Hi, I’m Gabriel.
Nice to meet you!
I am a writing and design generalist based in Tkaronto (Toronto), Ontario, with a background in non-profit and post-secondary institutions.
My mission is to help you create accessible materials that engage, inform, and inspire diverse audiences. I’m particularly interested in instructional design and projects that promote health, equity, and environmental justice.
Featured Projects
Thank you for your interest in my work! You can explore some of my favourite projects below.
If you like what you see, I’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out on my contact page or connect with me on LinkedIn.
Instructional Design
Featured project: Opioid Overdose Response Training
This concept project is an e-learning module that guides new community service volunteers through a simulated opioid overdose response.
Type of project: E-learning course
Roles: All of them! (Instructional Designer, Course Developer, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Writer)
Tools used: Figma, Google Docs, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Articulate Storyline and Review 360
Graphic Design
In my former non-profit communications roles, I designed and contributed to branded documents, annual reports, posters, flyers, social media graphics and more. Recently, I’ve been building on this experience to develop new concept projects.
Types of projects:
- Visual identity development
- Poster design
- Layout design
Roles: Designer, Writer
Tools used: Canva, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Just-for-Fun Design
In my spare time, I enjoy making art and designs just for fun. Most of my projects celebrate animals and nature in some way, and all of them are intended to spread a little joy.
Types of projects:
- Design for physical materials
- Digital art and pattern design
- Fibre arts
Roles: Designer, Illustrator
Tools used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, pen/pencil and paper, embroidery and sewing materials
About the land I occupy
I was born on the traditional territory of the Munsee Lenape, Wappinger, and Schaghticoke peoples, and I am descended from several generations of settlers here on Turtle Island. As such, I have a responsibility to help care for these lands and stand with Indigenous Peoples against ongoing colonialism and environmental destruction.
I am grateful to live and work now on the traditional territories of the Wyandot (Huron-Wendat), the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. The gathering place of Tkaronto is the current treaty territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation under Toronto Purchase Treaty No. 13.
If you’re also a settler and would like to learn more about land and treaty history, wherever you live, I suggest visiting native-land.ca.
Gabriel Holt 