She is a founding member of the ECU Material Matters research cluster, a member of the Emily Carr DESIS Lab, the International Local Wisdom research network, and Creatives with Intent (an Emily Carr based sustainability initiative). She is a Lead/co-lead Investigator on several Emily Carr University research projects: cloTHING(S) as conversation, +++=, Lifebooster, DnA and a Research fellow of the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator. Hélène holds a BAA Fashion, MAA Design. Her creative practice and research consistently engages in re-imagining textile product possibilities – exploring analogue and digital forms of making through art/design and interdisciplinary-based collaborations.