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: It does have cool challenges, like efficiently routing channels around.
gollark: Wait, what's *that* showing?
gollark: Also also, do you have some sort of modular cable bus interface for all of them, or just crazy wireless?
gollark: Also, I have no idea what kind of nice-looking materials would work nicely.
gollark: Both, I guess.

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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