C4 Placement Are you ready to take the lead on a real-world project? Want to gain skills in interdisciplinary teamwork and project management? Eager to work closely with a community or industry partner on an organizational challenge? Then, C4 Placement is for you… Ideal for Students new to C4 who want to engage across disciplinary boundaries on a large, complex, social-impact project and […]
C4 Odyssey: Are you ready to take the lead on a real-world project? Want to gain skills in interdisciplinary teamwork and project management? Eager to feel impact on the world? Then, C4 Odyssey is for you… Ideal for Students who are ready to manage their own research project and to apply their disciplinary training in a diverse, non-disciplinary context. Time Commitments […]
Collaborative, interdisciplinary projects are the heart of the C4 classroom. They are supported by on- and off-campus partners who want to work together with students to create social impact. Projects 2022/2023 Explore the 2022/2023 Project Page to learn about the projectsavailable to C4 students. Project Archive Peruse the Project Archive to see how past teams […]
Foster and Celebrate Student Success C4 concludes the academic year with an exciting event. Learn more about Summer Capstone Day below! Summer Capstone Day Celebrate C4 student success at the public, pan-campus event, York Capstone Day. C4 students wrap up their project journey by participating in activities throughout the event day and compete for awards. […]
C4 was launched at York in 2019 with the goal of bringing students together from across York's campuses with community and industry experts who want to partner with us to create powerful social impact. Metrics Badges 0 + Students engaged in C4 since 2019 0 Faculties across YorkU campuses 0 + majors across different Faculties […]
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. […]
Project Summary Like many people in the non-profit sector we came into this hoping to make an impact on the Jane and Finch community, a community about which we did not realize we held many unexamined beliefs. As we faced challenges, shortcomings, and failures, it became clear that before we engaged in this kind of […]
CooperLab Project Summary Our project aims to address the issue of affordable and clean energy for remote and developing communities. The solution we created is a low-cost solar concentrator that generates both heat and electricity. This technology was designed using affordable and accessible materials to magnify the irradiance of the sun twenty times onto the […]
Yonge Street Mission Project Summary Our project was to create an online platform that bridged the gap between frontline workers and the newest research relating to poverty-related trauma. Initially, we had decided that our solution would involve us conducting research and drawing our own conclusions regarding poverty-related trauma, then providing our reports and findings to […]