Chantal Trudel

Director and Associate Professor (School of Industrial Design); (Co-Chair Academic)

Chantal Trudel is Director and Associate Professor in Carleton University’s School of Industrial Design. A graduate of Carleton’s Bachelor of Industrial Design program, she also holds a Master of Science in Applied Ergonomics from the University of Nottingham. Her career reflects a longstanding commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and the role of design in understanding people, processes and the environments in which they interact. 

Trudel’s expertise spans industrial design, ergonomics, architecture, interior design and the planning and design of complex environments. Early in her career, she conducted research for Teknion’s Advanced Concepts group and worked as a product designer for Umbra. Trudel later spent more than a decade working in architecture and interior design, including commercial interiors at B+H Architects and health-care design with Parkin Architects. Through her work on major health-care projects such as Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre, Women and Newborn Hospital and the McGill University Health Network Glen Campus competition, she developed a particular interest in the relationship between built environments, products and user needs. 

Trudel’s work has received national and international recognition, including a Canadian Architect Award of Excellence and a High Commendation from the International Academy for Design and Health.