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Jana Macalik is a tenured Associate Professor at OCAD University's Faculty of Design and serves as the Director of the Global Centre for Climate Action. She has held significant administrative roles, including Acting Dean (2022–2023), and previously led academic and research initiatives at NSCAD University as Interim Provost and President (2023–2025). Her work bridges design practice, academic leadership, and systems thinking, focusing on equity-driven innovation and discursive spaces.
- Education: Master of Architecture (Dalhousie University), Bachelor of Environmental Design (Dalhousie University), PhD-ABD in Higher Education (OISE/University of Toronto)
Her research explores tensions between system-level differentiation policies and pedagogical models in Canadian art and design universities, emphasizing studio-based learning in metrics-driven environments. She has authored works on BIM integration in design education, discursive spaces, and museum experiences, often analyzing intersections of technology, culture, and education.
Her publications highlight themes in interior design technology, museum studies, and pedagogical innovation, with a focus on hybrid environments and generational shifts in design education. As an NCIDQ-certified and LEED ID+C accredited designer, her creative practice spans cultural exhibition design, branding, and spatial storytelling for institutions like Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership and Aldrich Pears Associates.
Jana actively contributes to academic discourse through presentations at conferences such as the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education and symposiums like Discursive Space (2013) and Urban Ecologies (2015). She co-curated alternative design exhibitions at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel and served on the editorial board of Curator: The Museum Journal.
