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2021
November, 2021
Workshop Mag
Gift Guide: 6 Books for the Creative Entrepreneur in your Life
September, 2021
Nimbus Publishing Editorial Blurb
Good Burdens: How to Live Joyfully in the Digital Age
July, 2021
Marketing Awards
Wake & Win: 2021 Marketing Awards Judges
June 18, 2021
The Festival of Literary Diversity
June 2021 Reading Challenge: Nonfiction by a Trans or Nonbinary Author 
Ivan Coyote, Kelly Small, Akwaeke Emezi, and Andrea Bennett
June 13, 2021
The One Club
The One Show SDG Pencil Jury
June 9, 2021
Association of Registered Graphic Designers (The RGD)
RGD's new Speaker Guidelines focus on accessibility, diversity and inclusion
March 22, 2021
Canadian Women and Nonbinary People in Design
Interview: Kelly Small
March 12, 2021
BLND Conference Keynote
The Conscious Creative with Kelly Small
March 8, 2021
BOOST Agents
IWD2021 Kelly Small Award-winning Creative Director, Grassriots + Author
February 22, 2021
Julie Morgan of Design Spaces
Mindful Kindness - Interview with Kelly Small
January 12, 2021
Association of Registered Graphic Designers
Ask the Expert: How to be a Conscious Creative
January 4, 2021
Applied Arts
Will Novosedlik Reflects on the Year We'll Never Forget
9 Things He'll Remember Most about 2020
January, 2021
Book Authority
10 Best New Creativity Books to Read in 2021
2020
December 7, 2020
RGD.ca 
A Guide for Accessibility Design
December 5, 2020
The Pause by OnBeing
Recommendations: Read | The Conscious Creative by Kelly Small
December 2, 2020
Dribbble Overtime Podcast
Silver Linings of 2020 Feat. Writer Kelly Small
December 2, 2020
Whole and Unleashed Podcast
Kelly Small on ethical and inclusive practices in advertising and learning self compassion
November 24, 2020
MoCA x Anansi Autumn Author Talks 2020
The Conscious Creative with Kelly Small (interviewed by Robert Wiersema)
November 17, 2020
RGD DesignThinkers Conference
Roundtable talks: The Conscious Creative
November 12, 2020
TheKit.ca Trending | Holiday Gift Guide 2020
The Best Books to Gift This Holiday Season
November 5, 2020
By The Booth Live Show
Ethics in Marketing with Kelly Small and Melissa Alvares
November 3, 2020
GoodGigs Podcast
How to be a Conscious Creative with Kelly Small

October 21, 2020
ENCC-X Engaging Networks Conference
The Conscious Creative with Ryan Baillargeon and Kelly Small of Grassriots Inc.
October 6, 2020
The Charity Report
The Conscious Creative: Creating your own Values Driven Practice
October 22, 2020
The51
#FinancialFeministFriday Coffee Live with Kelly Small
September, 30 2020
In Partnership With
Kelly Small: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work
September, 22 2020
icreatives.com
10 New Design Thinking Books Every Designer Should Be Reading in 2020
August 10-16, 2020
Retail Council of Canada, Booknet Canada Independent Bestsellers List
Overall Best Sellers: The Conscious Creative Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work
September 9, 2020
RGD Webinar Series
Design Ethics and The Capitalist Dilemma 
August, 2020
Dense Discovery — Issue 98
How to rethink the world for a better tomorrow
August 28, 2020
Applied Arts Mag
The Conscious Creative | Will Novosedlik on the importance of practical ethics for purposeful work
August 12, 2020
#LinkedInLive with Morten Rand-Hendriksen, LinkedIn Learning
Show & Tell: Kelly Small talks The Conscious Creative 
August 3, 2020
Book Authority
21 Best New Creativity Books To Read In 2020, #1 The Conscious Creative
August 1, 2020
Lambda Literary
August’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books: Non-fiction
July 30, 2020
ico-D International Council of Design July 2020 Newsletter
Book Recommendation: The Conscious Creative with Kelly Small
July 29, 2020
Listen2Me Podcast
The Conscious Creative with Kelly Small
July 29, 2020
Muse by Clio
2 Minutes With... Kelly Small, ECD and Author of The Conscious Creative: In pursuit of a more ethical way of working.
July 27, 2020
Dense Discovery Issue No. 98
The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work
July 19, 2020
An Event Apart
Online Together Conference: Human-Centered Design
July 15, 2020
First Name Basis Podcast
The Conscious Creative Ethics, Inclusivity, and Changing Systems: A Design Story with Kelly Small
Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts
July 15, 2020
Tribal Scale on Medium
The Conscious Creative and How To Be More Ethical In Design
July 10, 2020
Eric Alper
My Next Read: The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work by Kelly Small
June 30, 2020
Graphic Research Unit, ECUAD
Post-Pandemic Studio at OCADU
June 23, 2020
RGD So(cial) Good Awards
Winner, Kelly Small for Ethical Sellout: A Designer's Guide to Giving a F/ck
June 18, 2020
The Cascade, Arts in Review
Chasing Ethics in a Capitalist World
Fall 2020 / Winter 2021 
House of Anansi New Releases
The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work by Kelly Small, Anansi Lifestyle
June 11, 2020 
OCADU x Toronto Biennial of Art x UBC Contingencies of Care Residency
In Conversation with Katherine Gillieson and Kelly Small: Post-pandemic studio: emergent frontiers of the new normal
May, 2020 
RGD So(cial) Good Design Awards
2020 Winners | Kelly Small (Toronto, Canada) Ethical Sellout: A Designer's Guide to Giving a F/ck
May 27, 2020 
Emily Carr University News
Kelly Small Explores the Union of Personal and Professional Ethics in New Book
March 2, 2020 
Queer Design Club
Marginalized by Design
January, 2020
Tribal Scale Inc. on Medium
Top 3 Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives for TribalScale in 2020
2019
July, 2019 
Peau De Loup: Artist Series Collaboration
Kelly Small | Artist Series
May 23, 2019 
Emily Carr University Alum Profile
Master of Design graduate received the Governor General's Gold Medal at Convocation on May 4
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