The G 20 summit leads more or less to a shut down of Toronto the next week. The government spends over 1 Billion dollars for the summit. Why so much? The G 20 summit is staged in the middle of Toronto. Therefore the security costs skyrocket. This is not appropriate in times of huge budget deficits.
However, I will join the peaceful protests on saturday. One of the key issues of the G 20 is how to fix the financial system. G 8 Member Canada rejects the banking tax so far. I hope that the public pressure will change that. We need a sustainable financial system that supports the economy. What we do not need is gambling for short-term profits.
A Video about Augmented Reality from Sarah Gladney from my Issues and Topics in Design Class that I took this semester. Click here to watch it.
Ein Semester an der Ryerson Universität dauert vier Monate. Im Rahmen des Auslandsaufenthalts habe ich zwei Semester an der Ryerson Universität, also von Anfang September bis Ende April, studiert. In diesen acht Monaten habe ich zahlreiche Erfahrungen gesammelt. Die Kurse an der Ryerson University sind definitiv zeitintensiv. Im diesem Semester belege ich sogar sechs Kurse. Der Grund dafür ist mein Interesse für Design. Ich glaube, Kreativität ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil eines Wirtschaftstudiums. Daher habe ich den Kurs „Issues and Topics in Design“ an der Ryerson University belegt. Einige Ergebnisse dieses Kurses sind auf meinem Flickr Photostream zu finden.
Die letzten vier Monate
Wie bereits erwähnt, habe ich die letzten zwei Semester hier studiert. Wie geht es nun weiter? Ich habe mich erfolgreich für Internships beworben und werde nun bis Ende August in Toronto bleiben. Insofern geht mein Auslandsjahr nun in die dritte und letzte Runde.
I love theatre. In the first weeks of my exchange I joined the Ryerson Theatre Group OACT. Last week we had our show in the Student Center of the Oakham House. It was a unique experience. I played in the comedy “Lexicomical Hypothesis”, written and directed by Darcy Corbett. It seems like the crowd enjoyed our performance. Someone on facebook said it was „was retardily brilliant”.
(from right: Jamieson Child, me)
We need more theatre in schools
As mentioned I love theatre and I have to admit that I am biased. But I truly believe theatre and arts should play a huge role in our education system. Somehow most of the children lose their creativity after kindergarten. One reason for this is the inflexible school system that still tries to educate children for an industrial society. Our school system focuses on routinization to ensure that people fit into tasks demanded by a tayloristic system.
I am convinced that the education system should create chances and help to overcome social disparity. Furthermore it should enable children develop their creative potential.
Auf der Homepage der JKU wurde ein weiterer Beitrag von mir zu meinen Erlebnissen während dem Auslandsstudium veröffentlicht. Das Foto zu diesem Artikel habe ich beim Thommy Thompson Park geschossen.
I published my work for the project “Virtual Reality and Interaction” on my Flickr photostream. With this work for the course “Issue and Topics in Design” I transfer the symbols of web communication into the “real world”.
Does the internet make young people stupid?
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I am currently attending the course “Issues and Topics in Design” at Ryerson University. This course helps me to broaden my horizon and to get basic design skills. As pictures look not that good on my blog, I opened a photostream on flickr. Enjoy my work and I am open to feedback.
From the 8 - 10 th February are Student Union Elections at Ryerson. This time I follow the election passively instead of be engaged actively. Nevertheless I support the team Students United because they not only provide useful services for the students, they also try to lower the fees for the students here in Ontario and they deal with several progressive issues.
For more informations look at: votestudentsunited.ca!
