HUMN-307

LatinX Paraguayan-Canadian Mestiza (mixed race Indigenous Guarani-Spanish) architect, designer, researcher, and educator with extensive professional multidisciplinary practice in South America and Canada. Their work stands at the intersection of systems thinking, service design and climate action, embodying a commitment to sustainable and inclusive solutions.With special focus on land-based design, social innovation and sustainability their work in industry includes architectural projects and a specialization in exhibit design, experiential design, visual communication-information design, placemaking, architectural urban signage and wayfinding programs for airports and transportation systems. Their current research is supported by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with a doctoral fellowship, and it focuses on integrating emergent and re-emergent technologies into design practice and pedagogy to promote sustainable and equitable futures.Pat is a member of the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability network (DESIS); the Design Justice Network; the American Computing Association (ACM); The Native American Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA); The Latin American Studies Association (LASA), among other professional networks. They teach courses in Design and Critical Studies at Emily Carr University; Pat has a Master in Interdisciplinary Design from ECU and they are currently a PhD candidate in Design and Social Context at RMIT University.