Podcast

Episode 141: A conversation with Karen Oikonen and Kate Wilkes on Constellations: An intersection between design and end of life. The Hospice Chaplaincy Show with Saul Ebema, November 6, 2023

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-141-a-conversation-with-karen-oikonen/id1497646343?i=1000633807356) and Transistor.fm (https://hospicechaplaincy.transistor.fm/episodes)

Events

Oikonen, K, Death, Dying and Design: Exploring end of life through the lens of design. Ottawa Palliative Care Academic Rounds, Ottawa, October 2021.

Saunders, Oikonen, Wilkes, & Isenberg, Blending research and design innovation to share the experience of going home to die: A knowledge translation initiative. In: CAPO Conference. Toronto.

Oikonen & Wilkes, Constellations: Designing participatory engagement and end of life (Situated Action — online), Participatory Design Conference, Manizales, Colombia, June 2020

Isenberg, Oikonen, Saunders & Wilkes, Engaging the Public in Research through Participatory Experiences, Dying.discussions, DesignTO, OCAD University, Toronto, January 2020

Oikonen, K., Designing participation, collaborations and end of life, Dying. Symposium, DesignTO, OCAD University, Toronto, January 2019

Borg, Holyoke, Oikonen & Paterino, Co-Designing Hospice Palliative Care: Deep Engagement with family members, hospice staff, healthcare providers and community members (workshop), Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, Toronto 2017

Holyoke & Oikonen, The Reflection Room: Shifting from death-avoiding to death-discussing (workshop), Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD5), Toronto, October 2016  

Holyoke, Oikonen & Stephenson, The Reflection Room (installation), Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference, Ottawa, October 2015

Articles & Publications

Oikonen, Making Space: How Participatory Installations Enrich Student (Article — online), LinkedIn, November, 2024

Saunders, S., Hale Wilkes, K., Oikonen, K., Abrams, J., Lovrics, E., Stern, M. A., Cheung, M., Wentlandt, K., & Isenberg, S. R. (2021). The development and realization of a research-through-design knowledge translation approach in a palliative care context. Design for Health, 5(1), 39–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2021.1928447

Oikonen, K. & Wilkes, K (2020) Constellations: Designing participatory engagement and end of life. Participatory Design Conference, Situation Actions, Proceedings Vol 3. F110 - PDC 2020. 

Oikonen, K. Bridging the Distance: Communicating to Distance Family Members During Palliative Care. Master of Design, Strategic Foresight & Innovation. OCAD University, April 2015.