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Creativity defines Sheridan’s vision Part 1 of a three-part series looks at college’s ‘creative brand’ Stephen Pierce
Sheridan News Sheridan is on the path to become a university, and the Creative Campus project is the roadmap. As the college moves toward accreditation as university, it must not only meet a list of criteria, it must also decide what kind of university it wants to become. And that vision is one of a creative campus, or rather, campuses. “It really describes what Sheridan is going to look like in the future,” says Sheridan President Jeff Zabudsky. An integral part of Sheridan’s Academic Innovation Strategy
(AIS), the Creative Campus plan guides everything from the curriculum taught within the classroom, to the form of the classroom itself. But more than anything, the Creative Campus aims to redefine what it means to be a Sheridan graduate. According to Hasan Malik, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the initiative is about graduating students with the ability to be actively creative. “(Students will) be able to crystallize and articulate for themselves very clearly what the creative process is, and what’s involved in it. Because you can be creative in an unconscious way, and you can be creative in a very conscious way. And so, it’s about getting it to a place where we have
An artist’s rendition of what the Trafalgar Campus may look like, provided by Avison Young. graduates coming out who can be consciously creative.” The concept was born out of a lot of soul-searching on the part of the college. A self-evaluation was undertaken to determine what
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it does well and what makes it promotes creativity, collaboraunique. Creativity and innovation tion and greater involvement with were at the top of the list. community. “What we’re frankly doing is “It used to be we created our leveraging the reputation Sheri- colleges with big long hallways of dan has,” said Zabudsky. “We’re classrooms and lockers, and no known as a place where creativ- place to sit but on the floor. It was ity happens – partly because we basically get in, go to class and get started as an art school – and we out. We’re trying to create spaces want to leverage that brand, have where students don’t leave, they it infuse everything that we do.” stay with us and work with their According peers and collabto Mary Preece, “Part of the orate. And that’s provost and vice process is getting what a creative president aca- students to be environment is demic, the focus open-minded. about.” then shifted to While the - Yael Katz making innovadevelopment of tion, creativity and creative think- creative spaces at Sheridan may ing more than a cliché, and doing help along the way, there are still so across the board. significant challenges when it “Creativity and innovation comes to implementing creativwere identified, both in terms of ity into all of the Sheridan’s areas our reputation and from a pro- of study, particular given the wide grammatic perspective, as the range programs the institution ofstrengths of Sheridan College,” fers. Figuring out the specifics for says Preece. “So, what we’re trying each curriculum is an ongoing to do is incorporate creativity into process. everything that we do, into all of According to Yael Katz, assoour programs. From a curricular ciate dean in the newly restructured perspective, it’s certainly part of School of Humanities and Creativthe vision of becoming Sheridan ity, part of the process is getting stuUniversity.” dents to be open-minded. And the process has already “The trick is trying to figure begun, with a general education out how we get a technology stuelective in creative thinking already dent to be as creative as an arts available in diploma programs. By student, as creative as a math stu2015 the college hopes to have dent, as creative as a nursing stucourses in creativity available to dent. How can someone be crestudents in degree programs look- ative within their own profession. ing meet breadth requirements, Once we figure that out, we’ll be and there are preliminary plans, able to integrate creative thinking though nothing approved, for a competencies in a nuanced way degree program in creativity itself. across curriculum. “One of the characteristics of “I think the key is encouragthat degree would be that the final ing our students to be curious and two years could be degree comple- delight in surprise, to celebrate tion opportunities for students who ambiguity, and to feel comfortable graduate from diplomas and other in non-traditional frameworks. areas, and want to add to that a And I wouldn’t call those skills, I degree in creativity and creative would call those sensibilities, and thinking,” says Preece. “(The pro- I think if we can get our students gram) is really about a skillset that to develop those sensibilities than allows students to get together and we’re already one step ahead.” analyze problems and figure out Next week, Part Two will possible solutions.” According to Zabudsky, a focus on new and changing prolarge part of Creative Campus grams. The Creative Campus lies in the design of the campuses document is available online at themselves, and how that design thesheridansun.ca.
