Design Thinking – SDGs@UofT

SDGs@UofT Thought Leaders, Affiliates and Fellows are invited to join Design Thinking training where we’ll apply design mindsets and methods to relevant challenges in sustainable development. This session will draw on disciplines such as systems thinking, foresight, and anthropology.  

Design Thinking is a creative problem-solving approach that helps researchers/teams: 

• centre the desires and goals of people who will be impacted by research 
• collaborate with diverse stakeholders in knowledge and solution creation 
• expand thinking and see data differently through visual mapping and hands-on methods 
• mobilize and share knowledge in an impactful and accessible way 

Details about the training:  

• Date: Tuesday, 5th November 2024 
• Time: 10am – 5pm
• Venue: Catalyst Centre (EV 151 & EV 152), University of Toronto Scarborough

About the trainers: 

The training will be conducted by co-being – design mentoring. They help teams embed design approaches in their work by using co-design and collaboration. Our two Design Leaders/Facilitators are Nadine Hare and Tieni Meninato. Nadine is a Design Anthropologist who teaches human-centered design and design ethnography at OCAD University and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Tieni is a Designer and Design Coordinator of the Pluriversal Futures Lab at Cornell U and Innovation Fellow at Women College Hospital. 

Please register by September 15, 2024 if you are interested in the training. Seats are limited as they are given on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Interested in attending but not an affiliate or fellow? Take 2 minutes to complete the affiliate form here to become a member today.