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Kelly Small RGD designs stamps celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ spaces
July, 2025
RGD FEATURE, PLACES OF PRIDE STAMP SET -
Broken Heart Love Affair / Lifelong Crush
July, 2025
PRIDE PANEL | QUEERNESS X CREATIVITY -
Marketing Awards Design Jury
February, 2025
DESIGN JURY MEMBER -
RGD Student Awards Judge
May 9, 2024
TYPOGRAPHY JUDGE -
Marketing Awards Jury Member
March, 2024
DESIGN JURY MEMBER -
Strategy Agency of the Year Jury
September 11, 2023
DESIGN JURY MEMBER
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Editorial GG Releases Crear Con Conciencia
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RGD Student Awards Judge
June 15, 2023
RGD STUDENT AWARDS JUDGE 2023
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UNIQUEWAYS Podcast with Thomas Girard.
October 13, 2022
EPISODE 43 WITH GUEST KELLY SMALL ON APPLE PODCASTS -
YES! Speaker Series.
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OCADU Advertising.
February-April 2022
MENTOR, LECTURER: ADVERTISING THESIS -
Dense Discovery Issue 180
March 22 2022
FEATURE -
BLEND: Design + Business Conference
March 12 2022
SPEAKER -
Creative Directions Conference.
February 14-18 2022
PORTFOLIO REVIEWER -
The RGD.
December 2021
GUEST SPEAKER KELLY SMALL ON THE CONSCIOUS CREATIVE -
Canadian Marketing Association.
November 18th, 2021
GUEST SPEAKER: CMA DIVERISTY EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE -
Nimbus Publishing.
September 2021
BLURBER: GOOD BURDENS: HOW TO LIVE JOYFULLY IN THE DIGITAL AGE BY CHRISTINA CROOK -
Strategy Marketing Awards.
July 2021
AWARDS JUDGE: 2021 WAKE & WIN MARKETING AWARDS -
The Festival of Literary Diversity.
June 18, 2021
NONFICTION BY A TRANS OR NONBINARY AUTHOR FEATURING IVAN COYOTE, KELLY SMALL, AKWAEKE EMZI, ANDREA BENNETT -
The One Club.
June 13, 2021
JURY MEMBER: SDG SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS PENCIL: THE ONE SHOW FOR CREATIVITY -
The RGD.
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Applied Arts.
2020-2021
WILL NOVOSEDLIK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICAL ETHICS FOR PURPOSEFUL WORK & THE YEAR WE’LL NEVER FORGET -
Canadian Women in Design.
March 2021
INTERVIEW: KELLY SMALL -
Dribbble Overtime Podcast.
January 2021
LITTLE SILVER LININGS OF 2020 INTERVIEWED BY MEG LEWIS -
By the Booth Live.
November 5, 2020
BY THE BOOTH LIVE SHOW: ETHICS IN MARKETING WITH KELLY SMALL AND MELISSA ALVARES -
OCADU x Toronto Biennial of art x UBC.
June 11, 2020
CONTINGENCIES OF CARE RESIDENCY:
IN CONVERSATION WITH DR. KATHERINE GILLIESON AND KELLY SMAL: POST-PANDEMIC STUDIO EMERGENT FRONTIERS OF THE NEW NORMAL -
Wholes & Unleashed Podcast.
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The Kit.
November 2020
THE BEST BOOKS TO GIFT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON -
Good Makers Podcast.
November 2020
HOW TO BE A CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WITH KELLY SMALL -
Design Thinkers.
November 2020
CONFERENCE ROUNDTABLE WITH KELLY SMALL: THE CONSCIOUS CREATIVE -
MOCA x House of Anansi.
October 2020
AUTHOR TALK WITH KELLY SMALL INTERVIEWED BY ROBERT WIERSEMA -
Muse By Clio.
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First Name Basis.
“Start small. Making a shift in overall impact doesn’t have to require a radical overhaul.”
— Excerpt from The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work