How to have awkward conversations (2021-2025)
My favourite talk to give, about collaboration and our nervous systems, with examples of survival physiology from Hot Ones. I’ve presented this talk to designers, communication consultants, and human resources consultants. Multiple people have told me my talk helped them improve tense and difficult working relationships.
6 things I did to make my hiring process more inclusive (2022)
Just enough detail: how we designed content for the COVID Alert app
A blog post for the Canadian Digital Service.
Little and often: making critique a daily practice
A blog post for the Canadian Digital Service several months after we started daily team content critiques.
Content design: a new name for an old craft (2021)
I created and delivered this training to transformation staff with Service Canada who are responsible for product content but may not have a strong background in content design.
A portrait of the artist as a young mother (2015)
I gave a 30-minute artist talk to support the launch of my book, Yes these bones shall live, which accompanied my 2015 solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Guelph.
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