Creativity defines Sheridan’s vision Part 1 of a three-part series looks at college’s ‘creative brand’ Stephen Pierce
Sheridan News Sheridan is on the path to become a university, and the Creative Campus project is the roadmap. As the college moves toward accreditation as university, it must not only meet a list of criteria, it must also decide what kind of university it wants to become. And that vision is one of a creative campus, or rather, campuses. “It really describes what Sheridan is going to look like in the future,” says Sheridan President Jeff Zabudsky. An integral part of Sheridan’s Academic Innovation Strategy
(AIS), the Creative Campus plan guides everything from the curriculum taught within the classroom, to the form of the classroom itself. But more than anything, the Creative Campus aims to redefine what it means to be a Sheridan graduate. According to Hasan Malik, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the initiative is about graduating students with the ability to be actively creative. “(Students will) be able to crystallize and articulate for themselves very clearly what the creative process is, and what’s involved in it. Because you can be creative in an unconscious way, and you can be creative in a very conscious way. And so, it’s about getting it to a place where we have
An artist’s rendition of what the Trafalgar Campus may look like, provided by Avison Young. graduates coming out who can be consciously creative.” The concept was born out of a lot of soul-searching on the part of the college. A self-evaluation was undertaken to determine what
TURN YOUR DIPLOMA INTO A BUSINESS DEGREE WITH A $2,500* SCHOLARSHIP! It is easy to use Humber’s pathways to turn your diploma into a degree. Apply for advanced standing by transferring your college credits into any one of our 12 business degree programs. Your diploma does not have to be degree-related to VIP your way into our degree programs. * Those who qualify will receive a one-time scholarship of $2,500; the only one of its kind in Canada.
business.humber.ca/scholarship
it does well and what makes it promotes creativity, collaboraunique. Creativity and innovation tion and greater involvement with were at the top of the list. community. “What we’re frankly doing is “It used to be we created our leveraging the reputation Sheri- colleges with big long hallways of dan has,” said Zabudsky. “We’re classrooms and lockers, and no known as a place where creativ- place to sit but on the floor. It was ity happens – partly because we basically get in, go to class and get started as an art school – and we out. We’re trying to create spaces want to leverage that brand, have where students don’t leave, they it infuse everything that we do.” stay with us and work with their According peers and collabto Mary Preece, “Part of the orate. And that’s provost and vice process is getting what a creative president aca- students to be environment is demic, the focus open-minded. about.” then shifted to While the - Yael Katz making innovadevelopment of tion, creativity and creative think- creative spaces at Sheridan may ing more than a cliché, and doing help along the way, there are still so across the board. significant challenges when it “Creativity and innovation comes to implementing creativwere identified, both in terms of ity into all of the Sheridan’s areas our reputation and from a pro- of study, particular given the wide grammatic perspective, as the range programs the institution ofstrengths of Sheridan College,” fers. Figuring out the specifics for says Preece. “So, what we’re trying each curriculum is an ongoing to do is incorporate creativity into process. everything that we do, into all of According to Yael Katz, assoour programs. From a curricular ciate dean in the newly restructured perspective, it’s certainly part of School of Humanities and Creativthe vision of becoming Sheridan ity, part of the process is getting stuUniversity.” dents to be open-minded. And the process has already “The trick is trying to figure begun, with a general education out how we get a technology stuelective in creative thinking already dent to be as creative as an arts available in diploma programs. By student, as creative as a math stu2015 the college hopes to have dent, as creative as a nursing stucourses in creativity available to dent. How can someone be crestudents in degree programs look- ative within their own profession. ing meet breadth requirements, Once we figure that out, we’ll be and there are preliminary plans, able to integrate creative thinking though nothing approved, for a competencies in a nuanced way degree program in creativity itself. across curriculum. “One of the characteristics of “I think the key is encouragthat degree would be that the final ing our students to be curious and two years could be degree comple- delight in surprise, to celebrate tion opportunities for students who ambiguity, and to feel comfortable graduate from diplomas and other in non-traditional frameworks. areas, and want to add to that a And I wouldn’t call those skills, I degree in creativity and creative would call those sensibilities, and thinking,” says Preece. “(The pro- I think if we can get our students gram) is really about a skillset that to develop those sensibilities than allows students to get together and we’re already one step ahead.” analyze problems and figure out Next week, Part Two will possible solutions.” According to Zabudsky, a focus on new and changing prolarge part of Creative Campus grams. The Creative Campus lies in the design of the campuses document is available online at themselves, and how that design thesheridansun.ca.
