Challenge Question What tools are necessary to promote existing/new online socio-emotional youth programming in the hopes of reaching a wider audience and how can we implement them? Partner: Moorelands Kids Project Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that Moorelands Kids has had to switch gears to offer online programs for the first time ever. While […]
Challenge Question What is the public perception of gun ownership? How do we detect trends in public perceptions of gun ownership? What factors impact those trends? Partner: University Women's Club - North York *PIP Partner Intensive Project: This project has goals and parameters that are driven by the designated project partner. It is expected that the […]
Challenge Question Considering current local health measures (e.g. social distancing, etc.), how can awareness/education about domestic violence and support systems be improved to better support victims, and/or how can families and organizations supporting these be helped? Partner: The Covid Group Project Summary Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been experiencing heightened isolation […]
Challenge Question How can equitable access to education and childcare be implemented for kids, parents, and educators in a way that abides by local health advice and the longer-term consequences of social distancing? Partner: The Covid Group Project Summary Since the start of COVID-19-related social distancing, the inequity between students’ access to supportive home-learning environments […]
Challenge Question How can international students and students on exchange better integrate into the academic and work ecology of their host country? Partner: Globally Networked Learning Project Summary Globally Networked Learning at York International would like to create a digital “pen pal” system in order to virtually integrate students into new learning environments—both York students […]
Challenge Question How might social enterprise help youth gain much-needed skills and work experience? Partner: Moorelands Kids Project Summary 75% of the children in the communities we serve at Moorelands Kids are living below the poverty line. Poverty continues to have a negative impact on high-school graduation rates and long-term socio-economic success. Each year our […]
Challenge Question How can we best support underrepresented groups transitioning from university into their careers? Partner: TechConnex Project Summary While tech occupations in Canada tend to be more diverse than the labour market as a whole, the field still struggles with underrepresentation and pay inequality. Visible minorities make up 31.9% of Canada’s tech workers and […]
Challenge Question What kind of policy changes would counter the effects of systemic racism within the existing Ontario education systems? Partner: University Women's Club - North York *PIP Partner Intensive Project: This project has goals and parameters that are driven by the designated project partner. It is expected that the student team will work closely with […]
Challenge Question How can we put mechanisms in place to prevent international students from being put in vulnerable situations? Partner: Tulan Ma | Senior Manager, Program Development and Innovation Project Summary Canada is currently the eighth most attractive destination for international university students around the world. From 1990 to 1994, only 31,000 international students were […]
Challenge Question Beyond publishing, how do we send out the oral and written stories created by the kids we work with in grades 3–7 to a global audience? Partner: Story Planet Project Summary When public schools closed to help stop the spread of COVID-19, Story Planet converted their free creative literacy workshops to an online […]