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Interdisciplinary Design Strategy Program (Postgraduate) at the Brookfield Sustainability Institute (G414)

Canada

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What will I learn?

The Interdisciplinary Design Strategy program at the Brookfield Sustainability Institute is a global solutions studio focused on identifying, understanding, and developing smart sustainable solutions to help fight climate change.

The Interdisciplinary Design Strategy program at the Brookfield Sustainability Institute is a global solutions studio focused on identifying, understanding, and developing smart sustainable solutions to help fight climate change.

Transform The World

The Brookfield Sustainability Institute (BSI) is built on the 20-year legacy of the Institute without Boundaries (IwB), a think tank at George Brown College that fosters collaborative design practices for a better world. This evolution is a response to the vast social, economic, and environmental disruptions caused by the acceleration of climate change which puts sustainability at the core of everything we do.

Each September, a small group of students begins a nine-month graduate certificate program in Interdisciplinary Design Strategy, where they work as a team to research, design, and realize real-world projects in partnership with governments, non-profits, private companies, and George Brown College.

Cross Boundaries

This program will accept strong candidates representing different fields – for example, an architect, engineer, designer, planner, economist, an artist, a scientist. The program will produce a new breed of designer - one who can articulate possibilities. In the words of Buckminster Fuller, a "synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

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The goal of the BSI is to foster a new generation of talent with the foresight and skills to think systemically, collaborate, and build sustainably. Through an interdisciplinary learning model, students develop applied research and innovation projects that tackle real-world sustainability challenges alongside community and industry partners.

Program Learning Outcomes

The graduate demonstrates the ability to:

Apply universal and sustainable design principles to complex global problems in order to create intelligent solutions that address environmental, social and economic challenges.

Manage an Integrated Design Process to deliver human-centred design strategy projects for government, corporations and nonprofit organizations.

Design collaboratively in an interdisciplinary studio environment to complete environmental, communication, product, service and system design projects.

Apply primary and secondary research methodologies to the design process using a think/make practice model to achieve project outcomes that meet user needs.

Adhere to the professional practices of a design studio in order to facilitate the success of design teams in achieving project results.

Participate in a multiphase design process in order to create a holistic, integrated and realistic design project.

Liaise and manage the design process to provide solutions for clients, including design, documentation, tendering, fabrication and delivery.

Present research results and design solutions to a diverse audience utilizing effective communication strategies.

Which department am I in?

Centre for Arts, Design and Information Technology

Study options

Full Time (9 months)

Tuition fees
CAD$28,681.00 (US$ 20,611) per year
Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for the first two semesters of programs starting in Fall 2023.

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

Expected September 2025

Venue

Waterfront Campus

51 Dockside Drive,

TORONTO,

Ontario (ON),

M5A 0B6, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

Diploma or Bachelor's Degree.

Applicants with transcripts from an institution where the language of instruction is not English may meet English language proficiency requirements with one of the following proofs of language proficiency.

  • George Brown English for Academic (EAP) Program - Level 9
  • IELTS (Academic) - 6.5, minimum 6.0 in each skill band
  • TOEFL - 88 (online) minimum 22 in each skill band
  • MELAB – 85
  • PTE (Academic) - 60, overall minimum; 55 in each skill band
  • CAEL - 70 overall (writing 60)
  • Cambridge English Exams (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency) - 176 or more (with no individual skill below 169)
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About George Brown College

George Brown College is a diverse and welcoming community located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Canada’s largest city.

  • Over 24,000 graduates of George Brown have leadership roles
  • Over 160 academic programs to choose from
  • 88 percent of graduates employed six months after graduating
  • 98 percent of programs include practical learning

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