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Futures Design Thinking for Violence Prevention in Music

A Futures Design project exploring ways content design can create safer, more supportive and non-violent futures in Canadian music scenes.

What is Futures Design?

Futures design asks what an ideal future looks like and what it takes to get there. In this project, it means envisioning a music industry where safety is the norm, researching the current realities and systemic challenges preventing it, then designing the content and processes that could help.

Help us design safer futures

Your perspectives will help deepen understanding of the safety, violence and harms experienced by women and gender-diverse musicians, industry professionals, and music fans, while informing actions to create safer, more equitable, and violence-free music spaces.

Who We Are

We’re a small group of friends who work as independent women musicians, writers, and speculative designers. Each of us has personally experienced or witnessed gender-based violence, harassment, and unsafe conditions in the music industry. This project is not affiliated with any music employer, label, union, or government agency.

Learn more on our About page