In the winter term each year, the Interdisciplinary Dialogue Project brings together students and faculty from different disciplines to explore a social justice issue. Truth and reconciliation, refugee migration, Islamophobia—the topic changes each year, but the approach remains the same: interdisciplinary, collaborative, meaningful.
Announcing the 2020/21 Interdisciplinary Dialogue Topic: COVID-19
Since 2017, the Interdisciplinary Dialogue has created a unique platform for engaging the university in meaningful conversation on topics of local and global significance. It presents an annual opportunity for faculty, students, staff and others to explore a given topic through different disciplinary perspectives. The Dialogue has an established structure: speaker events, Blackboard discussions and a final celebration of learning.
We are excited to share with the MacEwan community that the Winter 2021 Interdisciplinary Dialogue theme will be COVID-19. More information will follow. Please contact current co-chairs Larisa Hayduk and Lindsey Whitson with any questions.
Events
IDP at a glance
The IDP uses a three-part format.
Levels of involvement
Students can formally participate in the Interdisciplinary Dialogue by registering in a course that is associated with the IDP and/or signing up through the related co-curricular record program.
Students who sign up for the co-curricular record program must complete 20 hours of extracurricular learning in order to have this record formally added to their MacEwan transcript. These hours include participation in the activities described above as well as additional learning opportunities related to the dialogue topic.
IDP certificate: If you attend a minimum of two educational forums and participate in the corresponding online discussion, you receive an project certificate of achievement. Students who present at the MacEwan Research Day may have their work published in the online project's proceedings via MacEwan Open Journals.
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Co-curricular record: If you complete at least 20 hours of volunteer (project) activities, you will receive co-curricular recognition on your transcript.
Open to the public
All educational forums are open to the public, providing an opportunity for meaningful discussions about local and global issues while connecting MacEwan to communities outside the university.
