The Future Skills Innovation Network (FUSION) is a national network of Canadian universities focused on exploring innovative and inclusive experiential learning approaches to foster skill development and prepare university students to join a rapidly evolving world of work. The FUSION project is part of the federally funded Future Skills Centre (FSC) and is comprised of six partner institutions: Simon Fraser University, Carleton University, Concordia University, Memorial University, the University of Calgary, and the University of Saskatchewan.

Go to FUSION program information for students

The FUSION Skill Development program is built around online modules designed to be self-directed and delivered within a framework of experiential learning and/or a work-integrated learning (WIL) context. The modules can enrich any type of experiential learning curricular or co-curricular initiative developed with university students, whether undergraduates or graduates. At SFU, the program is offered to students in the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) program.

Faculty and instructors 

If you have a USRA student this summer, encourage them to sign up for the ten-hour FUSION curriculum. Engaging with the curriculum can:

• Increase and enrich your students’ development of three critical skill areas
• Enrich your students’ course/program learning experience
• Make the experiential learning and/or skill-development learning outcomes of your course/program more explicit
• Facilitate and advance inclusive work-integrated learning initiatives
• Provide additional instructional support