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, DEMO Publishing Co-founder, DesignJam Associate Professor, Faculty of Design	Jeremy Bowes Founder, SystemCity Group Professor, SFI Program; Professor, Environmental Design
Helen Kerr Professor, SFI Program Professor, Faculty of Design	Peter Jones Director of Research, sLab Co-founder, Systemic Design Research Network Co-founder, DEMO Publishing Associate Professor, SFI Program
Antony Upward Pracademic; Flourishing Enterprise Designer; Adjunct Prof. OCADU; Visiting Prof. HalmstadU, Sweden 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
Goran Matic Alumnus, SFI MDes program Graduate Research Assistant, sLab	Peter Scott Sessional Instructor, OCAD University Former GRA, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
Patrick Robinson Operations Director, DesignJam	Ned Rava Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group sLab Research Advisor
Chris Chopik Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program	Carl Skelton sLab Research Advisor Director, Gotham Innovation Greenhouse, NY
Tania De Gasperis Alumna, Strategic Foresight & Innovation	Kaveh Ashourinia Co-founder, Quantization Podcast Founder, Typodiversity Founder, Beak.studio
Ignacio Giménez Rebollo sLab Research Advisor Design Lead, KoboToolbox.org

Lenore Richards (director emeritus) Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Design Co-founder, sLab Former Director, Strategic Foresight & Innovation Graduate Program (SFI)	Kat Mark Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab
Nabil Harfoush Convener, Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG), sLab Assistant Professor, SFI Graduate Program	Suzanne Stein Associate Professor, Strategic Foresight & Innovation / Digital Futures Director, Super Ordinary Lab
Kate Sellen Founder, Envision Health Group, sLab Director, Health Design Studio Assistant Professor, Design for Health MDes Program Canada Research Chair, Health Design	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
Zan Chandler Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program	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	Stephen Davies Senior Researcher, sLab Co-founder, DesignJam
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	Farzad Sedgipour Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumnus, SFI Program
George Wang Community Manager, 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	Leah Zaidi Consultant Co-founder, Futures of Social Innovation Research Group, sLab
Adrienne Pacini Graduate Research Assistant, sLab Alumna, SFI Program	Michele Mastroeni Graduate Program Director, Strategic Foresight & Innovation
Mathura Mahendren Candidate, MDes in SFI	Priyasha Singh Undergraduate Research Assistant, sLab OCAD U Alumna, BDes in Environmental Design
Riley McCullogh Candidate, MDes in Strategic Foresight & Innovation	Cary Apps Candidate, MDes in Strategic Foresight & Innovation

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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People

Greg Van Alstyne

Jeremy Bowes

Helen Kerr

Peter Jones

Antony Upward

Garry Ing

Goran Matic

Peter Scott

Patrick Robinson

Ned Rava

Chris Chopik

Carl Skelton

Tania De Gasperis

Kaveh Ashourinia

Ignacio Giménez Rebollo

Lenore Richards (director emeritus)

Kat Mark

Nabil Harfoush

Suzanne Stein

Kate Sellen

Robert Logan

Lisanne Binhammer

Trevor Haldenby

Richard Hunt

Petri Tanninen

Zan Chandler

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

Stephen Davies

Stuart Candy

Jacqueline To

Angith Mohan

Kelly Kornet

Zoe Worsnip

Farzad Sedgipour

George Wang

Melissa Tullio

Christine McGlade

Leah Zaidi

Adrienne Pacini

Michele Mastroeni

Mathura Mahendren

Priyasha Singh

Riley McCullogh

Cary Apps

Research highlights

News