The first of two foresight workshops presented by Strategic Foresight and Innovation students was held in September with Maheen Zaidi sharing a methodology being proposed for long-horizon transition design and collaborative scenario thinking. Her workshop engaged about 30 participants in exploring futures through worldbuilding and narrative visioning practices. She organized the session around three inquiries: […]
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The Alpha Expression Workshop
DwD often hosts more open-ended, playful learning workshops in the summer months. For August we hosted Dexter Ico, well known as a video coach, with his Alpha Expression workshop. The experience we explored together: Can we be self-expressed on demand? The promise: Discover your capacity to be yourself with others, on stage, on camera, on demand. […]
Deliberating on Values in Digital Democracy
The July DwD hosted a mixed group of designers, curious citizens and community activists to engage in the inquiry and workshop Exploring Values in Digital Democracy. The primary purpose of the workshop was to explore questions of values and positions openly to inform the design of the Nova Agora prototype and contribute to new model […]
Honouring the Water Keepers
A Citizen’s Design Brief for Canadian Foreign Policy
Design with Dialogue held a series of dialogues and design sessions to construct a shared ethical vision and narrative characterizing the emerging commitments and proposals envisioning a new Canadian foreign policy. Across the perspectives of a wide variety of citizens and residents, ages and sectors, ethnicities and spiritual traditions, a growing group of DwD members […]