PEER-TO-PEER DESIGN THINKING
Student experiences are best understood by students. Our peer-to-peer approach ensures students who share their stories with us have a great experience, while giving our team of student employees great hands-on experience with design thinking. We’ve built trust with students, staff, alumni and community partners over the years through our commitment to participatory design and ethical and equity-centred design research practices.
PEER-TO-PEER DESIGN THINKING
Student experiences are best understood by students. Our peer-to-peer approach ensures students who share their stories with us have a great experience, while giving our team of student employees great hands-on experience with design thinking. We’ve built trust with students, staff, alumni and community partners over the years through our commitment to participatory design and ethical and equity-centred design research practices.
CHANGEMAKING ON CAMPUS
At the Innovation Hub, we’re committed to making an impact while embracing diverse perspectives. To ensure that the changes we propose reflect the multi-faceted needs of the U of T community, we work with many different campus partners, interview widely and hire students from all disciplines. So far, our impact on campus has included:
85
Design thinking projects completed
1900+
Students' stories heard
150+
Staff & faculty stories heard
We worked in collaboration with U of T Libraries to understand student experiences to help revitalize Robarts 4th Floor Reading Room.
We produced a documentary following 8 incoming international student journeys with a focus on their first 48 hours in Canada.
We created a ‘mini-site’ of resources embedded with the Family Care Office website, that focuses on helping members of the university community (faculty, staff, and student leaders) to become more family-friendly in their day-to-day practices.
WHAT'S ON AT THE INNOVATION HUB
Our design thinking research aims to ignite meaningful change at U of T. Learn more about what we’re working on and check out past projects.
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