Improving the campus experience at the University of Toronto through student-led design
The Innovation Hub welcomes a wonderful group of students into our team each term. We’re beginning this summer term with a skilled group of changemakers to usher in our eleventh year.
Written by the Innovation Hub Leadership Team
This year, the Innovation Hub continued its partnership with the Centre for International Experience (CIE) to create the International Students: Global Changemakers documentary. In this blog, the Audiovisual Storytelling team reflects on their experience collaborating with the CIE and videographer Cal Campos to share five stories of student changemakers at U of T.
Written by the Audiovisual Storytelling Team
Every year, the Innovation Hub participates in #DisplayYourPride, a university-wide competition to encourage groups to engage creatively with Pride Month. In this blog, members of our senior leadership team reflect on their experience putting together our contribution for this year’s iteration of the event and the importance of Pride Month at the iHub.
Written by the Innovation Hub Leadership Team
There are many ways to tell student stories. Increasingly, the Innovation Hub is exploring documentary as a storytelling vehicle. In this blog, the Audiovisual Storytelling team reflects on their experience working with Accessibility Services and videographer Cal Campos to create the Neurodivergent at University documentary short. This documentary features stories of the lives of five neurodivergent students who attend the University of Toronto.
Written by the Audiovisual Storytelling Team
In this blog, Irfan unpacks how his relationship with social media changed after working on the Neurodivergent at University documentary. Irfan explains how he learned how to better distinguish valuable information from the noise of video content online while cataloguing footage.
Written by Irfan Mohammed, Documentary Assistant, Master of Information, Human Centered Data Science
This past year, the Innovation Hub partnered with the Office of the Vice Provost Students (OVPS) to explore the relationship between student leaders and university staff. In this blog, the Supporting Student Leaders team reflects on their experience connecting with students and staff, as well as the strategies they identified to navigate the balance between those different perspectives.
Written by the Supporting Student Leaders to Create Change team
The Communications Team reflects on their role as translators of student data and the impact of visual storytelling as a tool to foster empathy in data-driven work.
Written by the Communications Team
Since its inception in 2016, the Innovation Hub has improved the campus experience at U of T by designing with students rather than for students using design thinking. As we approach our 10th anniversary, we want to celebrate with our community.
Join us on Monday, May 11th, 2026, for a special celebration where we will reflect on our work over the last 10 years, celebrate the hundreds of students who have made it all happen, and look towards the future.
We’re incredibly excited to kick-start the Summer 2026 Work Study season at the Innovation Hub! We have some amazing opportunities available to students this upcoming term. The deadline to apply for positions is Sunday, April 12th, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
To learn more about the roles we offer and the work we do, read our job descriptions below.
In this blog, Arshdeep and Diana reflect on the February Innovation hour event, with the focus on what changemaking means to students, staff, and faculty of U of T. Discussions during this event highlighted how change takes place at every level through collaboration, even if you can’t see it.
Written by Arshdeep Kang (Communications & Operations Lead, Honours Bachelor of Design) and Diana Radenko (Graphic Design and Communications Coordinator, Honours Bachelor of Arts, Book and Media Studies)