Improving the campus experience at the University of Toronto through student-led design
Our blog team worked together to develop original weekly posts about design thinking and innovation. In this blog, the blog editors reflect on the value of storytelling and plain language writing, while highlighting the importance of leadership in deepening their learning.
Written by the Blog Editors & Digital Content Writers
Over the past year, the Innovation Hub worked in partnership with the Centre for International Experience to produce a documentary short about the experiences of international U of T alumni. In this blog, the Innovation Hub’s Audiovisual Storytelling team reflects upon learnings from working on the year-long documentary project, as well as creative storytelling projects of their own.
Written by the Audiovisual Storytelling Team
National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to reflect and honour the history of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. In this blog, Hayley reflects on her relationship to nature and the ways we can channel Indigenous perspectives into our everyday lives to live more sustainably.
Written by Hayley Park, Senior Project Assistant & Communications Lead, Honours Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Culture, Information & Technology
Over the past year, the Innovation Hub worked in partnership with the Family Care Office to develop a mini-site for staff and faculty at the university to support student parents. In this blog, the Innovation Hub’s UI/UX team reflects upon learnings from working on the year-long mini-site project, emphasizing the ways their culture of collaboration have shaped the trajectory of the project.
Written by the UI/UX Team
This year, the Innovation Hub partnered with the Centre for Community Partnerships to host a series of design thinking workshops for Alternative Reading Week (ARW) 2025. In this post, Amelia and ARW facilitators, Ruth and Lidiia, reflect on the power of learning through play.
Written by Amelia Di Meo, Research Coordinator, Master of Health Science, Translational Research
Personas are powerful storytelling modes that can inspire us to learn and empathize. In May, the Innovation Hub has launched a new Personas section on our website. We honour the launch of Personas with this blog post, where Ajeetha and Amelia reflect on why human-centered storytelling is so impactful.
Written by Ajeetha Vithiyananthan, Blog Editor & Digital Content Writer, Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Sociology and Amelia Di Meo, Research Coordinator, Master of Health Science, Translational Research
Design thinking can become so much more than just research practice. It can evolve into a powerful problem-solving approach within a profession, and finally, a mindset. In this blog, our outgoing Research Lead, Lidiia, shares her learnings from the last four years as an employee at the Innovation Hub.
Written by Lidiia Tulenkova, Research Lead, Honours Bachelor of Arts, Sociocultural Anthropology, Material Culture & Art History
Pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones can go hand in hand with uncomfortable feelings. In this blog, Katrina reflects on her journey of learning throughout her four years at U of T and her time at the Innovation Hub.
Written by Katrina Sze Ching Soong, Qualitative Data Archivist Team Lead, Honours Bachelor of Arts, English and Philosophy Double Major, History Minor
We’re incredibly excited to kick-start the Summer 2025 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 13th, 2025 at 11:59 PM. To learn more about the roles we offer and the work we do, read our job descriptions below.
Are you curious about what we do at the Innovation Hub? Are you interested in working during the Summer 2025 Work Study term?
On April 2, 2025 from 12pm-1pm, we’ll be hosting a special event via Zoom, sharing all about the Innovation Hub: who we are, what we do, and why we do it!