Design Meets

How can designers integrate sustainable practices into their creative workflows to drive both social impact and environmental responsibility? 🌎 On November 13th, join us as we explore why sustainable design is crucial to the future of design practice and how to creatively integrate this thinking into your design processes. 🎤 Featuring speakers: Benedetta Crippa of Studio Benedetta Crippa AB Kaylyn Belcourt of Copernicus Educational Products, Climate Designers Taylor Kaus of Greenpeace International For tickets and information visit: https://lnkd.in/d46b_fTV #designmeets #sustainabledesign #visualsustainability #designevent

What an inspiring night! 🧠 A huge thank you to our panelists Colleen Young, Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy, Simone Vigod, Mireille Norris, and Jade Haley who shared their expertise and sparked important conversation around the intersection of women's health and design. From stories of lived experience to journeys through patient-centered design projects, we're grateful for all the insights, inspiration and 'aha!' moments that were shared. Stay tuned for the full event recap... #designmeets #womenshealth #designevent OCAD University Ian Chalmers RGD Pivot Design Group

📣 Last call! 📣 Tomorrow, we're diving deep into the challenges and opportunities in women's health and how innovative design can help shape it. Enjoy a light refreshment courtesy of Henderson Brewing Company, meet community members and share your ideas. This is your chance to be a part of transformative conversation featuring both expert and patient perspectives. 🎟️ Secure your spot now! https://lnkd.in/erRHmYhp Colleen Young Mireille Norris Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy Simone Vigod OCAD University Pivot Design Group

Meet our patient panelist, Jade! 👋 Jade is a dynamic and compassionate 23-year-old two-spirited trans woman. She is currently doing her best to survive the daily grind of making ends meet in Toronto on a barista’s wage, while dedicating her time and skills to the art scene through dance, drag, and modeling. Having grown up immersed in the arts, Jade felt comfortable coming out as gay publicly on social media at the age of 12, which led to numerous opportunities for public speaking, advocacy, and even representation in an Ontario Government 150 commercial that celebrated the province’s 150th anniversary and its diversity. Jade’s transition to adulthood over the last few years has coincided with her personal gender transition—an experience woven with interactions that have sometimes been collaborative, sometimes uncooperative, and sometimes even exclusionary with medical and mental health support. As the older sibling to her 21-year-old twin autistic brothers, she often wishes the world could follow their lead and simply accept her for who she is, understanding that her gender and sexuality are no one’s business but her own (and perhaps her doctor’s). 📅 This Wednesday, listen to the powerful experiences of Jade and healthcare experts as we discuss the challenges and opportunities within women's health and the ways in which design can help transform these. 🎟️ Tickets still available! https://lnkd.in/erRHmYhp

Last but certainly not least... meet our moderator extraordinaire! 🎤 Colleen Young is a social innovator and online community strategist. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in building online health communities that thrive. Clients include Mayo Clinic, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, Canadian Virtual Hospice, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics, Hjernerystelsesforeningen Denmark, EURODIS, and more. Using strategic community management approaches, Colleen has developed a proven framework to help non-profit, especially health and patient organizations build online communities that work. Colleen believes online connectivity is arguably the most exciting innovation of the patient-led health era. As a tenacious connector of patients, Colleen demonstrates how an active community, strategically managed, can re-imagine health care and improve health outcomes. Join us October 16th at 5:30 pm EST at OCAD University 🎟️ Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/eCFRiFxg

