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Sensitive + accessible communications

Case studies utilising Sensitive + accessible communications

11 projects demonstrating sensitive + accessible communications, ordered for your focus.

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Streetohome Chosen Family Pods
2026
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Creative direction · Brand strategy · Narrative

Streetohome Chosen Family Pods

Reframed the conversation on homelessness — from surface-level symptoms to root-cause understanding — through a communication system built for clarity, dignity and long-term engagement.

Streetohome · Vancouver
C
2016 - 2020
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Creative direction · Nonprofit storytelling · Brand · Fundraising communications

Chai Lifeline Canada - Annual Campaign & Family-Support Storytelling

Built the visual and narrative platform for a national children's-illness charity - annual campaigns, donor materials, program storytelling and event creative - through years where the organization's public voice and fundraising trajectory both had to grow at the same time.

Chai Lifeline Canada
S
2019 - 2022
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Brand strategy · Creative direction · Editorial · Healthcare communications

St. Joseph's Hospice - Rebuilding the Brand Language for a Community-Facing Healthcare Organization

Rebuilt the visible language of a hospice from the inside - brand system, voice, editorial standards and campaign creative - so the organization's public face finally matched the quality of care it was actually delivering.

St. Joseph's Hospice, London
Rainbow Faith & Freedom — Design Direction
2024
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Creative direction · Design · Layout · Campaign

Rainbow Faith & Freedom — Design Direction

An advocacy campaign and communications system for a global nonprofit working at the intersection of faith, human rights and 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion.

Rainbow Faith & Freedom
Ivey Business Case — Broadband Access
2022
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Editorial design · Infographics · Layout

Ivey Business Case — Broadband Access

Editorial design and information design for an Ivey business case on rural broadband access — dense material, made scannable.

Ivey Business School
Ivey Business Case — Debt Stigmatization
2022
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Editorial design · Layout · Infographics

Ivey Business Case — Debt Stigmatization

Business case design for an Ivey study on debt stigmatization — editorial layout built for clarity and dignity around a difficult topic.

Ivey Business School
Photoshop Composite — Behind the Scenes
2019
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Photoshop · Compositing · Video

Photoshop Composite — Behind the Scenes

A behind-the-scenes timelapse of a single Drawing Hope Project composite — every layer, every blend, from blank canvas to finished photo.

The Drawing Hope Project
Rainbow Faith & Freedom — Infographics & Socials
2024
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Information design · Social · Layout

Rainbow Faith & Freedom — Infographics & Socials

Infographic and social design system for Rainbow Faith & Freedom — turning complex advocacy data into scroll-stopping social assets.

Rainbow Faith & Freedom
St. Joseph's Hospice — Connected Through Cooking
2021
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Video · Story · Nonprofit promo

St. Joseph's Hospice — Connected Through Cooking

Video promo for St. Joseph's Hospice's Connected Through Cooking program — story, edit, motion and logo built as one piece.

St. Joseph's Hospice
St. Joseph's Hospice — Program Infographic
2020
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Information design · Layout · Icons

St. Joseph's Hospice — Program Infographic

Program infographic for St. Joseph's Hospice — clear, warm, human information design for a healthcare audience.

St. Joseph's Hospice
B
2013 - 2016
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Nonprofit storytelling · Fundraising creative · Community engagement

Big Brothers Big Sisters - Mentorship Storytelling & Fundraising Creative

Told the story behind mentorship without turning young people into props - fundraising materials, campaign creative and community assets that led with the relationship, not the recruiting funnel.

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Applied in the following roles & initiatives
  1. Marketing & Communications Manager

    2025 - 2026

    Chai Lifeline Canada

    Conceived, wrote, designed and delivered the inaugural Rosh Hashanah Meal Program campaign across direct mail, print, email, organic social and paid - $140K+ net against a $40K goal

  2. Creative Director, Marketing & Communications

    2021 - 2023

    Ascend Fundraising Solutions

    Personally developed pitch decks, strategy documents and creative concepts, travelling across Canada to present and defend integrated communications strategies to CEOs, executive teams and Boards

  3. Director, Marketing & Communications

    2019 - 2021

    St. Joseph's Hospice of London

    Led CEO/Board counsel and internal + external COVID-19 communications with speed, accuracy and compassion

  4. Board Director + Volunteer Mentor

    2022 - Present

    Big Brothers Big Sisters St. Thomas-Elgin

    Governance, fundraising support, marketing and communications counsel and direct youth mentorship for an organization focused on youth potential, equity and lasting community relationships.

  5. Selected Committee Member

    2026

    Diabetes Canada - Aprons in Action

    Contributing marketing, fundraising communications, community outreach and participant-engagement perspective to campaign awareness and the supporter experience.

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Brand + positioning strategy, Integrated marketing + campaigns and Communications strategy.

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