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power

Rose's drawing of life before, during, and after hospitalization is made up of a tangle of black squiggles against deep red, blue, and purple backgrounds

Upping the agency

Honing the ways in which we listen to people, collect and share stories.

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November 28, 2019

By Natalie Napier

A balence scale with a clean red cube on one side and a swarm of IWF coloured shapes on the other side

Equilibrium

Designers need freedom to bring in new ideas, inspirations, and interactions to push us…

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September 26, 2019

By Mischa Price

rice-cake

Power literacy

South of the Canadian border, we are bearing witness to the worst kind of power. The kind…

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July 22, 2019

By dr. Sarah Schulman

An end user smiles proudly with arms crossed over her chest, leaning on a cafe table that contains a grid of colourful cards with various titles and a frozen coffee drink.

Designing to empower

Meraki is a prototype in the Community Living space; it seeks to empower people to make…

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July 22, 2019
A black and white line drawing of a fist against an ombre background that fades from salmon pink to yellow

Is it okay to talk about power?

In this work we do, where organizations are delivering services to marginalized…

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July 22, 2019

By Gord Tulloch

Four people sit round a table (heads not shown) looking through materials in boxes"

Co-design is not a panacea for inequality

In a co-design session, discussing an idea from our Concept Collection, Abdul went…

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July 22, 2019

By Alysha Baratta

Home power

We work [in] context, [with] people, to move lives [forward]