Elevate & Amplify is bringing together those in design and social change who think differently and are hungry to be critical.
Elevate & Amplify is the first conference of its kind in Canada. At this moment in history, we are challenging norms and asking ourselves what we need to heal and move forward. We want vital conversations about designing alternatives, learning from failures, and grappling with tensions in the work. We crave a level of critical reflection that we feel is missing from conversations, so we are attempting to make that community for ourselves.
Agenda
12:50pm Doors Open
1:00pm Start, Welcome, Intro, Land Acknowledgement
1:15pm Navigating Systems that are not Designed for Us - a panel of "recipients" engaged in design processes who are charting their own paths and designing alternatives
2:25pm Break
2:30pm Beyond Broken Promises of Co-design - a panel of designers who have adapted their practices and approaches to engagement as they learn from failure
3:40pm Break
3:45pm Now what — how do we do Systems Change? - a panel of those leading systems change work who grapple with the tension of solving immediate/urgent problems and long-time change
4:45pm Closing
5pm After-Party
Elevate & Amplify 2021 Sliding Scale Ticket Pricing
Elevate & Amplify offers a sliding scale registration rate so that the conference can be accessible to as many people as possible. Our sliding scale tickets are designed to make this conference accessible as well as for each individual to reflect on their level of personal privilege when choosing the right ticket option.
If you are unsure of how much you should pay, this is a helpful resourcefrom the Canadian Unitarian Council. If you would like to purchase your ticket by e-transfer, contact us at minister@dia.space.
Elevate & Amplify has reserved 75 free tickets for individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Colour (BIPOC). If this ticket category is the best ticket type for you, please choose that ticket, no questions asked. If you are a person who identifies as BIPOC but is able to afford basic needs and has expendable income, please do not select this ticket option in order to keep this conference fully accessible.
Find more information about the conference, including FAQs, on the Department of Imaginary Affairs website.
All proceeds from Elevate & Amplify will be used to support the Department of Imaginary Affairs’ (DIA) programming in 2021, including oral storytelling in two Toronto parks this summer and program development for the Public Imagination Fund. The Public Imagination Fund is a project to imagine what funding would look like if centred on community, trust and relationships designed by BIPOC Youth.
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