Meet the team

Toronto research team

Director of the Studio for Media Activism and Critical Thought and Director of the Media and Design Innovation PhD program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on critical design studies, critical university studies, and anti-oppression educational frameworks.

Dr. Layal Shuman
Associate Professor & Principal Investigator

Toronto

Works across research-creation, gender studies, folklore, trans studies, queer studies, and interdisciplinary art.

Deanna Armenti,
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant

Toronto

Sepideh Shahi
PhD Student & Research Assistant

Toronto

Works across accessibility and inclusion,
community-led design and education,
and language justice.

Researches pedagogy, design thinking,
futuring, decolonization, degrowth,
and design-for-exnovation.

Dirk De Waal
PhD Student & Research Assistant

Toronto

Montreal research team

Director, Artful Inquiry Research Group (AIRG), Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University.

Dr. Mindy R. Carter
Associate Professor & Co-Investigator

Montreal

Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University.

Tamara Nazywalskyj
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant

Montreal