Lee Eldridge
Lee is an educator, researcher, author, and creative industry professional with nearly three decades of experience in graphic communications, design, premedia, and emerging technologies. He teaches across several programs in 91看片网鈥檚 The Creative School, including GCM, Creative Industries, and RTA New Media, with courses spanning digital design, image manipulation, 3D design and fabrication, emerging technologies, and creative production.
Lee is completing his PhD in Media and Design Innovation, where his research examines artificial intelligence, arts-based knowledge translation, and ethical, practitioner-focused creative workflows. He is the author of Pixel Perfect: Professional Image Manipulation, an open educational resource used by students across North America, and has written extensively on design, technology, and graphic communications. He is also a regular speaker at industry and academic conferences internationally.
He also serves on the Ontario Printing and Imaging Association Board, and Adobe鈥檚 ProDesign Customer Advisory Group, connecting his teaching and research closely with contemporary industry practice.
Public profiles:
2024-2025. Creative Professionals Career Opportunities in the Toronto Area. Funded by GraphicEd.org. A thorough review of current employment opportunities for early-career creative professionals in the Graphic design and UX/UI fields, including work-format, salary, and skill requirements sought by employers.
2024-2025. 3D Scanning: Theory and Practice. Funded by Matter & Form. A detailed overview of modern 3D Scanning technologies and their application, including a suite of supplemental materials for post-secondary educational use.
2023-2024. Effective Communication to Circumnavigate Major Infrastructure Developments in the Downtown Area. Funded by MITACS and the Downtown Yonge BIA. Researching ways to improve outreach and communications to out-of-region visitors regarding the significant multi-year thoroughfare closures in the downtown Toronto area.
2023-2024. Graduates and their Social Construct Relationships within Graphic Communications-Related Industries. Funded by the Centre for Labour Management Relations at 91看片网. Mapping the career and income trajectories of graphic communications graduates.
2022-2023. Pixels & Prejudice: Exploring Public Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Based Image Generation. Funded by GraphicEd.org. Understanding the Impact of Generative AI on Creative Professions.
2022-2023. Trumped Up: Time Magazine鈥檚 Cover Treatment of Donald J. Trump Leading up to the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Funded by the RGF. A comparative review of the preferential treatment given to Trump鈥檚 campaign by major publisher Time Magazine, and how this may have impacted the results of the 2016 election.