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The TeachingCity 2018-2019 Progress Report is now available on the

TeachingCity is a partnership between the City of Oshawa, Â鶹´«Ã½ University, Durham College, Canadian Urban Institute, Trent University Durham Greater Toronto Area and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. The partnership aims to position Oshawa as a local, national and global community of urban research and learning through innovation, collaboration, applied research and shared experiential learning opportunities.

 The report highlights a number of projects Â鶹´«Ã½ has been involved in:

• Active Transportation for an Age-friendly Strategy: A research study to understand barriers to activate transportation with older adults residing in Oshawa (a collaboration between Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Oshawa Senior Community Centres).
• Fire Navigation Systems project: Â鶹´«Ã½ Engineering students undertook the first phase of a project to design and develop a tactile feedback navigation system for firefighters.
• City Idea Lab: A collaborative, course-based project that offers experiential learning opportunities to post-secondary students via credit courses at the TeachingCity Hub.

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