Vancouver, Canada | shaylagirouxdesign@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Shayla Giroux is an interdisciplinary designer, woodworker, and metalsmith whose practice challenges systemic inequities in industrial design through mentorship, apprenticeship, and experiential learning. Her work continually evolves, guided by patience, respect, and embodied knowledge.
Education
2027 Master of Design | Emily Carr University of Art + Design Vancouver, BC Canada 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minor in Social Practice and Community Engagement | Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC Canada 2016 - 2018 Bachelor of Arts & Business, 2 years towards Bachelor of BBA | University of Waterloo, Canada
Certification and Training
2025 The Fundamentals of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession -First Nations Information Governance Center
2025 CORE-2022 - Panel on Research Ethics
2024 Basic First Aid OFA Level 1
2021 Cabinetmaking level 1 and 2 - Red Seal Certification in progress - BCIT, Burnaby, BC Canada
Professional Experience
2025 Research Assistant Umingmak: Making Meaning with Qiviut – Muskox Wool, in partnership with colleagues at the University of Toronto Scarborough and collaborators in Nunavik.
2025 Teaching Assistant - Emily Carr University of Art + Design TA for "Topics in Industrial Design: Material Connections, Metal Fabrication" with Splash (Aaron Nelson-Moody).
2025 Teaching Assistant – Langara College Assisting with Truth and Reconciliation workshops though Silversmithing with Splash (Aaron Nelson-Moody)
2024 - Research Assistant - Emily Carr University of Art and Design - Material Matters
2025 Charred Wood, a collaboration between UBC’s Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC), the BioProducts Institute (BPI), and the Nlaka'pamux First Nation’s Boothroyd Band
2021 - Designer – Shayla Giroux Design (Self-Employed)
2025 Vancouver, BC.
2022 - Fabricator and Project Manager
2024 Area 58 Innovation Inc, Coquitlam, BC.
2020 - Architectural Millworker
2022 Valkyrie Woodwork and Design, Vancouver, BC.
Exhibitions & Installations
2025 Lyle Gallery x Erria, 2025 – Birdhouse, New York, NY
2025 Exhibiting and Guest Mass Timber Conference, Portland, Oregon.
2024 Pretty Secrets, Toronto Design Week – Woven Steel Table, Toronto, Ontario
2024 Prototype Show, Interior Design Week West– Woven Steel, Vancouver, BC
2024 Public Art Installations:
Ribbon Desk Sculpture, Aio Studios, Calgary
Birdhouses for St. Paul’s Hospital. Vancouver, BC .