[community] Invitation for the TELUS Design Challenge + BIG IDeA + OCAD University

[Pereyra, David]

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[cid:image003.gif at 01D39058.2B9456E0]Date: January 18, 2018


The BIG IDeA<http://bigidea.one/> project at OCAD U and TELUS would like to invite you to be a part of the next Inclusive Design Challenge - Winter 2018. Designing Inclusive Retail Experiences

TELUS’ commitment to diversity and inclusiveness has been a cornerstone of their award winning culture and they are now partnering with BIG IDeA to build a more accessible retail store experience.  We are looking for a diverse group of creative minds to solve a set of design challenges that will improve the way that all customers but particularly customers who have mobility disabilities, are hard of hearing, or Deaf, navigate and interact with team members at TELUS stores.  If you are passionate about enhancing the retail experience, inclusion or design, then join us and TELUS in their journey toward where the future is friendly.

Event name: TELUS Design Challenge: Designing Inclusive Retail Experiences
Location: Inclusive Design Institute at OCAD U, 49 McCaul St, M4W 2G8, Toronto
Time: January 26th 6:00 PM to 8 PM  and January 27th 9:30 AM to 5 PM.
This event is free to all, no experience required. Supplies, lunch and refreshments are provided. Accessibility accommodations are provided on request at registration
Participants can register now at: https://bigidea.one/design-challenges/ - sign up<https://bigidea.one/design-challenges/#sign%20up>
We will have T-shirts and gifts for everyone and all participants we be entered in draws for a Samsung Gear S3 Classic Smartwatch and an LG G Pad IV

The Inclusive Design Challenge will be an accessible event and we strongly encourage people with disabilities to attend and share in the design process. Please reach out to me (dpereyra at ocadu.ca<mailto:dpereyra at ocadu.ca>, 416-977-6000 x 4672) with any additional questions about the event or to discuss other ways for your students to participate in our design challenges.

Please feel free to forward this to others who you think might be interested in participating. If you have the opportunity to promote the announcement in social media and are inclined to do so, please do! Our Twitter hashtag is #bigideaproj

Best regards,
David Pereyra
Project Coordinator
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