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Knowledge Integration professor Rob Gorbet is collaborating with other University of Waterloo professors Steve Quilley (Environmental and Social Innovation) and Marcel O’Gorman (Critical Media Lab) to study the impact of accessibility of ‘making’ technologies for ‘ordinary people’ on their sense of self(-worth) and their consumer practices. This research is funded by a grant from the Metcalf Foundation.

Read more about "Making for the Masses" on the makebright blog.

John McLevey, Knowledge Integration Assistant Professor has been awarded a prestigious grant for his project, entitled: "Collaborative Design in Online Networks: The Case of Linux Developers." This grant is funded by an Insight Development Grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

On September 1, the Centre for Knowledge Integration becomes the Department of Knowledge Integration.

Read the full announcement.

KI student Jillian Anderson was recently profiled in her local newspaper, The Parkland Review, from Tisdale, Saskatchewan, about her summer experiences.

She's working on a research farm, and is applying her knowledge integration (KI) skills in communication, design, technology, and problem solving.

Ed Jernigan, Professor and Director of the Centre for Knowledge Integration, will be offering a new course this fall that he has developed.

INTEG 275: Special Topics

Mathematical models in Knowledge Integration: Recognizing patterns across disciplines.