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Riipen Level UP ๐Ÿš€ - University of Victoria INSPIRE
Riipen Level UP ๐Ÿš€ - University of Victoria INSPIRE
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Daniela Damian
She / Her
Educator
2
Experience
21/22 project matches
Dates set by teams
Agreements required
22 projects max per company
Payment by funder C$1,400.00
Preferred companies
Canada
Sole proprietorship, Startup, Family-Owned, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Environmental sustainability
Skills
empathy profiling (computer programming) site reliability engineering business communication collaborative communications
Learner goals and capabilities

Welcome to the University of Victoria INSPIRE Level UP, powered by Riipen! This innovative program connects employers with Canadian post-secondary students for 60-hour paid projects. Students receive $1,400 CAD from Riipen upon successful project completion. 


In the Inspire program, students will work in teams of 2 -5 to ideate, prototype, and implement a STEM solution to a local community problem. Students will leverage frequent interactions with industry mentors, their community partners, and use Design Thinking to assist them throughout the development process. Additionally, students are given ample networking opportunities where they will present their work to the local community and receive feedback, and participate in discussions.


Learners

Learners
Workforce Development
Any level
100 learners
Project
60 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Individual projects
Up to 7 team(s) or 3 learner(s) per project.
Each learner can join up to 6 teams
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverable is typically an MVP (minimum viable product) of the intended solution to the community problem.

Project Examples

Requirements

In the past students have developed software to assist those facing acquired brain injuries with the Victoria Brain Injury Society, or developed a design of a rainwater catchment system to help communities impacted by drought etc. For a full list of project examples please visit www.inspireuvic.org.


The main goal of the project should be to inspire students about the power of engineering via community good. Students are also going to be exposed to a wide variety of community issues, thus we also aim to educate students further about the communityโ€™s most pressing issues. 


See our recommended project template here.


See more project creation considerations here: Creating a Successful Level UP Project for Employers.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Multiple choice
    What is the size of your organization?  *
    • Large (500+)
    • Medium (100-499)
    • Micro (1-9)
    • Small (10-99)
  • Q3 - Text short
    What is the postal code of your organization?  *
  • Q4 - Text short
    Please provide your business number (BN)
  • Q5 - Multiple choice
    If you do not have a 9-digit business number, what is the reason?  *
    • Does not file information returns
    • Earns less than $30K in revenue per year
    • Not a registered charity
    • Not incorporated
    • + 2 options
  • Q6 - Multiple choice
    Is the leadership of your organization (founding employees/executives/etc.) a member of at least one of the following demographic groups?  *
    • A member of an Official Language Minority Community (my first language is english and I'm from Quebec, or French and I'm from another province/territory)
    • A visible minority
    • A woman in STEM or another discipline where women are underrepresented
    • Newcomer to Canada (Canadian Citizens, permanent residents and refugees with valid work permits who have immigrated to Canada within the last five years)
    • + 6 options
  • Q8 - Checkbox
     *
  • Q8 - Checkbox
     *