Presenter

Chantal Trudel is the inaugural Director of Carleton University’s Centre for Community Engagement. The Centre for Community Engagement was established in 2021 with a mandate to provide infrastructure to support the community engagement priority outlined in Carleton’s Strategic Integrated Plan and serve as a focal point to align this priority across the university and with partners. Trudel is also an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Design (Faculty of Engineering and Design), member of the Human Computer Interaction program and cross-appointed to The School of Information Technology. She is an industrial designer (BID, Carleton University), a human factors professional (MSc, University of Nottingham) with an Honours BA in Philosophy (University of Ottawa). She has worked in inclusive and accessible design to support health and wellness through various initiatives including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) CREATE Research and Education in Accessibility Design, and Innovation (READi) program; the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Abilities Living Laboratory (ALL); the National Research Council’s Aging in Place Challenge Program; the Foundation for Health Environments Research (USA); and as technical subcommittee member on the CSA Z8004:22, Long-term care home operations and infection prevention and control and CSA Z8000 Canadian health care facilities standards.