Academy of the Impossible

Academy of the Impossible is a peer-to-peer learning and events organization in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was founded in 2011 by Jesse Hirsh and Emily Pohl-Weary.[2] It spent its first two years at 231 Wallace Street in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood of Toronto, but since December 2013 has operated in multiple locations.

Programs

The Academy offers a variety of workshops and salons, and hosts events. It features aikido and self-defense instruction, a literacy group called Parkdale Street Writers, an Internet-focused series called Hacking Reality and the business of journalism courses.[3] Hirsh describes the Academy as a "classroom for the future" and an "open-source social enterprise."[4]

gollark: ... so you can make a transistor out of several diodes, then, or...?
gollark: I don't believe in this "diode cult". It doesn't actually exist.
gollark: Diodes aren't real. Every time current happens to flow the way a diode "permits", it's just coincidence.
gollark: I don't think so. ATX, BTX and ITX are the same... sort of thing, at least.
gollark: I doubt the thermoelectric things are very efficient, but you only need 5W or so to charge a phone.

References
  1. The Academy of the Impossible by Lily Ames. CBC Radio, January 10, 2012.
  2. Academy of the Impossible an experiment in education, Toronto Star, February 10, 2013
  3. Inside the Academy Of The Impossible, BlogTO, December 17, 2011
  4. Mission Impossible, NOW Magazine, January 5, 2012
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