MEDIA

Media + Speaking Events + Features of Projects

2025 CBC - 'Space for Grief': A Growing Social Movement

2025 CityNews - Discover a Space for Grief that uses art to heal

2025 CBC - 'Space for Grief': Toronto installation joins growing social movement

2025 WHO13 - Acclaimed Public Art Installation 'Space for Grief' Returns to Toronto to Address $75 Billion Cost of Unaddressed Grief

2025 City News - Celebrating the lives of those we've lost at the Good Mourning Festival

2025 Sheridan College - Space for Grief: Exploring Loss and Connection Through Immersive Art

2025 The Philanthropist Journal: Why we need space for grief

2024 Dubai Future Forum: The Grief Stage: How Can Society Overcome Future Challenges?

2024 CityNews - A space for grief

2024 The Evergreen Conference

2024 Alive and Learning Podcast - Episode 5: Signals of the Future

2023 RSD12: The Silent Struggle with Grief: Understanding the Systemic Impact

2023 Why is it so important to grieve together? by Jon Kuiperij

2023 Spacing - Space for Grief: A Public Space Model for Community Connection and Healing by Yasmin Afshar

2023 Placemaking Canada

2020 Eventide Tricerachorus algorithm 

2020 Grave Dialogues - COVID-19: Grieving Challenge

2020 The Bentway - Safe in Public Space initiative

2020 Ideas Project MOCA + Ontario Science Centre

2019 Systemic Design Association - Workshop

2019 Startwell - Dark Futures Talk

2019 Leafly - Cannabis on the menu: Envisioning the future of infused foods in Canada

2018 CBC - Gardiner Museum Exhibit

2018 UNESCO +Digifest - Futures of Work exhibit

2017 Toronto Star - Customer service a new concept for Canada’s Immigration Department

 

Awards

2024 Next Generation Foresight Practitioners

2017 Association of Professional Futurists
2nd place for Future of Music dossier

2017 Hult Prize Regional finalist (London)

2016 Winner IRCC Design Challenge

2016 Hult Prize Regional finalist (Shanghai; Boston)

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