News Release
10/31/2016
Teams of secondary students will work with policy experts, community leaders and entrepreneurs to come up with new solutions to address climate change. Students will experience design thinking and then pitch their ideas to a panel of judges that includes representatives from Ontario EcoSchools, Innovation York, Launch Zone and Seneca Helix.
Selected pitches will have the opportunity for further mentorship and go on to present their ideas to a panel of judges at YRDSB’s Quest conference on November 18.
The Board is collaborating with the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change to deliver this learning opportunity.
At the same time, YRDSB teachers will engage in professional learning offered through Rotman School of Management’s I-Think Initiative on design thinking and innovation.
More information is available on the event website.
Where:
Middlefield Collegiate Institute
525 Highglen Ave, Markham
When:
November 3, 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
November 4, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Note to editors: The best time to attend is Thursday, November 3, 10:15-11:15 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., when students will be working with facilitators and mentors to refine the problem and generate ideas.
For more information contact:
Dawn Clayden, Corporate Communications
Telephone: 905-727-0022 ext. 2913
Email: dawn.clayden@yrdsb.ca