Cells at War - A CEWIL iHub Story

Since Feb. 2021, CEWIL Canada has been distributing funding nationwide through The CEWIL iHub! It operates as a centre of expertise that provides grant-based funding to enable and promote curricular work-integrated learning (WIL) focusing primarily on industry projects, entrepreneurial WIL, field placements and service learning. This partnership with the Government of Canada's Innovative WIL program includes $16.3 million to grow WIL across this country! So to kick off a new series of episodes, I will be sifting through the iHub vault and sharing the stories and WIL opportunities that have been created by some amazing WIL practitioners. Have you ever wondered if you could study Biology, learn everything you can about human cells, viruses, disease, pack your lab coat in your backpack and head into the studio to help design...a video game??? On this episode I uncover the backstory that went into developing Cells at War, a collaborative educational biology-based video game project from George Brown College and McMaster University students. By bringing together students from multiple programs, different years of study and a wide array of skills, an innovate WIL opportunity was born. Guests: Rosa da Silva, Associate Professor of Biology, McMaster University, ON // Jean-Paul Amore, Program Coordinator for Entertainment Programs, George Brown College, ON "Fallen Leaves" by Electric Wildlife