Lee Eldridge

Lee is a Toronto-based researcher, author and educator exploring how artificial intelligence can be ethically used to amplify the reach and resonance of creative knowledge. Drawing on over two decades directing advanced technologies at a major communications company, Lee investigates arts-based knowledge translation and research mobilization techniques, building AI-driven pipelines that convert scholarly insights into accessible multimodal outputs such as webinars, interactive visuals, and open-source design toolkits. His projects blend computational analysis with ethnographic fieldwork in design and creative professions to map the use of generative AI across communication workflows and identify the emergent skills and ecosystems that professionals require to excel with these new tools. 

A prolific practitioner-researcher, Lee authored “Pixel Perfect: The Art and Science of Image Manipulation”, an open educational resource (OER) used by students across North America, along with hundreds of magazine and blog articles on advanced technology in the design and graphic communications fields. As an educator, he has led curriculum development and deployment of some of the Creative School’s most popular courses, including Digital Design Studio, 3D Printing, and Photoshop. 

Outside of the University, he curates visual storytelling by co-hosting the popular Creative Mornings Toronto monthly event. Lee has spoken at conferences globally from Beijing to Reykjavik, and sits on the Board of the Ontario Print & Imaging Association. Through practice-based research, he aims to equip the next generation of creative professionals with ethically grounded, AI-augmented methods for storytelling, knowledge mobilization, and social impact.