Recordings

Health Design Lab Showcase 2025

June 20, 2025

"Staff Perspectives" Screening Event

February 28, 2025

2023 Health Design Lab Showcase

April 17, 2023

"Stories of Stigma" Screening Event

November 25, 2021

Decolonizing Cultural Safety Education Through Cultural Immersion

September 28, 2021

Decolonizing Cultural Safety Education Through A Relational Lens

February 25, 2021

Perspectives Program: Intergenerational Co-Design in Long-Term Care

February 08, 2021

Publications

Decolonizing cultural safety education in the healthcare system through cultural immersion in Indigenous knowledge sharing & material practice

Erickson, M., McIntosh, D., Crabtree, B., Watts, C., Laycock, Z., Preissl, N., Beyzaei, N., Chisholm, J., Raber, C., and Raber, S. (2022). Decolonizing cultural safety education in the healthcare system through cultural immersion in indigenous knowledge sharing & material practice.

Scaling participatory methods for cultural change in long-term care homes

Boulton, L., Raber, C., Beyzaei, N., Tait, J., Mak, H., Gill, J., Davidson, M., Chang, V., Chisholm, J., Doobenen, A., Escueta, L., Martino, M., Ratan, N., Rose, E., Sood, G. (2021). Dementia Lab 2021: Supporting Ability Through Design.

Designing Conversations: Using Life Stories to Improve Dementia Care

Brophy, C., Blackler, B., Hannan, J., Raber, C., Popovic, V. (2021). Dementia Lab 2021: Supporting Ability Through Design.

Finding synergies between Indigenous and designerly ways of knowing

Brenda Crabtree, Marlene Erickson, Erickson, Joy Joseph-McCullough, Nicole Preissl, Connie Watts, Charlene Williams, Caylee Raber, Lara Therrien Boulos, Andrew Siu, Nadia Beyzaei, Sari Raber, Sarah Hay (2020). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design4Health

Emily Carr University zeitgeist program: bringing together student designers and care home residents to co-design publications — a social innovation project

Caylee Raber, Jon Hannan, Mariko Sakamoto, Srushti Kulkarni, Nadia Beyzaei, Amen Salami, Donna Levi, and Alison Phinney (2019). Dementia Lab 2019. Making Design Work: Engaging with Dementia in Context

Zeitgeist: an intergenerational storytelling project

Hannan, J., Raber, C., Beyzaei, N., Levi, D., & Phinney, A. (2019). Proceedings of the International MinD Conference

Zeitgeist publication: a storytelling project with residents and design students

Hannan, J., Raber C., Ellis, E., Beyzaei, N., Levi, D., Phinney, A., Sakamoto, M. (2019). Design4Health

The perspectives program: creating “connections beyond the years"

Sakamoto, M., Malcolm, P., Raber, C., Hannan, J., Beyzaei, N., Salami, A., … Phinney, A. (2023). The perspectives program: creating “connections beyond the years.” Educational Gerontology49(10), 905–920. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2023.2179230

Developing Public Service Hybrid Learning Models Through Community-Engaged Design Education

Beyzaei, N., Hannan, J., Burke, C., & Raber, C. (2023). Developing Public Service Hybrid Learning Models Through Community-Engaged Design Education, in Derek Jones, Naz Borekci, Violeta Clemente, James Corazzo, Nicole Lotz, Liv Merete Nielsen, Lesley-Ann Noel (eds.), The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers, 29 November – 1 December 2023, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.21606/drslxd.2024.113

Connecting Design Students with Long-term Care Residents: Driving Social Change Through Curriculum.

Hannan, J., Raber, C., & Peterson, M. (2022). “Connecting Design Students with People Living in Long-term Care: Driving Social Change Through the Curriculum.” In Paul A. Rodgers (ed.) Design for People Living with Dementia. Routledge.

Decolonizing cultural safety education in the healthcare system through cultural immersion in indigenous knowledge sharing & material practice

Erickson, M., McIntosh, D., Crabtree, B., Watts, C., Laycock, Z., Preissl, N., Beyzaei, N., Chisholm, J., Raber, C., and Raber, S. (2022) Decolonizing cultural safety education in the healthcare system through cultural immersion in indigenous knowledge sharing & material practice, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June – 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.705

Supporting the stillbirth journey at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre

Gill, V., Kreim, S., Pederson, A., Sullivan, L., Bashir, K., Goldet, E. L., Mah, J., Kuznetsov, J., Hiller, C., Beyzaei, N., Christoffersen-Deb, A. (2024). Supporting the stillbirth journey at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. In BCMJ, 66(9), 340-345.

Co-design of a digital app “WhatMatters” to support person-centred care: A critical reflection

Sakamoto, M., Guo, Y. P. (Ellen), Wong, K. L. Y., Mann, J., Berndt, A., Boger, J., Currie, L., Raber, C., Egeberg, E., Burke, C., Sood, G., Lim, A., Yao, S., Phinney, A., & Hung, L. (2023). Co-design of a digital app “WhatMatters” to support person-centred care: A critical reflection. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 38(10), e6014. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.6014

Press

Sunshine Coast elder care project uses art to ask who cares

Health Design Lab Inspires Srividya Suryanarayan’s Project Addressing Young Adult Cancer Recovery

Health Design Lab Propels Logan Wilkinson’s Project Addressing Sound in Institutional Settings

Health Design Lab Partners with BC Cancer to Improve Access to Supportive Care

Students + Alums Spotlight Power of Lived Experience at 2025 Health Design Lab Showcase

How ECU Staff and Students Are Helping Shape the New St. Paul’s Hospital

Uniting Designers and Storytellers to Discuss Mental Health Stigma​

Customizable Font for People with Low Vision Launches

Animated Series Helps Fight Stigma Through Storytelling

Meaningful Connections with Prince George Created Virtually through Material Practice

Vancouver design students collaborate with long-term care residents on personalized works

‘Perspectives’ Program Connects Students and People Living in Long-Term Care to Tell the Stories of a Lifetime

Tyler Hawkins’ Customizable Font for People with Low Vision Lands Government Funding

Creating Impact through Community-Based Co-Design Projects within Curriculum

Helping Loved Ones Stay Connected During Disconnected Times

How designers can plan healthier communities together with Indigenous families

Aboriginal Gathering Place + Health Design Lab push for systems-level change with decolonizing healthcare project

Activating outdoor spaces: an evolving partnership with KGMS

Connecting the Autism spectrum disorder community through design

Designing healthy futures with Squamish Nation families

Health Design Lab partners with St. Paul’s Hospital Redevelopment Team

Design lab connect Autism families with research

The Health Design Lab enters into third year of collaboration with the Pacific Autism Family Network

Health Design Lab collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health