Events

Join the KI community at our Friday afternoon seminars, where we'll learn together about knowledge integration in action!

Pedagogical approaches to knowledge integration: peer- and problem-based learning for building transformative capacity

Knowledge integration efforts necessarily involve some pedagogical strategy – making this explicit and intentional helps. Peer- and problem-based learning offer a pedagogical strategy that supports transformative capacity building.

Exploring Your Path at D2L

We invited our friends at D2L, the global learning innovation company founded by a Waterloo grad, for a panel discussion about the work that they do, and how KI skills and knowledge are being applied in that industry.

Ted Haag – Customer Service Representative

Is there a new profession of "integration experts" on the rise?

The pressing environmental and societal challenges of our time require inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) research that crosses boundaries between not only different disciplines but also research, policy, and practice in order to formulate ‘socially robust’ responses to meet such challenges.

Life after KI

Ever wonder what life will be like after you graduate?

So did we. Ask us anything about transitioning out of your undergraduate degree.

The panel includes BKI alumni working in multiple disciplines and completing post-graduate study.

We will practice a very valuable problem-solving skill: solvitur ambulando, which is a Latin phrase that means “it is solved by walking”.

Think of a problem (big or small) that you and/or your group have been working on. During the walk, discuss with people around you or go solo, and then see at the end of the walk if any fresh perspectives appear. It is amazing the work the brain is free to do when you are engaged in a physically repetitive and mentally undemanding activity such as walking (or knitting, or washing dishes, or shovelling snow!).

“So, what is Knowledge Integration, anyway?” All of us in KI have been asked some version of this question by family, friends, students in other programs, and/or potential employers. Given that KI is a unique, flexible, and multi-faceted degree, it can be challenging to succinctly explain it to others. Moreover, how we explain it may need to be modified to fit certain contexts.

KIX (n): Knowledge Integration eXhibition; a convergence of disciplines, teaching methods and creative minds in an object-centric exhibition on topics related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The students in the Knowledge Integration program invite you to experience the culmination of our third-year design project: The Museum Course. Working in teams to produce these exhibits has been a rewarding and unique experience.

Cultural learning, lifestyle politics, and opinion polarization in 'unprecedented times'