{"id":19045,"date":"2024-07-18T14:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/?page_id=19045"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:09:56","slug":"sfad-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/sfad-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from a Distance: Initiative to Combat Pandemic Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"Project\n

Stories from a Distance: Initiative to Combat Pandemic Isolation<\/h1>\n

The Stories from a Distance Team was an initiative that ran weekly sessions from from March-December 2020. We started this project as a way to create an online community to combat isolation and loneliness in the midst of the pandemic. This inspired many additional projects and initiatives at the Innovation Hub, which you can explore below.<\/p>\n\t

Fall\/Winter 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\t

How can we foster a sense of community during the pandemic?<\/h1>\nCommunity building at U of T has always been important. The pandemic has exacerbated
\ncommunity building; students report that it has created increased disconnection through social isolation. We wanted to know what community building in this context entails. This project was carried out to provide insights to people offering programming around this online community building.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBLOG POST\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

KEY FINDINGS<\/h1>\n\t

Successful digital communities act as secure anchors for students.<\/strong><\/p>\nCommunity builders can secure students in multiple ways: by creating open spaces
\nthat are attentive to intimacy and vulnerability; by developing and reasserting a shared
\ncommunity experience and history; by fostering student-centric and student\/participant-led community online spaces.\n

Our findings play out in four themes:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Power of Vulnerability<\/li>\n
  2. Sharing is Caring<\/li>\n
  3. Empowering Student Voices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\"Book\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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