May 10th, 2023
Call-out for guest facilitators | Digital story-telling workshop:
The Public is looking for guest facilitators for a Digital story-telling workshop. If you are interested in facilitating, please send a short statement of interest (1-2 paragraphs) expressing your interest (specifying your chosen medium), confirming your availability as per the dates above, describing your practice (including links to any work online), facilitation experience and any pedagogical frameworks that you might draw on in community settings. We are looking for folks who are knowledgable in their chosen medium, and skilled at fostering creative spaces that meet folks where they’re at. Please email sheila@thepublicstudio.ca on or before next Wednesday May 17th.
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October 12th, 2021
CAPS LOCK: How capitalism took hold of graphic design and how to escape from it
The Public was recently featured in the new book CAPS LOCK: How capitalism took hold of graphic design and how to escape from it by Ruben Pater. The book features six radical design collectives trying to challenge capitalism and working towards alternative economic systems with design, community, and reciprocity.
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October 12th, 2021
Upcoming events for October and November 2021
Our communities are thriving and organizing for a better city and world. Check out these upcoming events we are so excited to be supporting!
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June 8th, 2021
Upcoming events for June and July 2021
Our communities are thriving and organizing for a better city and world. Check out these upcoming events we are so excited to be supporting!
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April 7th, 2021
Upcoming events for April and May 2021
Our communities are thriving and organizing for a better city and world. Check out these upcoming events we are so excited to be supporting!
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February 3rd, 2021
Upcoming events for February 2021
Our communities are thriving and organizing for a better city and world. Check out these upcoming events we are so excited to be supporting!
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February 3rd, 2021
Parkdale Community Safety Workshops
We are excited to be collaborating with the Parkdale Women's Leadership Group and the Community Safety Committee for Mutual Aid Parkdale on a series of workshops that will translate their safety workshops into open-access zines for community use.
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June 17th, 2020
Black Lives Matter
Dear community and collaborators, we’ve been holding much grief, rage, and hope for a better world as the movement for Black liberation continues to grow.
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April 10th, 2020
Human-centered design workshop for Engineers Without Borders
We recently had the pleasure of facilitating a hands-on workshop on human-centered design for the Engineers Without Borders Kumvara Fellows!
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