What I am doing now.
Updated May 4, 2026, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What I am Thinking About
Springtime is in full swing. The academic year has come to a close — an interesting and engaging one. I taught both graduate courses in Understanding Systems and Research Methods. On top of that, I was involved in OCAD University’s Map the Systems initiative, where multiple teams of graduate students competed to represent OCAD at the international competition at Oxford University in July.
Sponsored by the Skoll Foundation, the initiative focuses students’ interest and effort on taking a system and applying systems-thinking methods and tools to articulate its structure and identify opportunities to intervene. I had the privilege of coaching three student teams. Although none of them won the competition, they all learned a great deal and did exceptional work.
— Cameron
Projects
As summer begins, my focus is shifting toward developing a series of tools and thought pieces on the role of complexity. With so much happening in the world — particularly across the policy landscape — I’m finding that health leaders are more pressed than ever to think constructively about how complexity lives in their work and what they can do to make a positive difference. This series will help me articulate areas of complexity that I believe health leaders can genuinely learn from.
With teaching wrapped up for the semester, I’ll be spending the summer working on this complexity learning series and on the Design Loft, as it continues to develop and grow in value for health leaders.