Project Description

This project is innovative in that it addresses workplace health and safety for a marginalized population within a very specific workplace context. Present resources available to nail technicians include workbooks, pamphlets, and English-language videos of workers’ experiences. Workers do not currently have access to a multilingual digital platform that uses scientific storytelling to communicate health and safety protocols. This project will bring the iterative design techniques of visual biomedical communication to a target audience that has not, to our knowledge, been addressed in this way—while considering the complex cultural, racial, and labour dynamics specific to discount nail salons in Canada. This project could provide a framework for medical illustrators to educate and assist in health literacy for immigrant workers.