Join us from September 17 – October 9, 2026 for From Here with DESIS: Designing for All Beings. This exhibition, symposium, and active studio brings together over fifteen years of work from Emily Carr’s DESIS Lab. | More information

The DESIS Lab at Emily Carr University of Art + Design supports research that advances design for social innovation towards sustainability.

DESIS envisions a future of resilience, equity and diversity across human and ecological systems through social innovation, design and environmental justice.

Emily Carr’s lab joined the DESIS network, made up of 65 labs worldwide, in 2012 and is the only DESIS lab in Canada. DESIS is supported by a volunteer steering committee made up of faculty and students.

Steering Committee: Craig Badke, Manuhuia Barcham, Eugenia Bertulis, Jean Chisholm, Helene Day Fraser, Keith Doyle, Charlotte Falk, Laura Kozak, Morgan Martino, Louise St. Pierre

Coordination Committee: Helene Day Fraser, Charlotte Falk, Laura Kozak, Louise St. Pierre