Resume

• 2004

  MEDes

  Masters thesis: Symbiotic

  experiential design: the creation of place

  meaning and well-being in healthcare facilities

  Environmental Design

  Take Your Place (student groups designing interior spaces on the UofC campus\nAlberta Solar Decathlon project (design & construction of an 800 sq. ft solar powered home for the 2009 Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. DOE & NREL. The copetition is held biannually on the National Mall in Washington

  D.C.

  The University of Calgary

• 1985

  BA

  Communications

• 1976

  DID

  Interior Design

• Participated as a Steering Committee member representing one of the two partner institutions during the design and construction of the student designed solar home for the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.\n\nFaculty representative and advisor during the assembly and disassembly of 'Borealis'

  the Team Alberta Solar home

  at the U.S. Solar Decathlon in Irvine

  California in October 2013. \n\nwww.solardecathon.gov

  Team Alberta Solar Decathlon

  Treasurer Board of Directors

  The IDECF mission is to \"foster advances in learning

  teaching

  research and creative scholarship through raising funds and managing financial support programs for interior design education and scholarship.\"

  Interior Design Educators Council Foundation

  Exofficio Council Member

  Interior Design Education representative on the AAA Council.\nMember of the Intern Licensed Interior Design (ILID) Task Force reviewing and recommending modifications to the Architect's Act that specifically addresses licensed Interior Designers in Alberta.

  The Alberta Association of Architects

  SketchUp

  PowerPoint

  Space Planning

  Teaching

  Sustainability

  Space-planning

  Concept Design

  Rendering

  Space planning

  Lighting

  InDesign

  Sustainable Design

  Educational Leadership

  Illustrator

  Higher Education

  Healthcare Design

  Design Research

  AutoCAD

  Research

  Interior Design

  Evans Warren

  Helen

  University of Calgary

  Mount Royal University

  Calgary

  Alberta

  Having taught in all three years of the Bachelor of Applied Interior Design program at MRU and in design

  construction

  lighting and case studies

  Helen understands what learning students need to move through the program to professional practice. \n\nBy integrating knowledge from her Master of Environmental Design education and her extensive industry experience in commercial and residential design

  she provides a solid foundation in the application of undergraduate interior design student learning to professional practice.

  Associate Professor

  Mount Royal University

  Mount Royal College

  University of Calgary

  Environmental Design Masters student

  Calgary

  Canada Area

  Mount Royal University

  Chair - Department of Interior Design

  Through the first five years of her tenure as the Department Chair

  Helen has guided the program through the process of a successful CIDA accreditation visit in 2011

  to the development of an innovative Bachelor of Interior Design degree. \n\nSee the program web site for more information. http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Arts/Departments/BachelorofInteriorDesign/index.htm

  Mount Royal University

  The Alberta Association of Architects

  Ex Officio Council member - Interior Design Education

  Scholarship Collaborative Coordinator

  Interior Design Educators Council