Experiential Learning Community Liaison Coordinator YU Experience Hub Renata holds a B.A. degree from the University of Toronto, which she finished off with a capstone course. She is an accomplished Bollywood Dance Choreographer and Event Coordinator, who takes pride in ensuring high quality performance in every area of her life. Renata is excited to collaborate […]
Teaching Commons Liaison Natasha May is an educational developer in the Teaching Commons at York University. She works with teaching assistants and faculty members at York, and with the YCN team more specifically, on curriculum design and development. She is particularly interested in how capstone experiences contribute to students’ learning in their programs and how […]
Co-Founder and Executive Director AMPD Danielle is an Associate Professor at York University who is affiliated with the programs in Dance, Theatre, and Communication and Culture. She has taught capstone courses for more than a decade, which led her to co-found (with Franz Newland) the York Capstone Network in 2018 and C4: The Cross Campus […]
SoTL Research Assistant Funded by the Research at York (RAY) Program, Health Alice is a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) researcher and course instructor with a background in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. She conducts SoTL investigations on capstones and her research is focused on factors that impact students’ learning trajectories, including student engagement, […]
Co-Founder Lassonde Franz is an Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director for Space Engineering at York University. He has taught the Engineering capstone at York for the past 4 years and has been looking for ways for students to work across the campus on projects that matter, to tackle all facets of them and to […]
Where did YCN come from? The York Capstone Network was launched in 2018 by a grassroots collective of capstone professors and supporting staff members. Learn more about how we came to be below. The YCN Origin Story A Space Engineering professor (Franz Newland) and a Dance Studies professor (Danielle Robinson) walk into New Faculty Orientation…This […]
Who makes up the YCN team? YCN is mobilized by a multidisciplinary team of professors, staff members, alumni, and students that spans both of York's campuses. Bridget Cauthery SOTL Research Associate, AMPD Learn more about Bridget Rosanna Chowdhury YCN Coordinator Learn more about Rosanna Dana Craig York University Libraries Liaison Learn more about Dana Danielle […]
Leadership Team Member EUC Gin is a first-year PhD student in Social Work. Their MA research involved historical cultural production at the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality. They have twenty years of work history in IT Management, with a specific interest and expertise in databases. They also have experience in receiving and delivering […]
Leadership Team Member LAPS (Department of Social Science) Andrea has been teaching in the post-secondary education sector for over 20 years, having spent the last 15 years as part of the York University community. As an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Social Science, she has had the honour and privilege of mentoring students […]