Jessie Myfanwy Stainton is an emergent researcher and multi-media artist completing her Masters in Media Studies at Concordia University, under the supervision of Dr. Arseli Dokumaci. Her research-creation thesis explores intellectual disability, sensory design and storytelling through textile creation. Drawing on co-design strategies, she utilizes craft-based methodology and textiles-as-media to explore the boundaries of communication, addressing the sensory hierarchies embedded within. 

Pivoting from the world of theatre and performance, Jessie completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of British Columbia. After a semester abroad at the University of Birmingham, she circled back to the arts experimenting in film and textile-based practices. Interdisciplinary by nature, her areas of interest weave around her textile practice, critical disability studies, affect and feminist theories, sustainability, and questions of corporeality. Jessie is an executive member of the Access in the Making Lab and an active member of the Textiles & Materiality Milieux Cluster, and the Feminist Media Studio. She is always interested in collaboratory projects and you can find out more about her work by clicking here.