Simulated Person Methodology Lab | Website
The Simulated Person Methodology Lab utilizes human simulators to replicate real workplace issues. Our lab supports research in experiential education through the evaluation and implementation of simulated persons as a pedagogical methodology across academic and pan university context. The lab also provides services and consultation to external partners.
Prescribing VR | Website
Our team is currently evaluating VR’s usability, safety and clinical effectiveness for people with various health conditions and in different healthcare settings. Examples include people living with dementia or other cognitive impairment, people suffering from mental health and addictions, the chronically ill or in palliative care, patients undergoing radiation treatment, and those in the intensive care unit.
Sim Beyond Walls | Website
Sim Beyond Walls provides resources on topics and issues related to best practices in design, testing, implementation, and evaluation of simulation education content. Sim beyond walls is also a virtual space that uses the power of online and social media technology to enable health professions students and faculty to connect in ways beyond a Simulation Center at their respective institutions.
maxSIMhealth | Website
maxSIMhealth is an ecosystem of manufacturing, design, and living-simulation labs at Ontario Tech University. Through active research partnerships with hospitals, professional societies, governing bodies, entrepreneurs, and simulation industry, our dedicated team works diligently on a spectrum of activities from mapping needs, to changing educational systems, to providing services and products, to improving learning and performance outcomes. With advanced 3D modelling, additive manufacturing, extended reality and gaming capabilities, we strive to advance simulation training within Ontario, Canada and the rest of the world.
Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) | Website
The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) supports projects that advance York Universty’s priorities in terms of teaching, learning and the student experience. Since 2011, the AIF has supported faculty and campus partners in their efforts to develop new and exciting ways to educate students.
Baycrest Health Sciences Centre | Website
Baycrest is home to the world-renowned Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and the Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI).
Center for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion (REI) | Website
The Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion (REI) promotes and builds a respectful, equitable, diverse and inclusive university community*. It strives to be a leader in providing accessible, impartial, non-adversarial, and confidential programs and services that uphold human rights, facilitate equitable access to opportunities, and champion diversity and inclusion.
eCampusOntario | Website
eCampusOntario is a provincially-funded non-profit organization that leads a consortium of the province’s 48 publicly-funded colleges, universities and indigenous institutes to develop and test online learning tools to advance the use of education technology and digital learning environments.
Health Leadership and Learning Network | Website
The Health Leadership and Learning Network offers continuing education courses for health professionals within the Faculty of Health at York University. Meet your professional development and life-long learning needs with our evidence-based and industry-informed courses.
Innovation York | Website
We facilitate and maximize the commercial, economic, and social impacts of research
& innovation, and create a culture of engaged scholarship and experiential learning.
Makerspace | Website
The AMPD Pan-Faculty Makerspace is a new facility of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design currently in development. The facility will launch during Summer, 2019.
The Makerspace will serve to improve student access to digital fabrication tools and support the integration of these technologies into current and upcoming AMPD programs. Being available to all students and educators of the faculty, the Makerspace will also provide a centralized workspace for technological experimentation and cross-disciplinary art making.
Michael Garron Hospital | Website
MGH has been proudly serving the community of east Toronto since 1929. During that time the hospital has continually renewed its commitment to the community it serves. Today, MGH is a large, urban, full-service community teaching hospital, providing comprehensive care to a diverse population of 400,000 living within its primary catchment area, from Midland Avenue in the east to Bayview Avenue in the west and north from Lake Ontario to Eglinton Avenue.
The Open University of Israel | Website
The Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies serves as the research division of the Open University for exploring emerging technologies and developing models and strategies for their integration in learning. The studies conducted in the Research Center address different aspects of learning technologies and their applications. The Center is composed of a consortium of about fifty faculty members from various Open University departments. The Center conducts a wide variety of academic activities such as symposia, workshops, conferences and research seminars. The Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies was founded in 2010, replacing the Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technologies in Education, which was active from 2004.
Sensorium | Website
Sensorium is an ambitious research centre based in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University that supports cross-disciplinary work in application and content creation, artistic and scientific inquiry, policy development and critical discourse in digital media arts.
Simulation Canada | Website
SIM-one and the Canadian Network for Simulation in Healthcare (CNSH) have joined forces to build a strong and united interprofessional, cross-sector network for the advancement of simulation in healthcare. We are a not-for-profit organization that connects the simulation community, facilities, and resources across Canada and beyond. We advocate for and advance simulated learning in health professions education for the benefit of patient care and safety.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council / Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Humaines| Website
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.
Teaching Commons @ York University | Website
The Teaching Commons is a positive and safe space where faculty, graduate students, and staff from across our campuses can engage in professional development activities related to any aspect of teaching and learning. We offer a broad range of learning opportunities including individual workshops and consultations, comprehensive courses, certificates, and research related to teaching.
University Health Network Openlabs | Website
OpenLab is a design and innovation shop dedicated to finding creative solutions that transform the way health care is delivered and experienced.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology | Website
With its foundation in technology, the sciences and professional practice, Ontario Tech University advances the discovery and application of knowledge that accelerates economic growth, regional development and social innovation and inspires graduates who will continue to make an impact on the world, as it is and as it will be.