Bio Note: Kathleen Forsythe has the title Doctor of Knowledge Architecture on the impetus of Louis Kauffman, through an unusual jury of peers. Her work has not followed the traditional paths of academia and has been deeply influenced through conversations in the communities of second-order cybernetics over the past 35 years. She is an artist, poet, novelist and educator. She is currently the Executive Director of the SelfDesign Learning Foundation in Vancouver, BC Canada. Her current work is focused on more deeply understanding languaging in non-verbal children diagnosed with autism.

Affiliation: SelfDesign, Canada