INNOVATION
More than a buzzword or game-changing tech solution, innovation is a mindset—a way of engaging with the world. And it’s core to everything we do at Branksome Hall.
Just as social and emotional skills can be learned, so too can creativity and an innovator’s mindset. At Branksome, we immerse our learners in the design-thinking cycle through an integrated approach across the curriculum, where they develop their ideas through an iterative process of empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping and testing.
2024 REPORT: INNOVATION UNLEASHED
At this time of exponential change, Branksome fosters a culture of experimentation and exploration—in the classroom and beyond:
- Branksome’s signature innovation programs Noodle and Noodle Jr. are expanding.
- Students and employees are building new skills to ignite the potential of our upcoming Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre (iCAST).
- Leaders at the top of their field in innovation, tech and entrepreneurship provide strategic insights through our Innovation Council.
- Branksome employees and students are exploring the potential of artificial intelligence.
- We have launched a new Slingshot Innovation Academy to empower children and youth across the community with innovative STEM, arts and entrepreneurship programming.
2022–25 STRATEGY REFRESH
LEADERS IN INNOVATION, STEM AND THE ARTS
The culture of innovation at Branksome runs deep. Educators experiment and prototype new ideas for programs and course work at our internal innovation incubator, The Garage; the Chandaria Research Centre engages in data-driven research to help continuously advance our programming through new initiatives; the Centre for Strategic Leadership builds capacity in employees and school leaders; and our transformational community partnerships and facilities catalyze opportunities for innovation.
EXPLORING INNOVATION THROUGH THE iCAST
SPACE TO GROW: OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES CATALYZE INNOVATION AND LEARNING
Building on Branksome’s central location and world-class facilities—including the stunning Athletics and Wellness Centre, which has catapulted school and community athletics and well-being to new heights—the upcoming Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre (iCAST) will ignite creativity and innovation, inspiring learners to explore new ideas and perspectives, challenge their thinking and take risks.
