At the Innovation Hub, we design with and for students.

Join us in the journey to user-oriented design thinking.

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WHAT WE DO

We design with and for students.

Who are our students, and how is the world changing for them? We want to understand UofT students—who they are, where they’re going, what drives them—so we can co-create a university that works for all.

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WE’RE STUDENTS TOO

Students are experts on the student experience. That’s why they lead our design teams.

We welcome students from all programs, levels, and disciplines. As part of the UofT community, we work on problems you care about.

HOW WE DO IT

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Partner

We team up with other groups at UofT to work on challenges faced by their students.

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Empathize

We collect student stories through empathy-based tools: interviews, discussions, and interactive activities.

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Clarify

We draw insights from our data, using methods from social-science research and design thinking.

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Ideate

We ideate design principles and solutions to our partners’ challenges.

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Prototype

We help our partners test our ideas in their communities.

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KEEP IN TOUCH

We talk about our student-experience insights, design thinking, and upcoming opportunities on our blog.