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Course Description

The Workplace Learning course, HIST*3480, is a unique opportunity for students to engage in independent work with scheduled meetings, exploring the history and cultural heritage of the former Guelph Correctional Centre, now known as the Yorklands Green Hub.

Details

• Code and section: HIST348001
• Term: Fall 2024
• Instructor: Dr. Peter Goddard
• Workplace Supervisors: The Yorklands Green Hub board, including Lynn Bestari, Alex Smith, Ian Findlay, and Chloe Blair
• Instructor consent required

Course Format

The course involves independent work with scheduled meetings, providing students with the flexibility to conduct research and develop historical media and forms.

Course Synopsis

The Yorklands Green Hub is a volunteer-driven non-profit organization working towards preserving and celebrating the unique cultural and natural heritage of the former Guelph Correctional Centre. The organization envisions an educational living 'green hub' with endless possibilities for collaboration, including urban agriculture, indoor and outdoor displays, rotating exhibits, workshops, lectures, events, and educational materials. Students will have the opportunity to develop a full chronological history of the site, carry out an oral history project, and create historical media and forms.

Learning Outcomes

By the successful completion of this course, students will have learned to:

1. Apply good research practices
2. Generate historical research for an interested public and for the Yorklands Green Hub community program
3. Communicate compelling history for use in media platforms
4. Identify key factors and forces in the prehistory, history, and evolution of the Ontario Reformatory/Yorklands
5. Critically reflect upon their own work
6. Critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of Ontario Reformatory/Guelph Correctional Centre historical interpretation

Methods of Evaluation and Weights

• Development of research and/or communication proposal: 10%
• Execution of research and/or communication project: 50%
• Weekly Critical Reflections: 15%
• Final Report/finished research and/or communication (1,500 words): 25%

Project Timeline

• Week 1: Pre-arranged meeting with Professor Peter Goddard and members of the Yorklands Green Hub Board
• Weeks 1-3: Historiographical Research and project conceptualization
• Week 3: Proposal due
• Weeks 4-12: Research and development of communication approach
• Week 6: First collection of weekly Reflections due
• Week 12: Second collection of weekly Reflections due
• Week 13: Final report/critical reflection/presentation of finished project

Note

Please note that this is a preliminary course description, and the department reserves the right to change any information without notice. The final, binding course outline will be distributed in the first class of the semester.