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Strategic Foresight for OCAD University, 2012-2017

Project status: 
Completed
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sLab people: 
Greg Van Alstyne
Lenore Richards (director emeritus)
Nabil Harfoush
Helen Kerr
Madeline Ashby
Richard Norman
Andrew Jenkins
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foresight
strategy
university
higher education
Ontario
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Advancing Excellence at OCAD University for the Age of Imagination, 2012-2017

sLab's contribution to the OCAD Strategic Plan is briefly described in the Appendix of the OCAD University Strategic Plan 2012-2017 document, available in PDF form.

To request additional project information please contact sLab's Director, Greg Van Alstyne.

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Research highlights

Synthesis Maps | Gigamaps
Large-scale information maps relevant to complex problem areas selected by Systemic Design students in OCAD University's SFI MDes program
Systemic Design Association
Advancing the practice and theory of systems-oriented design
Economic Futures for Ontario 2032
An Ontarian-centred foresight project investigating divergent, future economic prospects through our needs & wants, behaviours, cultures & expectations, now through 2032.
Design Emergence Media Organization (DEMO)
Action research presenting new genres and formats of interdisciplinary design and media theory and practice

News

sLab's Chris Chopik named Global Top 10 Sustainable Real Estate Influencer
Top Ten Real Estate Influencers include SFI graduate and sLab alum, Chris Chopik.
What is "precompetitive innovation"?
Pre-competitive purposes / innovation / research / collaboration refers to early stage, multi-sector, “market development” efforts that aim to open up space and capacity for cooperation & competition by developing knowledge, expectations, standards.

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