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SUMMARY:2021 IDC Design Symposium: PROpel Emerging Leaders Program & Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Emerging leaders will have the opportunity to hear an inspiring keynote presentation\, and later network with their peers\, industry professionals\, and the IDC board at the virtual Mixer. \nZahra Ebrahim will deliver this year’s Propel Emerging Leaders keynote presentation. \nZahra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Monumental. She is a public interest designer and strategist focused on deep\, community-led approaches to policy\, infrastructure\, and service design. She is an established bridge-builder across grassroots and institutional spaces and is a leading practitioner in reforming institutions to be more human-centred and equitable. \nShe serves as an Executive Advisor to Deloitte on Cities and Design\, and as a senior advisor to political and public interest initiatives across the country. Prior to this role\, she built and led Doblin Canada (Deloitte’s Human-Centred Design practice)\, focusing on engaging diverse sets of stakeholders to use human-centred design to address complex organizational and industry challenges\, largely focused on public sector and civic innovation. Before Doblin\, Zahra led one of Canada’s first social design studios\, working with communities to co-design towards better social outcomes and leading some of Canada’s most ambitious participatory infrastructure and policy programs. \nZahra has taught at OCADU\, MoMA\, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto’s School of Geography and Planning. She has served on the boards of Jane’s Walk\, St. Stephen’s Community House\, and is currently Vice-Chair of the Canadian Urban Institute\, and the Board Chair for Park People. She serves as an advisor for a range of organizations including Toronto Public Library\, Progress Toronto\, and Code for Canada. \nShe was recently named Next City’s Vanguard “40 under 40 Civic Leader”\, Ascend Canada’s Mentor of the Year\, one of “Tomorrow’s Titans” in Toronto Life\, and one of WXN’s “Top 100 Women in Canadian Business”. \nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Design: IDC Awards Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually on Wednesday\, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. ET to celebrate and honour our members’ achievements at this year’s virtual awards celebration. The event will celebrate winners of the 2021 Value of Design Awards (VODA)\, recognize participants of the PROpel Emerging Leaders program\, winner of the Legacy Award for Distinguished Service\, and for the first time\, winners of the Innovation in Design Thinking Student Competition! \nHosted by:\n\n\n\n\nIan Rolston\nLead Decanthropist\, Decanthropy\n\n\n\nTrevor Kruse\nCEO\, IDC\n\n\n\nIDC’s Value of Design Awards (VODA) shine a spotlight on Canadian interior designers by providing a forum to showcase the benefits of design thinking: an empathetic\, inventive\, and iterative process focused on the human experience within interior spaces. These awards demonstrate the positive human and business impact of design thinking for the people and companies who hire a professional interior designer. By measuring the benefits and outcomes of design\, IDC is showcasing the true value of design across the country and beyond. \n \nThe IDC PROpel Emerging Leaders Program is a national competition created exclusively for emerging leaders\, providing the opportunity for engagement in discussions and connections with influential representatives in the interior design community. \n2020 IDC Legacy Award for Distinguished Service Winner: Cary Pepper\, Sales Manager\, Lutron Electronics \nThe IDC Legacy Award for Distinguished Service is the most prestigious individual award presented annually by IDC to one individual. The recipient of this award exemplifies outstanding service and dedication to IDC and more broadly to the interior design community in Canada. The award honours the individuals\, companies\, or institutions that are recognized as pioneers in the design community nationally. \n  \nThis year\, IDC created a new opportunity exclusively for Canadian interior design students called the Innovation in Design Thinking: IDC Student Competition. The purpose of this competition is to provide students with a national platform to demonstrate the value of interior design and illustrate the positive impact design has on the users of the spaces\, supported by evidence-based research. \nREGISTER NOW\n 
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