papers / presentations

  1. “Design Matters: Enriching Visitor Experiences with Artefacts,” X. Design Week, June 2025 - Keynote speaker

  2. “Place-based Improvisations: Exploring a Sonic Approach to Ecological Coexistence,” Swiss Design Network Research Summit, October 2022 - Presenter

  3. “Nested Bodies (or A Small and Careful Spoonful),” Design Research Society, July 2021 - Paper presenter

  4. “Reinforcing Networks of Place-Based Care and Resilience,” Cumulus Conference, June 2021 - Paper presenter

  5. “Innovation in Research Creation in Art and Design,” Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) Virtual Symposia: Innovation in Research Creation in Art and Design, April 2021 - Panelist

  6. “Practising Place-Based Responsibility,” Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) Virtual Symposium, November 2020 - Presenter

  7. In Touch: Emily Carr University Graduate Studies Symposium, October 2020 - Panelist

  8. UBC Geering Up Girls Only Makeathon, 2016 - Speaker

  9. Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, June 2015 - Speaker

exhibitions

  1. National Portrait project by Douglas Coupland, exhibited across Canada (including at the Ottawa Art Gallery), 2017/2018 - fabrication/installation

  2. This is it with it as it is exhbition, AHVA Gallery, 2016/2017 - installed the work Tokyo Harbour (2000) for Douglas Coupland

  3. Future of Education, Emily Carr University, 2017 - exhibiting designer

  4. Burned Alive at the Britannia Art Gallery, Aug 2016 - solo exhibiting artist

  5. Firehall Arts Centre Eastside Culture Crawl Preview Show, Nov-Dec 2015 - exhibiting artist

  6. Eastside Culture Crawl, Nov 2015 - exhibiting artist

text interviews

  1. Exploring Community Through Fermentation and Acts of Micro-Care, Emily Carr University

  2. UBC Alum/Artist Extraordinaire Julie Van Oyen, HerCampus UBC

  3. Design Finds Put a Little Crawl in Your Crib, The Georgia Straight

radio interviews

  1. Arts Report, CiTR

  2. Arts Rational, Vancouver Co-op Radio

BOARDS / committees

  1. Cortico Health Technologies board member - UX Advisor

  2. Emily Carr Degree Exhibition Committee 2021