Overseeing Large-Scale Graduate and Undergraduate-Driven Digital Learning Projects

Drawing from a large-scale digital and community-based research initiative, titled Italian–Canadian FOODWAYS, this paper presents a bifold reflection on the implementation of Digital Learning tools in undergraduate studies as well as on opportunities for graduate-student-led project management. Practices will be showcased through two courses on offer at the University of Toronto Mississauga: Italian Culture through Food, a second-year Culture Studies course, and Research Opportunity Program initiatives—for-credit, upper-year research-intensive experiences. Particular emphasis will be given to highlighting practices channelled through a sustainable research loop that has yielded significant achievements both for students enrolled in the courses and for graduate students in supervisory positions overseeing project contributions.