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(downloadable PDF - 177KB) Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae Tiiu Poldma 2008

(downloadable PDF - 20 KB) List of Work - ongoing, completed and significant work 2007

Academic publications

(downloadable PDF - 1.8 MB) doctoral dissertation

(downloadable PDF - 1.4 MB) masters thesis





 
Tiiu Poldma.

TIU POLDMA, Ph.D.

Tiiu Poldma is a pioneer in the domain of design research theory. She's Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in the Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and has been an associate professor, Interior Design Program, at the School of Industrial Design since 2000.

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She's also full researcher at the CRIR, (the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal), and currently the Director of the Research Group GRID( Group for Research in Illumination and Design).

Tiiu is one of the few women in Canada with a Doctor of Philosophy in Interior design education. She won the title 'compagnon de Ferdie', for her work in raising the quality of teaching and promoting excellence in professional interior design. She teaches the importance of integrating design with concern for the well-being of the population being served, particularly vulnerable populations such as children and the aged.