People

sLab (Strategic Innovation Lab) is a diverse community of design researchers, practitioners, business professionals, teachers and students, who are passionate about envisioning possible futures. Below are some of the people building this community.

Greg Van Alstyne Co-founding Director, sLab Co-founder, DesignJam Associate Professor, Faculty of Design	Lenore Richards (director emeritus) Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Design Co-founder, sLab Former Director, Strategic Foresight & Innovation Graduate Program (SFI)
Jeremy Bowes Founder, SystemCity Group, sLab Professor, SFI Graduate Program Professor, Environmental Design	Helen Kerr Professor, SFI Graduate Program Professor, Faculty of Design
Suzanne Stein Associate Professor, Strategic Foresight & Innovation / Digital Futures Director, Super Ordinary Lab	Kate Sellen Founder, Envision Health Group, sLab Assistant Professor, SFI Graduate Program
Peter Jones Director of Research, sLab Co-founder, Systemic Design Research Network Co-founder, DEMO Publishing Associate Professor, SFI Graduate Program	Zan Chandler Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program
Antony Upward Pracdemic –– Flourishing Enterprise Designer; Adjunct Professor OCADU & Visiting Professor HalmstadU Co-founder, Flourishing Enterprise Institute and Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group Principal, Edward James Consulting Ltd.; Certified Management Consultant	Garry Ing Co-founder, DEMO research group, sLab Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab OCAD University alumnus
Stephen Davies Senior Researcher, sLab Co-founder, DesignJam Assistant Professor, SFI Graduate Program	Peter Scott Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
Patrick Robinson Operations Director, DesignJam	Melissa Tullio Innovation Strategist, Great-West Life Assurance Company Consultant, Analytical Engine Interactive Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group
Christine McGlade Senior Partner, Analytical Engine Interactive Inc. MDes Candidate, SFI, 2017 Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group, sLab	Ned Rava Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group sLab Research Advisor
Leah Zaidi Consultant Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group, sLab	Adrienne Pacini Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program
Chris Chopik Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program	Carl Skelton Senior Researcher, sLab Director, Centre for City Ecologies Director, Gotham Innovation Greenhouse, NY
Michele Mastroeni Graduate Program Director, Strategic Foresight & Innovation	Mathura Mahendren Candidate, MDes in SFI
Priyasha Singh Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab Candidate, BDes in Environmental Design	Tania De Gasperis Alumna, Strategic Foresight & Innovation

Kat Mark Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab	Nabil Harfoush Convener, Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG), sLab Assistant Professor, SFI Graduate Program
Robert Logan Co-founder & Chief Scientist, sLab Professor Emeritus, Physics, University of Toronto	Lisanne Binhammer Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Trevor Haldenby Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Grad Program	Richard Hunt Assistant Professor, Faculty of Design
Petri Tanninen Graduate Research Assistant, sLab	Oksana Kachur Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program
Evi K. Hui Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab	Daniel Kim Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Gabe Sawhney Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program	Phouphet Sihavong Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program
Uma Maharaj Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Graduate Program	Karl Schroeder Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
Madeline Ashby Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program	Pedro Castro Graduate Research Assistant, sLab
Nicholas Kalimin Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab	Jonathan Veale Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
Rob Tilley Graduate Research Assistant Alumnus, SFI Program	Richard Norman Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
Josina Vink Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program	Jazeen Hollings Program Designer, sLab DesignJam Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Alexander Appugliesi Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab	Ghazaleh Etezal Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Spencer Saunders Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program	Naseer Roopani Graduate Research Assistant, sLab
Chris Lange Undergraduate Research Assistant	Andrew Jenkins Instructor, OCAD U Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Jonathan Resnick Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program	Peg Lahn Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program
Medina Abdelkader Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program	Stuart Candy Assistant Professor, Strategic Foresight & Innovation Co-founder, Situation Lab
Jacqueline To Service Designer, sLab DesignJam Alumna, SFI Program	Angith Mohan Service Coordinator, sLab DesignJam
Kelly Kornet Graduate Research Assistant. sLab Alumna, SFI Program	Zoe Worsnip Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Goran Matic Graduate Research Assistant, sLab	Farzad Sedgipour Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
George Wang Community Manager, DesignJam	Riley McCullogh Candidate, MDes in Strategic Foresight & Innovation

Research highlights

Synthesis Maps | Gigamaps

Synthesis Maps and Gigamaps from sLab design research projects and publications and from SFI Systemic Design courses are presented, with examples and references.

DesignJam

Design thinking & creative business skills for young startups & social innovators.

Design Emergence Media Organization (DEMO)

Action research presenting new genres and formats of interdisciplinary design and media theory and practice

News

Tim Nash, "The Sustainable Economist,” holds Toronto events

Tim Nash, the "Sustainable Economist” is speaking in two events in Toronto

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.

SFI Grad Students Awarded by Association of Pro Futurists

OCAD SFI students secure five awards in the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) Student Recognition Program

Tweets by @ocadslab

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People

Greg Van Alstyne

Lenore Richards (director emeritus)

Jeremy Bowes

Helen Kerr

Suzanne Stein

Kate Sellen

Peter Jones

Zan Chandler

Antony Upward

Garry Ing

Stephen Davies

Peter Scott

Patrick Robinson

Melissa Tullio

Christine McGlade

Ned Rava

Leah Zaidi

Adrienne Pacini

Chris Chopik

Carl Skelton

Michele Mastroeni

Mathura Mahendren

Priyasha Singh

Tania De Gasperis

Kat Mark

Nabil Harfoush

Robert Logan

Lisanne Binhammer

Trevor Haldenby

Richard Hunt

Petri Tanninen

Oksana Kachur

Evi K. Hui

Daniel Kim

Gabe Sawhney

Phouphet Sihavong

Uma Maharaj

Karl Schroeder

Madeline Ashby

Pedro Castro

Nicholas Kalimin

Jonathan Veale

Rob Tilley

Richard Norman

Josina Vink

Jazeen Hollings

Alexander Appugliesi

Ghazaleh Etezal

Spencer Saunders

Naseer Roopani

Chris Lange

Andrew Jenkins

Jonathan Resnick

Peg Lahn

Medina Abdelkader

Stuart Candy

Jacqueline To

Angith Mohan

Kelly Kornet

Zoe Worsnip

Goran Matic

Farzad Sedgipour

George Wang

Riley McCullogh

Research highlights

News