A place to find inspiration, support and resources to
advance your capstone teaching and learning experience
At YCN we foster excellence in capstone teaching and learning through forging a strong community of practice around capstones at York. Together, we discuss capstone course best practices, how to integrate projects into courses, ways of liaising with external partners, and how to support student success through innovative teaching strategies.
Why join the York Capstone Network?
INSPIRATION
Get inspired by colleagues and experts sharing their capstone best practices and challenges.
INSIGHTS
Share and receive valuable feedback on your capstone ideas from supportive colleagues and even capstone students.
TEACHING POSITIVE CULTURE
Contribute to the development of a “teaching positive” culture on campus. Contribute to online capstone resources for faculty and students.
YCN has four primary initiatives:
Events
A way to bring together professors, staff, partners, and students to learn about and celebrate capstone teaching and learning.
EXPLORE EVENTS
SoTL Research
A repository of SoTL research articles relating to capstone teaching and learning, grouped by themes.
EXPLORE SoTL RESEARCH
C4: Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom
An award-winning, innovative classroom for high-impact, interdisciplinary, team-based learning.
Project Commons
A lending library of partner-linked projects available to any course at York.
EXPLORE PROJECT COMMONSHow can I get involved?
Write to ycn@yorku.ca to join the mailing list and to learn about the next Capstone Cafe.
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Send us your passion project for students to tackle by filling out this pitch form.