Ontario Heritage Trust Recognizes Six UC Students
Congratulations to the students in Professor Siobhan O'Flynn's course CDN355: Digital Media, Digital Makers! For the second time, students have received an award from the Ontario Heritage Trust for the amazing research that they produced! See the website with the digital media that they produced: http://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=f66c29991bc74ebd812b0319c410b4e3
Here is a description from the Ontario Heritage Trust: Six students in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto investigated the significance of industrial buildings in Toronto, each key to the city's economic and community development. Researching in material and digital archives, the students documented and uncovered the histories and transformations of industrial spaces, such as factory-to-loft conversions pitched to urban professionals. The students worked through archival photos, maps, municipal planning documents and other city records to reveal the contrast and disparity between past and present uses of each building. Each student undertook independent research, dedicating time to both the archival research and the clear documentation and presentation of archival findings. In addition, the students worked with digital tools, learning the design principles of relational databases as a support to safeguarding and communicating their findings, often seeking out extracurricular instruction and guidance on working with specific digital platforms.