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EcoHack 2020

EH2020
Closed
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Adam Solie
Employment Coordinator
2
Timeline
  • November 9, 2020
    Experience start
  • November 10, 2020
    Finalize Your Problem
  • November 11, 2020
    Professional Development Day (10:00am - 12:00pm)
  • November 13, 2020
    Video Day (10:00am - 11:00am & Afternoon)
  • November 14, 2020
    Final Video Submission Due (5:00pm)
  • November 14, 2020
    EcoHack 2020 Wrap-Up (4:00pm - 5:00pm)
  • November 14, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Product or service launch
Skills
design creativity critical thinking persuasive communication research
Learner goals and capabilities

Industry and Community partners pose challenges to EcoHack participants that centre around environment and sustainability issues that exist in their field.

Our partners pose these challenges, and students choose which challenge they feel most passionate about. If your challenge is chosen, students work tirelessly to come up with the most creative and innovative solutions to the problem that they can and present it to the community partner. We've had several examples of the student's solutions being adopted or implemented in real life!

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
40 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will demonstrate their recommended solution using a video format, which will be provided to the community partner.

Project timeline
  • November 9, 2020
    Experience start
  • November 10, 2020
    Finalize Your Problem
  • November 11, 2020
    Professional Development Day (10:00am - 12:00pm)
  • November 13, 2020
    Video Day (10:00am - 11:00am & Afternoon)
  • November 14, 2020
    Final Video Submission Due (5:00pm)
  • November 14, 2020
    EcoHack 2020 Wrap-Up (4:00pm - 5:00pm)
  • November 14, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

These are often wide ranging, and have included in the past: what to do with the plastic waste created during food processing, how we can better use rain water runoff in our community, engaging people in the push to save our natural lands, how to influence people's behaviour to drive slower through the swale to protect wildlife, etc.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
  • question

    Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

  • question

    Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

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