## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [Announcing Markhan Hussain as the recipient of the 2025 DesignTO Programs Assistant Career Launchers!](/markdownify/node/3369) May 16, 2025 # Announcing Markhan Hussain as the recipient of the 2025 DesignTO Programs Assistant Career Launchers! ![The Commons: Public Space, Public Art', 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2025-05/DesignTO_CL%20Banner.png.webp?itok=oKBHSeah) The Commons: Public Space, Public Art', 2021. Photo by Christine Lim rgb(255,255,255) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Markhan Hussain** as the recipient of the **2025 DesignTO Programs Assistant** Career Launchers! ![2025 DesignTO Career Launchers recipient.](/sites/default/files/2025-05/2025DesignTO_CL_recipient%28square%29.jpg) [Markhan Hussain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhan-mushtaque/) (she/her) is currently pursuing a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University. With a multidisciplinary background in social development and product marketing, she focuses on crafting design-based solutions that meet human needs through research, systems thinking, and a human-centered design approach. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhan-mushtaque/) --- Learn more about our Career Launchers at: [https://careerlaunchers.format.com](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/) ## Other Recent News [### 2026-27 Call for Funding Proposals for Student Groups that Support Creative Entrepreneurship on Campus The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) invites OCAD University student groups with a mandate to support entrepreneurship on campus to apply for funding for student-led initiatives that strengthen and expand the creative entrepreneurship ecosystem at OCAD U. This funding is intended to help student groups create opportunities for entrepreneurship skills development, community building, and revenue-generating activities for students and recent alumni, while reducing barriers to participation for equity-seeking individuals. November 6, 2026 ](/news/2026-27-call-funding-proposals-student-groups-support-creative-entrepreneurship-campus) [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### Call for Vendors: BAM! Holiday Art Market 2026 OCAD University's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to partner again with Wychwood Barns to offer a curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni the opportunity to share a vendor table at the BAM! Holiday Art Market. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### 2026-27 Call for Funding Proposals for Student Groups that Support Creative Entrepreneurship on Campus The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) invites OCAD University student groups with a mandate to support entrepreneurship on campus to apply for funding for student-led initiatives that strengthen and expand the creative entrepreneurship ecosystem at OCAD U. This funding is intended to help student groups create opportunities for entrepreneurship skills development, community building, and revenue-generating activities for students and recent alumni, while reducing barriers to participation for equity-seeking individuals. November 6, 2026 ](/news/2026-27-call-funding-proposals-student-groups-support-creative-entrepreneurship-campus) [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### Call for Vendors: BAM! Holiday Art Market 2026 OCAD University's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) is excited to partner again with Wychwood Barns to offer a curated group of OCAD U students and recent alumni the opportunity to share a vendor table at the BAM! Holiday Art Market. October 26, 2026 ](/news/call-vendors-bam-holiday-art-market-2026)