Academy of the Impossible is a peer-to-peer learning and events organization in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 2011 by Jesse Hirsh and Emily Pohl-Weary. 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. Hirsh describes the Academy as a “classroom for the future” and an “open-source social enterprise.”
References
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