The Design Educators Conference is coming to Toronto on Friday, October 3, following DesignThinkers in Toronto. Educators from around the world are invited to attend to discuss the future of design education.
Organized in partnership with George Brown College, the 2025 conference theme is ShiftShaping in design education and practice.
Registration is open. Early Bird pricing ends September 12.
Keynote speakers for the conference:
Opening Keynote by Danah Abdulla:
Danah Abdulla is a designer, researcher and educator whose work explores new narratives and practices that challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries in design. She is a Reader in Anti/Post/Decolonial Histories, Theories, Praxes at the Decolonising the Arts Institute, University of the Arts London. Danah is the author of Designerly Ways of Knowing and Design Otherwise: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region, and is a founding member of the Decolonising Design platform. She also founded Kalimat Magazine, a publication dedicated to Arab thought and culture. Danah will also be speaking at DesignThinkers Toronto.
Closing Keynote by Lesley-Ann Noel:
Lesley-Ann Noel is a designer, researcher and author of Design Social Change, known for her equity-centred approach to design. Now Dean of Design at OCAD University, her work focuses on inclusive, community-led practices in education, public health and social innovation.
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