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Raya is a 2016 BKI grad working as a Senior Design Researcher at RBC, and also as a nutritionist. Raya thanks Knowledge Integration for helping her get into the design research field, by teaching her how to communicate across disciplines and think critically.

Raya shares, "I can't tell you how many doors it has opened with employers looking for the skills you will learn. It also taught me that finding purpose in your passions is important, which ultimately pushed me to also becoming a nutritionist and starting my own business."

Trystan is a 2012 BKI grad working at Harvard University as a Postdoctoral Fellow of Embedded EthiCS.

He says, "The combination of cross-disciplinary theory and organizational practice, as well as the general open-mindedness about other disciplines and specializations that KI instills, are skills I use every day. A significant part of my own KI degree was focused on social and ethical issues around science & technology, which of course also comes in handy."

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Alexandra is a 2014 BKI grad working as a Senior UX Researcher at Adobe, in New York. In this role, Alexandra works on post-production collaborative editing software for video and photography files. This means Alexandra evaluates features that support collaborative sharing and editing.

Jamie is a 2016 BKI grad working as a OBGYN Resident Physician at the University of Saskatchewan/Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Jamie shares, "I'm a very happy T-shaped physician-learner. The skills of learning how to learn, explaining complex topics in simple ways, and communicating in inter and multi-disciplinary spaces are things I took from KI and continue to apply in my working life as a clinician and surgeon."

Meredith is a 2020 BKI grad completing a post-graduate program in Publishing - Book, Magazine, and Electronic at Centennial College. In this program, students work together to publish a magazine called On the Danforth.

Meredith shares, "the skills I learned in collaboration and communication have come in particularly handy for this project! My ability to actively listen and to problem solve have allowed me and my team to be successful in this project."

Krista is a 2016 BKI grad who is as an substitute elementary school teacher at the Limestone District School Board.

Krista says, "KI shaped the way I think about so many things related to teaching! It's important to integrate subjects and ensure students learn content as well as transferable skills like collaboration."

Alexandra is a 2014 BKI grad who is working at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Math as Research Partnerships Officer. Alexandra finds her KI training has aided her in working with professionals from a variety of backgrounds and expertise.

She says, "My role requires me to make connections between skills and interests of experts and the needs or requirements of industry partners, where they seemingly may not exist. I can do this with my KI background!"

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Bryson is a 2015 BKI grad who is a Partner at Surge, a specialized advisory firm. In this role, Bryson applies a large-scale collaborative problem-solving methodology to help Fortune 500 companies solve complex challenges and realize opportunities. Bryson says, "I can honestly say I'm employed in my field of study." 

Alex is a 2019 BKI grad working as a Development Representative at Winning by Design. Alex is changing directions after having worked as a Content Strategist at Spectus.aiBusiness. In his role at Spectus, a location intelligence platform, he was producing content about geospatial analytics and data privacy. Now, he's headed into something totally different: a sales role at a B2B SaaS revenue consulting company.

Alex says, "KI afforded with a growth mindset. Since graduating, I've approached a range of opportunities with an open mind. I'm excited to continue developing my skills across domains."

Sam, third-year Knowledge Integration student, completed an internship with AugmentedHearing.io in Denmark which inspired their fourth-year Senior Honours Project.

Sam explains, "My role with them was to validate their noise removal software by determining objective measurements that could show stakeholders how speech intelligibility was improved with our product. Now, for my senior honours project, I am researching how to improve AH’s speech enhancement algorithm by looking into what phonemes are often confused with one another and seeing how we can create sound filters to improve the distinction between them."