On Wednesday, November 22 at 5:00pm, the University of Toronto is gathering together some of the brightest minds in the U of T community to spark conversation and connection through a TEDxUofT event. Daniels Faculty alumna Samar Sabie (MArch 2015) is among the evening’s featured speakers. The Master of Architecture graduate, who is now completing her PhD at Cornell, will discuss how to promote maker culture among immigrant youth and explore ways in which design and technology can be used to support the development and well-being of populations in the diaspora.

Sabie’s Master of Architecture thesis, which she completed with her sister Dina, proposed a framework and pilot design “to equip the UN and other relief organizations with better planning approaches, construction options, and design strategies” for new refugee settlements in the Middle East.

Her talk on November 22 will examine non-intrusive ways to use technology to improve the lives of others.

For more information, visit the TEDxUofT website.