Design Educators Conference 2026
Design Educators Conference 2026
Vancouver Thursday May 28, 2026 @ 8:30 AMDesign Educators Conference 2026
Vancouver Thursday May 28, 2026 @ 8:30 AMWhere: Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, BC
The RGD invites design educators and researchers from across the country to attend our annual Design Educators Conference, which will take place in Vancouver on May 28.
Organized by the RGD in partnership with Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the 2026 conference theme is Field Trip, inviting reflection on the ways design education ventures beyond familiar terrains to engage with new contexts of learning.
Field trips are about curiosity, mobility and encountering the unexpected. In what ways might excursions—whether literal or metaphorical—generate new knowledge? What discoveries are inspiring our practice and transforming the ways we teach and understand design?
The conference coincides with DesignThinkers 2026 in Vancouver, which takes place at the Vancouver Playhouse on May 26 and 27.
Registration opens early February 2026.
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