{"id":2508,"date":"2018-11-12T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2024-06-20T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:55:28","slug":"spotlight-the-multi-faith-centre-research-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/spotlight-the-multi-faith-centre-research-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: The Multi-Faith Centre Research Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joey Youssef (Team Lead) &amp; the Multi-Faith Centre Research Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/Joseph-Youssef-Design-Research-Team-Lead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2616\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/Joseph-Youssef-Design-Research-Team-Lead-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Joey\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this blog post series, we introduce you to each of the Innovation Hub&#8217;s research teams this year, as well as provide some project details. To learn more about the research questions, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/meet-the-fallwinter-2018-2019-team\/\">here<\/a>. Below, you will find a brief statement from the Multi-Faith Centre&#8217;s research team, regarding why they decided to join the I-Hub and this particular project.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/multi-faith-centre1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2617\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/multi-faith-centre1.jpg\" alt=\"Multi-Faith Centre\" width=\"244\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multi-Faith Centre (photo from MFC&#8217;s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tess: I joined the team because of the concept of design thinking and the in-depth involvement with qualitative research; these are both something I have not experienced in a group setting&#8211;in addition to interviewing, transcribing, and interpreting. The entire project is immersive, empowering, and enriching. I chose the MFC because of my previous involvement with many of its programming where I have forged meaningful friendships, connections, and the overall quality of student life that I have enjoyed. Since meaning is the goal of the research for MFC, I feel it would be amazing to explore how information technology users for the most part relate to the concept of \u2018meaning.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Effie: I was looking to find extracurricular activities and found the Innovation Hub. I noticed it employs design thinking, and I decided this approach is of interest to me.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew: I read content that explores the idea of individual creativity. This encouraged me to think and learn outside-the-box. I am excited to do this with other people, focusing on a design thinking project. I selected the MFC, because the focus is about finding meaning. To me, religion and spirituality help inform who we are and how we build our identity.<\/p>\n<p>Xinyi: I found the Innovation Hub when looking for extracurricular activities. From the website, I learned that it helps empower students by improving their experience on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Minh: The Innovation Hub impacts the University of Toronto student community, so I was drawn to join this great opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph: The Innovation Hub was an attractive opportunity for me, so I can put my anthropological training into practice.<\/p>\n<p>As a team, we all look forward to unpacking people\u2019s opinions about &#8216;meaning-making&#8217;, and how students make sense of their faith. Religion is a sensitive topic, and the Multi-Faith Centre \u00a0will give us the opportunity to learn from others!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the Multi-Faith Centre by following this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/mf\">http:\/\/www.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/mf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joey Youssef (Team Lead) &amp; the Multi-Faith Centre Research Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/Joseph-Youssef-Design-Research-Team-Lead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2616\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2018\/11\/Joseph-Youssef-Design-Research-Team-Lead-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Joey\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this blog post series, we introduce you to each of the Innovation Hub&#8217;s research teams this year, as well as provide some project details. To learn more about the research questions, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/meet-the-fallwinter-2018-2019-team\/\">here<\/a>. Below, you will find a brief statement from the Multi-Faith Centre&#8217;s research team, regarding why they decided to join the I-Hub and this particular project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/spotlight-the-multi-faith-centre-research-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Spotlight: The Multi-Faith Centre Research Team&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[10878],"tags":[34734],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}