| Title | Development of an Education Program for Enhanced Learning of Sustainability |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Land & Food Systems |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2006 |
| Completion | 03/31/2009 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Title | Program Development for Enhanced Experiential Learning of Sustainability |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2006/2007 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Andrew Riseman |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 47,000 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Andrew Riseman, Agroecology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
| Year 1: Summary | This project will enhance student learning by developing student-centered curricula using modern pedagogical techniques focused on creating a campus-wide sustainable food system. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) provides agriculture, food, and health-related learning, research, and community service programs at the 24-hectare USC Farm on South Campus. The Centre's range of existing interdisciplinary programs and its varied landscape provide an excellent venue to meet the growing student need for more experiential learning, community service learning, links to research, and connections between theory and practice. This project will achieve its objectives by hiring student leaders to engage faculty, community members, and their peers to facilitate field activities for existing credit courses, integrate new directed studies, develop internship and research opportunities on the site, and involve students with new and existing community service projects. |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2007/2008 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Andrew Riseman |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 41,100 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Andrew Riseman, Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
| Year 2: Summary | This project will achieve its objectives by hiring student leaders to engage faculty, community members, and their peers to facilitate field activities for existing credit courses, support a new practicum course, host a symposium, integrate new directed studies, internship, and research projects on the site, and involve students with new and existing community service projects. The project builds upon the successes of the 2006/07 season with a new focus on providing in-depth experiences for a greater number of students. |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2008/2009 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | Andrew Riseman |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 45,000 |
| Year 3: Team Members | Andrew Riseman, Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
| Year 3: Summary | This project will achieve its objectives by hiring student leaders to engage faculty, community members, and their peers to facilitate field activities for existing credit courses, support a new practicum course, host a symposium, integrate new directed studies, internship, and research projects on the site, and involve students with new and existing community service projects. The project builds upon the successes of the previous two seasons with two new foci: (i) Food and Climate Change, and {ii) an enhanced Agroecology Practicum. |