a graduate student? Ready to further develop your leadership and project management skills? Eager to dive into an even bigger real-world project? Then C4 Management is for you… Ideal for C4 or ENG4K alumni (or graduate students) who want to hone their management skills by leading […]
C4 Launchpad: Are you C4 curious? Ready to gain skills in interdisciplinary teamwork? Want to work closely with a community or industry partner on a real-world project? Then, C4 Launchpad is for you… Ideal for Students new to C4 who want to engage across disciplinary boundaries on a large, complex, social-impact project and grow professionally. […]
About Summer C4 2021(3.0) In C4 Launchpad, forty undergraduates who are new to C4 work intensively over the summer with an energetic and dynamic team on one big, complex, multi-disciplinary project, pitched by a single off-campus partner invested in social impact. Students are broken up into sub-teams and project managed by ten C4 alumni who […]
C4 Debuted in 2019 With crucial support from York's Academic Innovation Fund and the Faculty Association, C4 was pilot tested in 2019. C4's International Award-Winning Recognition C4 wins 7th Airbus GEDC Diversity Award In June 2020, Airbus and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) announced the winner of the 7th Airbus GEDC Diversity Award. C4 […]
Current Projects Below are the projects that are currently underway in the 2020-2021 school year, organized by theme. Click to learn more about each project. Project 5: How do we use technology to enable a sense of connection between caregivers, family, and the residents of long-term care homes? YU Centre for Vision Research Project 14: […]
2019 - 2020 Projects Here are the projects that C4 students chose to pursue in the 2019 - 2020 pilot year. Building Financial Sustainability Through Volunteerism ArtHeart Community Centre Learn More The Dream Crusher Markham Arts Council Learn More GreenG0: A Rideshare Footprint Tracker YuRide Learn More The Looped In Project Canobi Tech Learn More […]
What is Pitch Day? Pitch Day is an annual event where both off and on-campus partners pitch their real-world challenges to C4 students who want to make a social impact. Our inaugural Pitch Day drew more than 300 curious community partners, students, professors, and staff members to the library's Collaboratory. 2019 Pitch Day Projects There […]
Who makes up the C4 team? C4 is mobilized by a multidisciplinary team of professors, staff members and alumni that spans York.
Where did C4 come from? C4 was dreamed up by the York Capstone Network in 2018 and was pilot tested in 2019. Learn more about how we came to be below. The C4 Origin Story A Space Engineering professor (Franz Newland) and a Dance Studies professor (Danielle Robinson) walk into New Faculty Orientation…This is not […]