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“Focusing on this socially engaged topic provides an opportunity for transformational change in how students think and design as they move into their professional lives. They will be encouraged to think about the implications of the pandemic, and the design applications they can envision to help shape a more equitable and inclusive society.”

Isabel Meirelles, Professor, Faculty of Design, Graduate Studies

Enhancing graphic design education and research

Visually communicating meaningful information about COVID-19 in effective ways is the challenge now facing graphic designers. At OCAD University, fourth-year graphic design students are focusing their projects on the social, financial and/or mental health impacts of COVID-19, and their professor is leading a new study on trends in data visualization of COVID-19 information in two Canadian daily newspapers.

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