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Ross Parker, AIA, ALEP, Seattle Education Studio Lead, IBI Group
Ross is the Education Studio Lead for IBI Group in Seattle, WA. He has a passion for inclusive, culturally relevant experiential design of educational facilities connecting pedagogy to design to nature. His 3-decade architectural portfolio spans from northern Canada, the UK, the US West Coast, and US South. It includes three James D. MacConnell Awards projects – 2010 recipient and 2004 and 2020 finalists. He is currently co-chair A4LE’s JEDI Committee.
Faye Strong, ALEP, Learning Environment Planner and Project Manager, Archiasmo Architectural Works Ltd.
Faye is a learning environment planner and project manager with Archiasmo Architectural Works Ltd. in Cochrane, Alberta. Her education includes degrees in Architecture and Math from Dalhousie University and for the past seven years has focused on educational work to develop, design and project manage Indigenous Education Projects. Her vision is to see equitable learning environments established within Indigenous Communities.
Dr. Terri-Lynn Fox, Sociologist, Director of Kainai Wellness Centre and Professor at Mount Royal University
Dr. Fox honours the spirit of victims and families, their survival, and the cultural resiliency of those traumatized by the Indian Residential Schools that operated into the 1990’s. Her graduate thesis Intergenerational Communication & Well-Being in Aboriginal Life addressed issues concerning lack of communication of traditional ways of knowing, teaching, and being due to colonization, assimilation, and segregation.
Cliffton Cross, Council Member, Frog Lake First Nations
Cliffton is a Council Member of Frog Lake First Nations, with responsibility for portfolios of Education, Daycare, Youth and Recreation. He was born, educated, and raised a family in FLFN. For 10 years he served as FLFN Youth and Recreation Director and recently oversaw completion of the new Frog Lake High School and First Nation Intermunicipal Library, including securing funding to create some semblance of equitable opportunity for his community.
Friday, October 15, 2021 - 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Workplace 2.0 and What it Means for the Future of Learning Environments
1 LU / HSW
The pandemic has fundamentally shifted the reasons we want to meet in shared spaces, whether it be a school, office, or retail establishment. We want destinations to gather, to collaborate in, to have intentional in-person contact – but we recognize that life isn’t going to look the same having collectively experienced the upending realities of COVID-19. Beyond the concept of “safely returning to...” we are seeing a perspective shift that spaces will now be crafted around safely and flexibly interacting as the main objective. For those pondering the future of educational design, the question begs, “What can we learn from the future of the workplace environment?”
Workplaces have historically been focused on flexibility (changes in tenants, equipment, or collaboration styles), but what are today’s industry leaders and tech giants already looking at to anticipate future possibilities? Beginning with a commitment
to agility, we’ll hear how occupant wellbeing is playing a role in the design of workplace environments, and how that can directly relate to school design to emerge post-pandemic with plans to innovate and collaborate, not just react to the sterile, utilitarian needs to plan for the unknown. Through the application of research findings, we can work to create where learners, collaborators, and co-creators are inspired and engaged.
Learning Objectives:
• Learn of the interior design decisions changing in workplace environments and how that is impacting safe, flexible interaction, and be able to draw comparisons to K-12 learning environments.