About Us
CityStudio is a proven model of experiential learning and civic engagement focused on developing tomorrow's leaders by bringing municipal government to the classroom. CityStudio Durham is a collaboration between the Region of Durham, Durham Regional Police Services, Durham College, Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham-GTA. By furthering connections between municipal government, academic institutions, and the community, Durham's post-secondary students can apply their skills, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit to real-world challenges facing our community to shape a better future for Durham.
How We Work
Bring together municipal staff
Bring together municipal staff to develop project concepts aligned with the Strategic Plan
Match projects with schools
Use a web portal to share project concepts with partner academic institutions
Design projects together
Staff work directly with students and faculty to complete projects
Launch projects
Experiment with ideas, gather data or pilot a solution
Share and scale projects
Host a showcase event where students, staff, community and elected officials connect to share and plan to implement ideas
Collaborate With Us
Are you interested in working together to co-create projects that will make our Region a better place?
Success Stories
Read about past collaborations between the municipal government and Durham’s post-secondary institutions.
