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2026-11-17 Designing With, Not For: Co-Designing a Board Game with Youth

Hosted by CapCHI, Melis, & Danny 

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Join us as we take a journey with Danny (Dinh Nguyen) Nhu and Maria Montano about co-designing with youth, part of the TASTE research project!

Designing With, Not For: Co-Designing a Board Game with Youth

by Danny (Dinh Nguyen) Nhu and Maria Montano 

Designing with communities requires more than asking for feedback. It means creating meaningful opportunities for people to shape the questions, tools, and experiences that affect them. 
 
In this presentation, we will share the journey of co-designing a board game with youth as part of the TASTE research project. We will explore how youth perspectives informed the development and iteration of the game, and how “play” became a way to support participation, reflection, and dialogue around education, employment, and future pathways. 
 
Using this experience as a case study, we will reflect on the opportunities and challenges of bringing co-design into UX research, particularly when working with young people and communities whose experiences with systems and services are often shaped by barriers to participation and access. 
 

DATE TIME: Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 6:30-9:00 pm; doors open at 6:00 pm for networking.

LOCATION: In-Person Event at Impact HUB Ottawa (123 Slater Street, 7th floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H2).

  • NOTE: The venue is in a high-rise building, and the entry doors on the ground floor/street level lock automatically at 7pm.

REGISTRATION: (Free!) www.meetup.com/capchi/events/317342770 

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2026-10-20 Where AI Helps, Hurts and Why Humans Still Matter

Hosted by CapCHI, Hediyeh, & Miti 

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Join us for a talk to learn about what an AI-enabled workflow actually look like

Where AI Helps, Hurts and Why Humans Still Matter

by Mandy Hui, UX Designer, Outwitly
and Roxana Maria Barbu, Senior Service Designer, Outwitly

AI is now part of our process, from early discovery to prototyping, analysis, synthesis, and delivery. That shift can come with growing expectations: move faster, produce more, and stretch budgets further.

But what does an AI-enabled workflow actually look like? Where does AI genuinely make our work better? Where does it introduce new risks? And what gets lost when we don’t listen, whether that means listening to participants or across the different roles shaping the work?

DATE TIME: Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 6:00-9:00 pm.

LOCATION: In-Person Event at Impact HUB Ottawa (123 Slater Street, 7th floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H2).

  • NOTE: The venue is in a high-rise building, and the entry doors on the ground floor/street level lock automatically at 7pm.

REGISTRATION: (Free!) https://www.meetup.com/capchi/events/316890078/ 

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