Objectives of the project
- To co-create a digital exhibit of the student experience, by inviting contemplation, mentorship, and photographic and narrative response to the provocation: “What does it mean to thrive at a post-secondary institution during a pandemic?”
- To demonstrate how PhotoVoice can work in two post-secondary contexts: (1) in the context of two courses, and (2) as a co-curricular program.
- Within the curricular context, our goal is to provide the structure of two sequenced, facilitated workshops about PhotoVoice, designed to match first-year students with upper-year students as mentors. These workshops result in all participants getting the opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another about what it means to thrive in their respective contexts.
- Within the co-curricular context, our goal is to provide an experiential learning opportunity for students outside of their respective programs through two sequenced workshops. With the focal prompt of “I thrive when…” these workshops will engage students in collaborative exercises that assist them in learning about what it means to thrive.
- To demonstrate how both the PhotoVoice component and mentorship component can be implemented flexibly within two different post-secondary contexts: a university and a college and within curricular and co-curricular models.
