Humber Map The System 2022 Competition - Virtual Information Session

We’re excited to announce that Humber is participating in the Map The System 2022 Competition!

Please join us for a virtual information session on Thursday, December 2 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to learn more about this engaging experience. Register for the session.

What is Map the System?

Map the System is a global competition run by Oxford University that challenges students (from any discipline) to think differently about complex social or environmental problems using Systems Thinking. In Map the System, students explore, probe, and research an issue they care about and then present their work to a broader audience in a way that helps people understand and learn from it. This is the third year of Map the System at Humber College. Last year, Humber's top team placed in the top 8 in Canada. 

Who can participate?

Map the System is open to all Humber students and recent graduates from any faculty who want to learn more about a problem they are passionate about. Teams can be made up of individuals, or groups of up to five people. The only requirement is at least one team member must be a current student, or recent graduate (within 12 months). Teams can also include practitioners or industry-professionals. 

 What will students do? Students will: 

  • Develop a Systems Thinking mindset
  • Design a visual Systems map of their chosen problem using Systems Thinking tools
  • Practice research and presentation skills  
  • Build connections with other innovative, change-making students, faculty, and practitioners from within Humber and the wider community 
  • Compete to be the winning Humber team that will present at the Canadian finals  
  • Compete to win a (funded) trip to the University of Oxford to present their work in person at the Global Finals

Faculty can:   

  • Embed the competition in a course you are teaching - join us to learn more
  • Give students an option to participate in the competition in lieu of another course assignment - ask us how this works
  • Support student groups who register as independent Humber teams - we need volunteers
  • Act as a judge in the Humber competition 
  • Reap the support of experienced faculty, Systems Thinking resources, lesson plans, slides, activities, and much more. 

Have other questions? 

Email us. Contact Elinor at elinor.bray-collins@humber.ca or Isabel at isabel.sousa@humber.ca.