Social Hackathons with the Innovation Hub
Discover a New Meaning.
WHY A SOCIAL HACKATHON?
To provide an experiential learning experience that will assist in the development of student’s critical thinking skills and career readiness.
To encourage the use of the SLC Innovation Hub with Kingston businesses and non-profits.
To furnish students with real-world social views through interaction with mentors, those with lived experience and other faculty streams.
WHAT IS A SOCIAL HACKATHON?
A hackathon is a fun way to demonstrate that a lot can be achieved when people work collaboratively together, building solutions rapidly and with an agile approach.
A spirit of open collaboration underpins the hacking philosophy. Bringing together a broad spectrum of intelligent people with diverse backgrounds can result in problem-solving solutions that would never have occurred through any one group in isolation.
WHO CAN DO A SOCIAL HACKATHON?
The short answer is, everyone. A Social Hackathon is a great way to collaboratively solve problems in a fun interactive way or to simply develop your skills when real-life problems face your team. Students, faculty, and staff should do a Social Hackathon to ready themselves for employment and for staff to teach these learned skills to their students. Sponsors, alumni, businesses, and non-profits can all gain tremendous benefits from getting involved and working together in a Social Hackathon.
Looking for More Information or How to Run a Social Hackathon?
Check out our guidebook here https://innovationhubslc.ca/community-impact#initiatives