Meet Our Innovators in Communities!
Have you met our two Innovators in Residence yet? Sarah Goodman is our film expert at the Toronto Reference Library (TRL) and and Robert DiVito is our audio expert at the Fort York Branch!
What about our three Innovators in Communities?
The Innovator in Communities program is similar to the Innovator in Residence program, except industry experts bring the Digital Innovation Hub's exciting technology and programming outside of the library and into different community spaces this fall!
From October to November, three Innovators in Communities will be sharing their knowledge and experience within their area of expertise by conducting instructional workshops with a focus on enhancing employability throughout Toronto.
Meet our three IICs:
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| Derek Quenneville | Chanda Chevannes | Lindy Wilkins | ||
| Toronto 3D printing expert & fabrication artist, previous TPL Innovator in Residence at TRL (Spring 2014) | Award-winning Toronto-based documentary filmmaker & writer | Artist, technologist & programmer, director of Site3 CoLaboratory | ||
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Derek will be teaching: 3D Printing 101 |
Chanda will be teaching: Filmmaking 101 |
Lindy will be teaching: Coding 101 |
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| Learn the basics of 3D printing from creating 3D models to how to sell your 3D creations! | Learn the fundamentals of filmmaking, how to shoot and tell a story through film! | Learn the basics of coding and how it works in hardware, software and the internet! |
The workshops are offered in the following community agencies:
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The Spot Black Creek / Jane & Finch |
East Scarborough Storefront Kingston Galloway Orton Park |
Victoria Park Hub Victoria Village |
These workshops provide access to the advanced technology, programs and expertise available in the Digital Innovation Hubs at the Toronto Reference Library and the Fort York Branch. For more information about these workshops, please contact the community agencies.
In the following weeks, our Innovators will be blogging on the Digital Design & Technology blog about their experience doing these workshops out in the community spaces, so check back shortly!
Special thanks to the Metcalf Foundation for their support of the Innovator in Residence (Fort York) and the Innovator in Communities Program.
2 thoughts on “Meet Our Innovators in Communities!”
This blog entry says to contact the community agencies to learn more about the Innovator in Communities’ workshops. But:
– The East Scarborough Storefront is a presentation page with no content or links (just the name).
– The Spot has minimal information.
– The Working Women page is actually nice, but no reference to Innovator in Communities workshops that I could see.
You would think the library itself would have that information (a library, by definition, is an information hub), and that they can post it, circulate it, etc…
So, where would the public find information about these workshops (apart from the community agencies)?
Hi Rob,
Thank you for checking out this blog post and for your comment!
The Innovator in Communities (IIC) program wrapped up last year.
You can read about each of the IIC’s experience in their wrap-up posts:
– Derek’s https://blogs.tpl.ca/digital_design_studio/2014/12/3d-printing-innovator-in-communities-wrap-up.html
– Chanda’s https://blogs.tpl.ca/digital_design_studio/2014/11/filmmaking-101-part-3.html
– Lindy’s https://blogs.tpl.ca/digital_design_studio/2014/12/code-and-programming.html
I will re-link East Scarborough Storefront logo above to their website. Thanks for catching that and here it is for your convenience – http://www.thestorefront.org/
If you are interested in courses in or around any of the community agencies listed above, I would suggest contacting them directly to see if they are offering anything similar to the IIC workshops.
You can also call your local Toronto Public Library branch to see if they will be offering special 3D printing, film-related and/or coding workshops. The Digital Innovation Hubs will also have an Innovator in Residence program, so stay tuned for that announcement!
Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you for your interest in the Innovator in Communities program!
Diana