Meet the speakers! 🎤 Dr. Simone Vigod (MD 2003, FRCPC 2009) is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto at the University of Toronto, and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital, one of the University of Toronto’s nine fully-affiliated academic health sciences centres. Dr. Vigod is a leading expert in perinatal mood disorders and has conducted some of the largest studies worldwide on maternal mental illness around the time of pregnancy. Mental illness at this life stage poses unique risks to mothers and their children at a critical juncture in both of their lives. Her research is helping raise awareness about gaps in access to specialized perinatal mental healthcare, as well as identifying vulnerable populations where these gaps are most prominent. She also designs and evaluates novel health system interventions to improve access to and uptake of care for affected women. Her background includes an Honours BSc in Psychology from McGill University (1999), followed by an MD (2003), residency in psychiatry (2003-2009) and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (2011) from the University of Toronto. She leads a clinical research program at Women’s College Hospital as a Senior Scientist and the Shirley A. Brown Memorial Chair in Women’s Mental Health Research in the Women’s College Research Institute, and is a Senior Adjunct Scientist at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto, Ontario where population-level health administrative data for her epidemiological studies are securely held. Join us October 16th at 5:30 pm EST at OCAD University 🎟 Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/eCFRiFxg

Meet the speakers! 🎤 ✨ Dr. Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, in the Department of Nursing at Brock University. She is a Nationally Certified Expert in Cardiovascular Critical Care and holds the National Research Director for the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses. Sheila is a Cardiovascular and Pain Scientist at the Social Justice Research Institute, the Centre for Research Across the Life Span, and the Brock Functional Inclusive Training (Bfit) Centre. Her Heart Innovation Research Program includes, i) patient-centered, clinical research focusing on women’s and men’s cardio/vascular health, ii) the education of patients, healthcare providers, trainees, and the public iii) and extending reach to create awareness, and mobilize knowledge, to improve health equity in the prevention, treatment and understanding of the human health care experience. Her evolving research program, contains three related areas of focus: 1) to examine and describe cardiovascular disease (CVD) related pain and associated symptoms: [early cardiac prodromal symptoms and acute/chronic symptom presentations], 2) with the use of digital health technology design, develop and evaluate interventions to screen for and/or manage pain and other symptoms, and 3) create meaningful knowledge mobilization through an arts-based platform for dissemination. Join us October 16 at 5:30 pm EST at OCAD University 🎟️ Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/eCFRiFxg

Meet our speakers! 🎤 Mireille Norris is an Internist and Geriatrician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She was appointed Faculty Lead for Black and Indigenous medical learners by the department of medicine. Dr. Norris has a focus on dementia care, fall prevention, quality improvement and medical education. Her interest in underrepresented physician education has been enhanced by the experience of recruiting and mentoring International Medical Graduates for the Hospitalist Training Program. Her own experience as a Black female French speaking physician was instrumental in empowering her trainees who are now successful in many provinces, the United States and Europe. Dr Norris is eager to bring this experience to her new role as Black Health Theme Lead for the TFOM. Her passion for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity is also reflected in several initiatives. They include mentoring committee membership of the Black Physicians Association of Canada and collaboration with the Network for the Advancement of Black Learners and successful changes to the CaRMS application for core internal medicine which lead to increased inclusivity. She also brings her commitment to service to the Black community at TAIBU and at the Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto. Join us October 16th at 5:30 pm EST at OCAD University 🎟 Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/eeGj7duP

How can design foster inclusivity and empowerment through research, policy, and care delivery that caters specifically to women's health needs? On October 16th, join us for a discussion on women's health where our expert panelists will discuss the intersection of design and healthcare and ways to shape a more inclusive and responsive healthcare environment for every woman at every stage of life. This in-person event will take place at OCAD University and will feature moderator Colleen Young as she facilitates change-making conversation between panelists Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy, Simone Vigod and Mireille Norris. 🎟 Tickets are limited! To secure your spot, register here: https://lnkd.in/epgJB_ei We hope to see you there!

Coming up on two years since our 'Exploring DEI and its Impact on Design' event, we reached out to panelist Gavin Barrett of Barrett and Welsh Inc about the progress he's made since then. Visit https://lnkd.in/eZn4JMiG to see what Gavin has been up to, including links to his latest work with POCAM - People of Colour in Advertising & Marketing, the Call for Equity Progress Tracker and his personal project "Creativity with a Conscience"—a portal of resources for anti-racist, pro-inclusion creative practice.