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Parkin is pleased to have worked with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) on their new Interventional Radiology (IR), Cardiac Catheterization (Cath) and Simulation (Sim) Labs. These spaces opened this month.
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Parkin is pleased to announce that Global Future Design Awards 2022 awarded Gold Award to Parkin’s Kinngait ( ᑭᙵᐃᑦ) (formerly known as Cape Dorset) Health Centre, situated on Dorset Island at the southern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut. The location is rocky, exposed, and windswept. The literal translation of Kinngait from Inuktitut is “high … Continued
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Parkin is proud to be a part of the uOttawa’s team for the Advanced Medical Research Centre feasibility study. The study identifies opportunities and challenges associated with the expansion of medical laboratory capacity and explores how the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre and regional partners could participate in the process. As part of the analysis, Parkin … Continued
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September is back-to-school month, so we’re taking a look at some of the lessons we have learned through our educational design work with Inuit communities. Building schools in the far north presents unique challenges that require special attention from our design teams. Often, the communities we work with have populations of less than 1,000 inhabitants, … Continued
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Parkin is delighted to have attended the opening of the new Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex Community Pavilion on September 20, 2022. Age-friendly and environment-friendly (featuring an E-V charging station and rooftop solar panel system) design focuses on producing a welcoming, accessible, inclusive atmosphere, and creating a cross-generational community facility where people of all ages and … Continued
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Parkin is excited to announce that we are a current recipient of two Touchstone Awards. Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital’s Wayfinding Research Project submitted in collaboration with Dr. Saleh Kalantari, Cornell University achieved the Gold Level, and Providence Care Hospital submitted in collaboration with Methologica Inc achieved a Silver Level Touchstone Award.
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As advocates of designing facilities that improve the lives of children and parents, as well as those who care for them, our research introduced us to (KIP) Canada, an organization that supports the under-served needs of children affected by parental incarceration. We are committed supporters of this foundation. Parkin was invited to visit indigenous artisans … Continued
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Kids with Incarcerated Parents (KIP) Canada is the only organization in Ontario providing supportive programming to children affected by parental incarceration. For the past 11 years, Jessica Reid, the co-founder of KIP Canada, has advocated for these children and walked to raise the awareness of the necessity to support their unique needs. This year, KIP … Continued
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User experience (UX) design is typically a term used by digital architects when building websites. This nomenclature borrows from the mechanisms of complex wayfinding design in cartography and real-world architecture. Recently, researchers have been using Virtual Response testing to capture biometric data that can, in turn, help architects and designers deliver truly intuitive experiences for … Continued
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We’re excited to announce that effective August 31, 2022, Parkin’s Vancouver office will be relocating to 675 West Hastings Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver BC V6B 1N2. We look forward to working with our clients and colleagues in our new space.
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