This program is based on an experiential learning model that fully engages students in their training process.
Trainees will acquire theoretical knowledge and put it into practice through dynamic and interactive activities optimizing their collaborative and creative interactions within interdisciplinary and diverse teams.
Two sets of activities
ExCL - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLES
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SWITCH - WORKSHOPS FOR TEAM SYNERGY IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CO-CREATIVITY
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August 2020 Chalk River Nuclear Storage Site The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories wants to build a huge mound at Chalk River, Ontario that can hold one million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste. Opponents of the project are questioning the location of the site, which would be too close to the Ottawa River, a source of potable water for millions of citizens. Should the Chalk River nuclear storage site be built or not?
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Fall 2020 IND6144 course. For more information, click here. |
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January 2021 Objectives and key elements
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February 2021 Drones, ecosystems and regulations Currently, the process of developing regulations for the use of new technologies does not sufficiently take into account the ecosystem that concerns them. How can we do better?
The video is available on YouTube. |
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May 2021 The activity was led by Jean-Philippe Bouchard from spiralis and by Sophie Morin. |
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September 2021 Monitoring Wind Energy Infrastructures Although wind energy is claimed to provide clean renewable energy without any emissions during operation, the wind turbines' blades, one of their most important components, are made with composite material, which is currently regarded as unrecyclable in Quebec. The wind turbine design lifespan being limited to about 20 years, an option could be to non-destructively monitor the structural health of theses wind energy infrastructures to lengthen their safe and optimal lifespan.
The video is available on YouTube. |
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January 2022 House technological assistance for the prolonged and safe maintenance of the elderly at home: a social innovation project The number of elderly people in Quebec (and in the world) is increasing more and more. This will place a heavy burden on the public health system, as far as specialized housing is concerned. One solution among others would be to maintain these physically and psychologically healthy people at home as long as possible, with material and social conditions adapted to their needs (single person, physical and/or psychological autonomy, security, culture, life project, ....). Technological assistance (medical alert system, connected objects, digital literacy, sensors, ...) could contribute to support the autonomy of the elderly and keep them in health as long as possible. How can these technologies be integrated in such a way as to establish links between technological solutions, the needs, desires and life project of the elderly person and the necessary support services? |
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August 2021 Chalk River Nuclear Storage Site The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories wants to build a huge mound at Chalk River, Ontario that can hold one million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste. Opponents of the project are questioning the location of the site, which would be too close to the Ottawa River, a source of potable water for millions of citizens. Should the Chalk River nuclear storage site be built or not?
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Fall 2021 IND6144 course. For more information, click here. |
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Winter 2022 IND8108 course. For more information, click here. |
