People
Seminar Series Leader
Bruce Mau
Designer, author, educator, and artist, Bruce Mau is a brilliantly creative optimist whose love of thorny problems led him to create a methodology for life-centred design. Across thirty years of design innovation, he’s collaborated with global brands and companies, leading organizations, heads of state, renowned artists, and fellow optimists.
Mau became an international figure with the publication of his landmark S,M,L,XL, designed and co-authored with Rem Koolhaas. His most recent books are Mau MC24: Bruce Mau’s 24 Principles for Designing Massive Change in Your Life and Work and, with co-author Julio Ottino, dean of Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, The Nexus: Augmented Thinking for a Complex World – The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science. Mau is co-founder and CEO of Massive Change Network, a holistic design collective based in the Chicago area.
Lead Researchers on Case Studies
Associate Director, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Professor, School of Global Health, York University
Global Health and Humanitarianism Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Director, Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium (ACADIC) and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science
Organizing Committee
Assistant Professor and York Research Chair in Accessible Interaction Design, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Design, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University
Shana Yael Shubs – Research Communications Specialist, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Michelle Tieu – Global Health Dissemination and Design Intern, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Yashini Ravindran – Global Health Communications and Website Intern, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Theresa Dinh – Coordinator, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research