External: Manuhuia Barcham | Chair: Katherine Gillieson

9:30am | Richard Kennedy | Craft and Computation: Parametric Future Product
Increasing user agency through parametric design: a return to craft and localized production
Supervisor: Keith Doyle | Internal: Garnet Hertz

10:10am | Thejus Kayanadath | Intrusive and Persuasive Patterns in Smart Environments
Provocations and Workshops to Make Better Designers
Supervisor: Haig Armen | Internal: Garnet Hertz

10:50am | Qinya (Aria) Chen | The Flesh Talk
An exploration of mental health stigma in Chinese culture
Supervisor: Louise St Pierre | Internal: Sophie Gaur

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External: Chantal Gibson | Chair: Steven Lam

2:00pm | Sola Olowo-Ake | Ahọn Dudu
a black narrative for Vancouver
Supervisor: Hélène Day Fraser | Internal: Cissie Fu

External: Elizabeth Chin | Chair: Garnet Hertz

9:00am | Avi Farber | Making Kin With Wild Fire
A relational design practice weaving clay, landscapes, ruins, and robots
Supervisor: Keith Doyle | Internal: Peter Bussigel

9:40am | Jinglan Ge | The Imaginary Body
A Discussion of Female Body’s Beauty Standards in China using Imagination and Illustration
Supervisor: Cameron Neat | Internal: Amber Frid-Jimenez

10:20am | Alonso Molina Adame | Public Space and Pandemics
The Changing Relationship Between the People and Their Cities
Supervisor: Chris Jones | Internal: Gillian Russell

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External: Lesley-Ann Noel | Chair: Hélène Day Fraser

4:00pm | Abeer Tahir | Relational Encounters
Negotiating Communication Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Supervisor: Louise St Pierre | Internal: Sophie Gaur

4:40pm | Nikoo Farvardin | More Women in Business
A participatory approach to empower women entrepreneurs
Supervisor: Jonathan Aitken | Internal: Haig Armen

External: Kate Fletcher | Chair: Craig Badke

8:00am | Jihyun Park | Perspective is Moving
Tactics – Ways for Shifting Perspectives in Design Practice for Ecology
Supervisor: Hélène Day Fraser | Internal: Gillian Russell

8:40am | Sima Foroutanzadeh | Objects AND
An Investigation into Our Relationships with Material Culture
Supervisor: Hélène Day Fraser | Internal: Gillian Russell

9:20am | Seth Parker | Contemplating Mutiny | Obstreperous Ontologies
Defiance and Dissent in Design
Supervisors: Keith Doyle & Hélène Day Fraser | Internal: Bonne Zabolotney

10:00am | Sepideh Parand | My Generous Friend, Tree
Crafting in Nature
Supervisor: Louise St Pierre | Internal: Brenda Crabtree

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External: Lisa Grocott | Chair: Bonne Zabolotney

3:00-3:40pm | Julie Van Oyen | Nested Bodies
Fermentation as embodied praxis
Supervisor: Katherine Gillieson | Internal: Rita Wong

4:00-4:40pm | Erin Main | You Had Me At Hello.
Better Greetings in Pandemics
Supervisor: Garnet Hertz | Internal: Amber Frid-Jimenez

External: Isabel Meirelles | Chair: Katherine Gillieson

9:00am | Danni Li | Monologue
An investigation of how visualization could be used to help us record and reflect emotion
Supervisor: Cameron Neat | Internal: Bonne Zabolotney

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External: Steve Reay | Chair: Cameron Neat

11:00am | Khushboo Vansia | Tactile Learning
A note-taking experience for the blind
Supervisor: Jonathan Aitken | Internal: Keith Doyle

External: Ivana Nakarada-Kordic

11:40am | Kunal Gupta | Independent Heroes
Supporting type 1 diabetic young adults’ transition to independent living
Supervisor: Jonathan Aitken | Internal: Caylee Raber

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External: Guy Collier | Chair: Keith Doyle

1:20pm | Binoodha Kunnath | Conversation Fuel
A support tool for counsellors working with clients on the autism spectrum
Supervisor: Jonathan Aitken | Internal: Maria Lantin

2:00pm | Anh (April) Nguyen | Food&
Food as the Gateway to Community Engagement & Ecological Thinking
Supervisor: Katherine Gillieson | Internal: Jon Hannan

External: Cassie Khoo

2:40pm | Alija Sule | Accessible Food Packaging
Making information on grocery food packaging accessible to people with vision impairments
Supervisor: Cameron Neat | Internal: Caylee Raber

External: Deepa Botuliya | Chair: Sophie Gaur

9:00am | Ying Cao | Aporia Journey
The Rebellion of the Visual
Supervisor: Chris Jones | Internal: Katherine Gillieson

9:40am | Kaiwen Yang | Counterfactual Histories and Speculative Immersion
Exploring the Capabilities of Unveiling Historical Wrongs and Institutional Discrimination
Supervisor: Garnet Hertz | Internal: Craig Badke