diana, Author at The Innovation Hub

Call for Participants: All Current Students & Staff!

Students, alumni, staff, and faculty at U of T: we want to hear from you!

This fall, the Innovation Hub is hosting student-led feedback sessions to inform design decisions about programs, services, resources, and spaces at the university. We are looking to use data to ensure we can meet the aspirations of our five domains: Access for Every Student, Fostering Connectedness, Future-Ready Students, Integrated Learning Experience, and Whole Student Development. Sign up for a feedback session today to share your story with us and inform change at U of T!

Practicing the Art of Interviewing

In this blog, Maxine reflects on their growth as an interviewer at the Innovation Hub. They discuss the skills they’ve developed, comparing their beginnings to where they are now when facilitating interviews.

Written by Maxine Ramos, Design Research Team Lead, Master of Information, User Experience Design

Orange Shirt Day at the Innovation Hub: Connecting to Indigenous History Through Community, Reflection, and Action

In this blog, Lupita reflects her experience learning about Indigenous history and the impact of sharing Indigenous stories at the Innovation Hub’s Orange Shirt Day event.

Written by Lupita Gallegos Cardona, Design Thinking Team Lead

Transforming Past Experiences to Find My Spark as a Researcher

In this blog, Rhonda reflects on how her past experiences supported her during her Work Study term at the Innovation Hub and helped her develop transferable skills in her role as a design researcher.

Written by Rhonda Liu, Design Researcher, Master of Information, User Experience Design concentration

Neurodivergent at University Screening & Resource Fair – Register to Attend!

This coming October, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening the Neurodivergent at University documentary at Innis College. There will also be a resource fair alongside the screening. Register today and join us for an evening filled with storytelling and reflection on neurodivergent student experiences.

What Do Designers and Artists Have in Common? They Share a Lot of Things!

In this blog, Bela reflects on her role as both an artist and a designer. She shares how her habits as an artist translate to her design process, and how she realized that these two professions aren’t as different as she initially thought.

Written by Bela Wong, Graphic and Communications Assistant, Honours Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History and Communication, Culture, Information & Technology (CCIT)

Communications Team Reflection: New Perspectives Though Collaborative Design

In this blog, the Communications team shares their experience working collaboratively across different design disciplines and what they learned from iterating together.

Written by the Communications team

Design Thinking & Curriculum Team Reflection: Reframing Student Stories to Create Change

In this blog, the Leadership and Design Thinking Team share what it was like to lay the groundwork for the Innovation Hub’s latest project and discuss the lasting impact of learning collaboratively in a peer-to-peer environment.

Written by the Design Thinking and Curriculum teams

Volunteer with the Innovation Hub: Student, Staff, and Alumni Team Members Wanted

Volunteer as a team member for From Stories to Change, a fall-winter initiative focused on learning more about students in the university’s bicentennial year.

Screening the International Students: Global Changemakers Documentary Short: The Team’s Perspective

This year, the Innovation Hub’s continued partnership with the Centre for International Experience (CIE) has connected our team with a new cohort of documentary participants and team members for the International Students: Global Changemakers project. In this blog, the Audiovisual Storytelling team reflects on their experience at the documentary’s first screening this past spring, and what they learned from seeing changemakers in action.

Written by the Audiovisual Storytelling Team

Author: diana