I served as lead editor of Situating Design in Alberta, published by the University of Alberta Press in December 2021. The project brought together an interdisciplinary group of contributors to introduce Alberta designers and their work in both local and global contexts. With a foreword by renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, the book highlights design’s role in shaping the province’s cultural identity and economic futures.

Reviewers described the book as “ground-breaking,” noting its “potential to influence policy makers within the province of Alberta as they work to rethink the economy” and its ability to “contribute to how the future of the province is shaped.”

Contributors: Isabel Prochner, Tim Antoniuk, Douglas Cardinal, Ken Bautista, Carlos Fiorentino, Maria Goncharova, Andrea Hirji, Mark Iantkow, Barry Johns, Lyubava Kroll, Courtenay Ruth McKay, Skye Oleson-Cormack, Janice Rieger, Elizabeth Schowalter, Megan Strickfaden, Tyler Vreeling, Ron Wickman.