Academic Projects

I subscribe to the mantra of “Staying Humble. Hustling Hard.” From an undergraduate degree at the Schulich School of Business (iBBA) to a masters degree at OCAD University (MDes), my journey in academia and overall learning is littered with unconventional experiences, contact with some very cool people and of course an unwavering confidence in my sense of humour to keep me grounded and intact.

Going back to school in order to complete my Masters degree has been a humbling experience. A close friend of mine described it as the following: “School by definition sets you back on calendar time but not at all in where we end up. Race cars fall behind when they’re in the pit but they’re just fueling up.” The reality is going back to school set me back financially but forced me to develop myself rapidly. I set ambitious goals and set out to achieve them at an unparalleled pace to anything I had ever embarked on in the past.

Strangers Abroad

Traveling as one of five students chosen from our Masters program to take part in the ACE Urban Air Quality Challenge at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands.

Hult Prize

Understanding how the three disciplines of design, technology and business are being leveraged to solve some of the greatest problems facing the world right now was an amazing undertaking.

Foresight 20/20

Being bold enough to imagine a future scenario that would exist in 20-25 years, specifically in the context of focusing on the serious future implications of “Food Waste”.

Major Research Project

As part of the requirements to graduate from my Masters program, I completed a Major Research Project titled, “Extracting cultural empathy from online media platforms and applying it into organizations”.