A new partnership with the University of Guadalajara to study Maker Culture
Ann-Louise Davidson (left) and Jorge Carlos Sanabria Zepeda
Concordia is proud to announce a new partnership with the University of Guadalajara’s UDGVirtual Innovation program, to research the Maker Movement.
Concordia University Chair in Maker Culture Ann-Louise Davidson, a professor in the department of Education, recently travelled to Guadalajara to mark the official delivery ceremony of the document.
"For Concordia University, being the Next-Gen University also means collaborating with innovation leaders from other countries," says Davidson, who received the agreement with colleague Jorge Carlos Sanabria Zepeda, head of the Innovation program.
"Mexico’s pool of creativity and cutting-edge approaches to maker education are key to the preparation of transnational workers of the 21st century and it is an honour to partner with University of Guadalajara Virtual on that mission."
The partnership will include collaborative research, exchange of scientific information, and the possibility for faculty and students from the University of Guadalajara to travel to Canada, or even learn in virtual classrooms.
As part of the agreement, Davidson gave a keynote speech at the Maker Education Meeting, held in Mexico City August 16 - 17.
"The University of Guadalajara is known as an innovative institution and an example is the Master's Degree in Innovation of its Virtual University System," says Davidson. "It is an advantage for us to team-up with the innovators of Mexico.”