Overview of the Inaugural Canadian Design Workshop (CDW 1): From Vision to Evaluation.

The Canadian Design Workshop (CDW) is a new biennial workshop - held in partnership with the Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop - that aims to investigate and share information on design education and research unique to Canadian institutions, focusing on elevating engineering design education and research within the Canadian context. The Canadian engineering education and research landscapes presently share commonalities and important differences from the landscape typically explored during the Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshops. This paper discusses the logistics of running the inaugural workshop (CDW 1), including challenges and opportunities afforded by the virtual offering. A thematic analysis of the presentations and ensuing discussions during the workshop reveals a number of recurring themes across all sessions, including transdisciplinarity, sustainability, the design studio pedagogy, teaching of design in the "middle years" of engineering programs, and challenges in design education. The paper concludes with a reflection on the first offering of the workshop and implications for the future of CDW. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]