Helen Weston
Research Associate
Helen Weston
Helen is a Research Associate for FIBRE and KITE Creates; an initiative at the University Health Network’s KITE Research Institute that is building bridges between healthcare, creative technology, media, education and design innovators. Spanning inclusive media to accessible communities and fashion technology, KITE Creates offers pathways for emerging and established creative industry professionals to collaborate with healthcare researchers and ventures. Helen is a specialist in textiles and fashion technology, with considerable experience in both the Toronto and London (UK) cultural sectors. An experienced operations and project design/delivery professional, she has taught within, and consulted for, universities in the UK and Canada, providing textile specific knowledge. She holds MA’s in Textiles and Arts Administration and Policy Management from the University of London (UK), as well as an Industrial Textile Design degree from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK).
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