From 2006-2008 Candy was involved with Global Studio, a program where international students, academics and professionals come together in one city for a month to learn from and collaborate with community organizations. Initiated by the UN Millennium Development Goals, the program has worked in Istanbul in 2005, Vancouver in 2006, and Johannesburg in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Its goals are ambitious – collaboration with people from different disciplines and countries, theory and practice combined, and projects ranging in scale (three-week design-build projects to five-year riverfront plans) and physicality (better sewer drains to stronger networks of people and resources). It’s involved people from over 30 countries, 50 universities, and 10 disciplines, which greatly improves one’s perspective. Candy was involved as a student and later as a project leader 2006-2008. She also worked with cofounder & convener Anna Rubbo and project manager Jennifer van den Bussche to design many things along the way, including an exhibition (pdf of the panels) and their website.

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