Coffee Chat w/Lawrence Ly
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Undergraduate Student
Coffee Chats is a series of casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests. Hosted in small intimate groups, these gatherings will provide a space for group conversations with practitioners who are interested in supporting OCAD U students and grads to offer mentorship, and share their professional insights and journey, while collectively creating a community.
115 McCaul St.
Third Floor
1 - 2 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
115 McCaul St.
Third Floor
1 - 2 p.m.
Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
Free
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Coffee Chat w/Lawrence Ly
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: In-person, CEAD, 115 McCaul St. 3rd Floor
Location: In-person, CEAD, 115 McCaul St. 3rd Floor
Lawrence is a multidisciplinary designer with a decade’s worth of experience designing for government, non-profit and research organizations. He graduated with a MDes in Design for Health from OCAD and also holds a BDes from the University of Alberta. Before coming to Toronto, Lawrence worked for the City of St Albert and volunteered for the arts and design community in Edmonton. His strong desire to make a positive impact in healthcare carried him to Toronto, where he studied and practiced designing for organizations in the health and aging space. Lawrence currently works as a service designer for Healthcare Human Factors, where he continues to use his skills and passion to build a better world for all people to thrive.
General themes for the talk:
- Working in-house
- Forging connections with non-design professionals
- Overcoming imposter syndrome
- Building confidence as a generalist
Website: www.designerly.ca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designerlly/
Coffee Chats is a series of casual gatherings with the CEAD team with industry guests. Hosted in small intimate groups, these gatherings will provide a space for group conversations with practitioners who are interested in supporting OCAD U students and grads to offer mentorship, and share their professional insights and journey, while collectively creating a community.
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