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CanUX + IxDA Meetup #2

CanUX is delighted to partner with IxDA Ottawa to bring you periodic in-person meetups in Ottawa. Our second meetup will take place in the beautiful Main Hall space at Collabüro on Thursday, April 10, 2025, starting at 6pm. Even though it’s a school night, don’t miss the change to mingle with Ottawa’s experience design and service design community. For directions to the venue and transportation options, check out the Getting There section futher down on this page of this page.

Light refreshments (coffee/tea/water/soft drinks) will be provided. We recommend having dinner ahead if you plan on staying for the entire 2.5 hour duration of the event.

CANUX+IxDA #2 Schedule (Apr 10, 2025)

The evening’s schedule and the speaker availability is subject to change in the event of flight delays or last minute cancellations.

} 6:00 PM   Doors Open / Registration
} 6:30 PM   Welcome and Introductions
} 6:45 PM   Presentation and Q&A: AUTHENTIC CONVERSATIONS by Jennifer Fraser (jfXD)
} 8:00 PM   Hang out / Networking time
} 9:00 PM   Doors close / End of festivities.

CANUX+IxDA Tickets

Tickets are CDN$10+tax and can be purchased online directly on online through Eventbrite. Tickets are non-refundable. If the tickets sell out, a waiting list will be provided. All proceeds go towards future CanUX + IxDA meetups.


 

Getting there 

Collabüro is located at 499 Preston Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 4N7 (see location in Google Maps) and is walking distance from Dow’s Lake O-Train Station, conveniently positioned to walk, cycle, take public transportation or drive to.

Cycling: Located beside the Trillium Pathway and the Rideau Canal Western Pathway, Collabüro is easily accessible via bicycle. There are bike posts along Preston Street available to lock your bike.
Public Transit: Collaburo is located 450m away from Dow’s Lake Station, an O-Train hub that also serves multiple bus routes.
Driving: Preston street offers free street parking on weekdays after 5:30pm.

SPONSOR OUR CANUX+IxDA MEETUPS

Sponsorship of our meetups is available for CDN$100 and includes a mention by the emcee, your logo on the revolving slides prior to and after the presentation, and listing on this event page online. You can purchase the sponsorship directly via interac eTransfer to info AT canux DOT io and we will send you an invoice. Sponsors of the upcoming and the last edition of the CanUX conference receive an additional 25% off CanUX+IxDA meetup sponsorship costs.

SESSION INFORMATION: 

AUTHENTIC CONVERSATIONS:
Your Superpower When You Don’t Have a Magic Lasso 

Communication is a critical skill in our role as UX professionals. Regardless of whether your background is in Design, Research, Content Strategy, or some other UX –related discipline, in your job, most of your time is spent communicating; communicating to stakeholders, clients, colleagues and team members. Yet, communication for co-creation is not taught, either in academia or in the work environment. This presentation aims to provide you with a different perspective when it comes to thinking about your organization, the dynamics within it, and how to build resiliency for yourself, and your teams by tapping into your Superpowers and using Authentic Conversations as a tool for communication for co-creation.

Speaker Bio: JENNIFER FRASER

Jennifer Fraser is the jf in jfXD. Jennifer is an accomplished executive with deep experience in the field of Experience Design. She has an authentic and co-creative approach to leadership that focuses on individual agency to drive measurable success across the organization. She worked as an architect in her former life, which relates to her systems-thinking approach and her ability to uncover the underlying connections between things.

*Image credit: Bayview Yards, Cornelius Rachieru and CanUX

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