Thomas Girard (born 30 December, 1980 in Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian scholar. Girard was accepted to attend University of Oxford in lectures equivalent to graduate coursework. Girard has received several Emerging Scholar awards, first at the Design Principles and Practices conference in Barcelona, Spain at the prestigious ELISAVA. At Emily Carr University of Art and Design he received his second Emerging Scholar award. Other awards include RBC Emerging Scholar, Royal Bank of Canada Foundation. For 2021, he has been awarded an Emerging Scholar award from the New Directions in the Humanities conference in Madrid, Spain.

1. THOMAS K GIRARD, BDes MA
tgirard@sfu.ca
linkedin.com/in/onthomas
604.861.4094
Education
MA, Liberal Studies, Graduating GPA 3.95, Simon Fraser University 19-22
BDes, Communication Design, Emily Carr University of Art and Design 05
Experience
Instructor,Typography,Vancouver Institute of Media Arts 19-present
Classes – Advanced Typography and Design, InDesign for Print
Sessional Instructor (Interaction Design) and Continuing Studies Instructor / Researcher (Interaction
Design Essentials) Emily Carr University of Art and Design 15-19
Degree – Core Studio Interaction Design (fourth year), Core Studio Interaction Design (second year),
Core Studio Design, Prototyping Interactions, Interaction Design Principles
Certi
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cate – Mobile Application Design, Mobile Application Production, Design Fundamentals
Graduate RA, Graduate Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University 20
Distinctions
Author of internationally acclaimed "Emerging Scholar: Gratitude of an Award Recipient" and
TEDx Speaker on the theme "Greater Than You" with 100,000+ views
Awards
Graduate Fellowship Awardee (7000) Graduate Fellowship Awardee (3500) FASS awardee (2000)