Not-for-profit
Toronto, Canada
- Undergraduate students
- Graduate students
All regions
2019
- A unique, facilitated VE program
- Conferences, workshops and webinars
- Professional development for instructors
- General consulting
- English
The Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation (GCDI) brings together students and civil society actors from around the world in a collaborative online format for cross-cultural engagement, experiential learning, and global impact. Currently, we run multi-week short courses and intensives that engage global cohorts of students from interdisciplinary backgrounds and years of study.
Leveraging the transformative potential of design thinking, we aim to deepen collective pathways towards global citizenship, democracy innovation, and social change, offering students professional skill development such as facilitation training, as well as opportunities for applied learning within curricular and co-curricular settings
We invite you to review our call for faculty and higher education institutional partners.
These are the services we provide to the field:
Operating from a equity-based and critical global learning framework, we provide the following services:
- Faculty and student course and program co-design;
- Assessment and Evaluation;
- Technical and Technological Support;
- Joint course development and support;
- Design thinking and dialogue-based facilitation training;
- Partnership Development;
- Community Engagement;
- Integrated Learning;
- Fund Advancement and Development.
We are constantly seeking to expand our network of faculty, community practitioners, and higher education institutions.
Discussion of Costs and Fees
We invite any interested staff or faculty members to reach out to us, regardless of budget.
Discussion of previous projects and professional development
Higher Education Partners (past and present):
- Ashoka University, India;
- Indiana University Bloomington, U.S.A.;
- Sciences Po, France;
- University of the Witwatersrand; South Africa;
- Stellenbosch University; South Africa;
- University of Toronto; Canada;
- University of Cape Town; South Africa;
- Universidad de los Andes; Colombia;
- University West; Sweden.
Community-Based Partners:
- 350africa.org
- Global Assembly
- Gen Why Media
- Innovation for Policy Foundation
- Support Group Network
- Climate Justice Charter Movement
Unique VE programs our organization has developed
We convene and host global multi-week short courses and intensives linked to curriculum and co-curriculum. Below are our most recent VE Programs:
- Fall 2020 - Food Security Design Jam - Detailed Analysis can be read here
- Winter 2022 - Climate Change Design Jam - View Summary Report Here
- Fall 2022 - Desigining Democratic Sustainability - View Summary Report Here
We work directly with faculty and staff to create unique, authentic, and inclusive globally-networked learning environments.