Can we Raise Awareness Toward Disrupting the Business Model of War? If we become aware of the interconnected systems and interests of political & planetary oppression, we can publicly speak to these issues, and disrupt their functions. We hold that a truly peaceful world demonstrates flourishing – which is present when people, societies and ecologies […]
Tag: Policy innovation
Political Foresight for Near Future Agenda-Setting
Continuing the DwD exploration of policy futures, in April we explored probable and desired near future political landscapes facing Toronto and Ontario in the impending election. As with the 2017 DwD series on a People’s Design Brief for Canadian foreign policy, we hosted a dialogue to co-create new narratives for an emerging political concern. In […]
Breaking the Business Model of War – A Peace Workshop
This year, September 21-22 OCAD University hosts the #NoWar2018 conference, the annual international peace conference held by World Beyond War. We are proposing a workshop and possibly a panel or talk to share the workshop’s outcomes at this event. Last year at this time DwD held a track of dialogue events toward the recovery of […]
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 […]
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 […]