Dori Tunstall, PhD

In this presentation, Dr. Dori Tunstall will address two aspects of decolonizing design: Putting Indigenous First and Making Amends through More that DEI. She provides a framework to understand one's positionality vis-a-vis Indigenous sovereignty and how that sets conditions for design that provides liberatory joy to all bodies and communities. She then demonstrates the possibilities of institutional transformation by describing OCAD University's hiring initiatives while she served as the "supertoken" Dean of Design from 2016-2023. 

Dr. Elizabeth "Dori" Tunstall (Stanford PhD 1999) is a distinguished design anthropologist, celebrated author, visionary organizational design leader, consultant, and coach. As the renowned author of "Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook," she is a path-breaker of progressive approaches that challenge conventional design paradigms that exclude and harm Indigenous cultures in order to decolonize them and champion diversity, equity, and inclusivity practices in communities and organizations.