1. Thomas K GIRARD MA, CDP
info@thomaskgirard.com
Vancouver, Canada
DOB 12/30/1980
Thomas Girard is an Oxford-educated thought leader, globally recognized for his work in design
innovation, creativity, and resilience. As a TEDx speaker with over 100,000 views across
18 languages, he uses his platform to inspire audiences worldwide. His memoir, Son of Greg Girard,
explores the crossroads of family legacy, design, and innovation. He has delivered keynote
addresses at global events such as UXIndia and participated as an invited delegate at
the prestigious Sorbonne University.
Education
MA Coursework Completed, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Awards
Graduate Fellowship, Graduate Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University
Graduate Fellowship, Graduate Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University
Emerging Scholar Awardee, Common Ground Research Networks, Design Principles and Practices
Emerging Scholar Awardee, Common Ground Research Networks, Arts in Society
Emerging Scholar Awardee, Common Ground Research Networks, New Directions in the Humanities
Emerging Scholar Awardee, Common Ground Research Networks, The Image
Emerging Scholar Awardee, Common Ground Research Networks, Royal Bank of Canada Founda-
tion, Spur Festival for Art, Politics and Ideas
FASS Travel Award, Simon Fraser University
International Conference Circuit
From Democratic Aesthetics to Digital Culture Tenth International Conference on Communication &
Media Studies Sep 11, 2025 – Sep 12, 2025 at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
UNIQUEWAYS Podcast Report THEMED PANEL: INNOVATION SHOWCASE
Information, Medium & Society: Twenty-Third International Conference on Publishing Studies June 25
– 26, 2025 University of Hawaii at Hilo UNIQUEWAYS Podcast Report THEMED PANEL: INNOVATION
SHOWCASE
Human Learning and Machine Learning—Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence
in Education Thirty-Second International Conference on Learning July 08 – 10, 2025 University
of Granada, School of Education UNIQUEWAYS Podcast Report THEMED PANEL: INNOVATION
SHOWCASE
The Converging Challenges for Inclusive Education: Intercultural Competences and Digital Literacies
in Global Contexts Thirty-First International Conference on Learning July 10 – 12, 2024 Utrecht Uni-
versity UNIQUEWAYS Podcast Report THEMED PANEL: INNOVATION SHOWCASE
2. Traveling Concepts: The Transfer and Translation of Ideas in the Humanities Twenty-second Inter-
national Conference on New Directions in the Humanities June 26 – 28, 2024 Sapienza University
of Rome, Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies Unique Ways of Prototyping
THEMED PANEL: WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Art for Sustenance Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society May 24-26 2024 Ha-
nyang University, Seoul, South Korea UNIQUEWAYS Podcast Report THEMED PANEL: CREATIVE
PRACTICE SHOWCASE
New Aesthetic Expressions: The Social Role of Art Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts
in Society July 05 – 07, 2023 Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland User Experience and Sophocles
THEMED PANEL: PAPER PRESENTATION IN A THEMED SESSION
Literary Landscapes: Forms of Knowledge in the Humanities Twenty-first International Conference on
New Directions in the Humanities June 28 – 30, 2023 Sorbonne Université, Paris, France. Advanced
Typography Workshops in Quarantine THEMED PANEL: PAPER PRESENTATION IN A THEMED SES-
SION
History/Histories From the Limits of Representations to the Boundaries of Narrative Seventeenth
International Conference on the Arts in Society July 04 – 06, 2022 San Jorge University, Zaragoza,
Spain. Advanced Typography Workshops in Quarantine THEMED PANEL: FOCUSED DISCUSSION
New Agendas for Design: Principles of Scale, Practices of Inclusion Seventeenth International Con-
ference on Design Principles & Practices March 29 – 31, 2023 Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon Lisbon,
Portugal. User Experience and Sophocles THEMED PANEL: FOCUSED DISCUSSION
Data, Media, Knowledge: Re-considering Interdisciplinarity and the Digital Humanities Twentieth
International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities June 20 – 22, 2022 Department of
Mediterranean Studies, School of Humanities, University of the Aegean (Rhodes Campus), Rhodes,
Greece. User Experience and Sophocles THEMED PANEL: PAPER PRESENTATION IN A THEMED
SESSION
Design + Context Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices March 01
– 03, 2019 St. Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. The Helvetica Project
THEMED PANEL: WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society June 19 – 21, 2019 Polytechnic Institute of
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. One Hundred Watch Faces THEMED PANEL: FOCUSED DISCUSSION
Fifteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society June 24 – 26, 2020 National University of
Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. Unique Ways of Prototyping THEMED PANEL: WORKSHOP PRE-
SENTATION
Advocacy in Design: Engagement, Commitment, and Action Fourteenth International Conference on
Design Principles & Practices November 11 – 13, 2020 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn,
United States of America. The A4 Project
Towards a Design New Deal Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practic-
es March 02 – 05, 2021 University of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Unique Ways of Prototyping
THEMED PANEL: WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Sixteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society June 15 – 18, 2021 The University of West-
ern Australia, School of Design, Perth, Australia. Unique Ways of Making THEMED PANEL:
WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
3. Critical Thinking, Soft Skills, and Technology Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions
in the Humanities June 29 – July 02, 2021 Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Podi-
ums, Prototypes and Plato : Public Speaking in Terms of Classical Rhetorical Theory THEMED PAN-
EL: PAPER PRESENTATION IN A THEMED SESSION
Back to Life: Seeking Vision and Purpose in Principles and PracticeSixteenth International Confer-
ence on Design Principles & Practices January 19 – 21, 2022 University of Newcastle, Newcastle,
Australia.Advanced Typography Workshops in Quarantine Featured THEMED PANEL: FOCUSED
DISCUSSION
Self Published Books
Emerging Scholar: Gratitude
ISBN: 9780463808665
Emerging Scholar Second Edition ?
ISBN: 979-8544930778
Emerging Scholar & Oxford ?
ISBN: 979-8793877152
Emerging Scholar & TED
ISBN: 979-8412405698
Emerging Scholar: Assistant Professor Tenure-Track. ?
ISBN: 979-8412407258
Emerging Scholar: Lecture at the Sorbonne
ISBN: 979-8412993355
Emerging Scholar & Associate Dean Offer
ISBN: 9781990741081
Emerging Scholar & The Oxford Centre
ISBN: 9781990741098
Life or Death Typography
ISBN: 9781990741128
Emerging Scholar & Paris
ISBN: 9781990741142
Son of Greg Girard
ISBN: 9781990741234