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Negotiaton

Negotiation Highlights

Lincoln Alexander Cup

Taya and her partner James achieved top team at the 2021 Lincoln Alexander Cup. The Cup is a negotiation competition for Lincoln Alexander students interested in furthering their negotiation and lawyering skills. Taya and James were later asked and agreed to join Lincoln Alexanders' competitive negotiation team and competed at the Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC).

Taya's experience with the Lincoln Alexander Cup and the CNNC developed her understanding of negotiation strategies and her ability to resolve conflict.

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Lincoln Alexander Advocacy Society

In the summer of 2021, Taya initiated the creation of a Negotiation Society to assist with negotiation opportunities at Lincoln Alexander. This led to the creation of the Lincoln Alexander Advocacy Society (LAAS) which amalgamated the existing Moot Society with the proposed Negotiation and Lawyering Skills Society. For this large project, Taya brought together a team of individuals with moot and negotiation experience to create LAAS. After the Society's first elections Taya was elected into the key leadership position for the club: Executive of Operations and Resources. For more information about the club and its upcoming events check out the website linked below.

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LAAS Executive of Operations & Resources

Taya is the present LAAS Executive of Operations and Resources. In this role, Taya oversees all operations of the Society, gathers feedback from students, and finds new ways to help students improve their oral advocacy skills. Given that LAAS is a new club at Lincoln Alexander, Taya is working diligently to create a succession plan and initiate collaborations between other societies and associations. Taya has also introduced an EDI checklist to the society's constitution to help ensure that equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of the clubs' events and operations.

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Technology

Technology Highlights

Black Mirror Honours Tutorial

The honours philosophy program at UBC required students to take honours seminars which were one semester long and led by a professor. Taya's final honours seminar focused on the TV show Black Mirror. In this class Taya investigated the philosophical discussions intertwined within a variety of Black Mirror episodes.

One episode that Taya worked closely on was "Metalhead", an episode depicting a society overtaken by artificial intelligence machines.

Read more about her findings in the linked infographic.

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Law & Technology Research

In the summer of 2021, Taya began working as a research assistant for Dean Graben at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. In this position, Taya analyzed current law and technology theories that describe how legal academics believe the law should address technological change. To conclude this research project, Taya and Dean Graben will publish a paper describing the various conceptions of technology in the law and describing how courts respond to disruptive technologies.

To learn more about the intersection of law and technology, navigate to Taya's resource section linked below.

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Digital Art

Book Cover Designs

While publishing my book, I paid for a book cover designer and wasn't thrilled with the cover options I received. Since I had dabbled with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator previously I decided to venture into the world of book design to create something I loved. Though the task was much more complicated than I originally planned for, the countless hours that it took to learn Adobe InDesign and book cover theories allowed me to create a book cover that I absolutely love!

Check out some of the rough draft cover designs I created for my book below (note most of these covers were made before the name of my book was changed from "You Are Resilient" to "This Grief Thing F**king Sucks":

Logo Designs

While creating the brand identity surrounding my book I began dabbling in logo creation and brand identity creation. Additionally, while creating the Lincoln Alexander Advocacy Society I was able to test my brand identity skills by rebranding the society to better suit the needs of Lincoln Alexander students.

As a result of this knowledge, I have been hired to help create the brand identity for a Law and Technology Initiative at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. In this role, I am helping to rename and rebrand the Initiative to fit the goals of the school and faculty. This includes creating the logo and the website that will be launched very soon.

Find some of my logo and brand work below:

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