News and Events

DFP is an active and engaging community. We have monthly seminars and an annual Design Showcase. Watch past seminars on our YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/youtubedfp and subscribe to our DFP calendar. Not sure where to start? Learn more about our events on our Series Descriptions page.

Latest News

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Seeking Student Volunteers for Design Showcase

March 18th, 2022

DFP has created two new student volunteer roles within the DFP CREATE Showcase organizing committee: Gather Town Space Designer and Alumni Engagement Chair.

call for showcase submissions

Call for Student Submissions to our 2022 Design Showcase

February 23rd, 2022

Submit your design-focused research to the 2022 DFP CREATE Design Showcase!

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DFP Cohort 5 Projects Announced!

January 10th, 2022

This year's cohort is partnering with industry and faculty to work on 6 new design projects.

Upcoming Events

The ‘Living Lab at Home (LLAH)’: Taking developmental and behavioral research into the community

Tim Oberlander, MD, FRCPC Professor, Dept Pediatrics and School of Population & Public Health

with Katelynn Boerner, PhD RPsych Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics and Unma Desai, Masters in Computer Science

UBC

December 14th, 2022, 12:00pm

DFP@UBC Seminar

Malte Jung

Assistant Professor, Information Science

Cornell University

January 11th, 2023, 12:00pm

DFP@UBC Seminar

Regan Mandryk

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair

University of Saskatchewan

February 8th, 2023, 12:00pm