About Us

The Creativity Campus is a creative studio and community space in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood. We’re here to remind you how good it feels to make something with your hands and hearts, whether on your own, as part of a team, or with your family, friends or community. Leave productivity and perfection at the door and let creativity and connection guide you back to yourself at your most human.

Faciltitator. Innovator. Coach. 

Laura Stavro-Beauchamp established The Creativity Campus as a third place to support individuals, communities, and teams as they reconnect with themselves and each other.

Based on more than a decade of experience working with innovation teams and her academic research on creativity and resilience, she designs and delivers creative experiences that help reconnect people with their creativity and remind you how good it feels to make something with your hands and your heart.

Laura leads Creative Community programs at our studio and workshop space in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood. These sessions guide people back to their creative selves, focusing on practice, not perfection, and encouraging individuals to nurture community connections and creative expression as they reconnect with their humanness through experiences of creativity.

For those solving sticky problems, she uses her innovation consulting, qualitative research, and community engagement skills to design and deliver strategic support to those looking to make change. Her offering includes designing and facilitating workshops that empower communities with forums to share their lived experiences, inform service providers, and influence the development of products and services that meet their needs.

When working with organizational teams, Laura delivers Creative Recalibration sessions. These strengthen resilience and adaptability, reconnecting folks with the meaning that brought them to their work, building sustained trust, and cultivating a genuine sense of belonging through the creative and collaborative process of co-designing culture, rituals, and ways of working.

Every session at The Creativity Campus blends human-centred design approaches with those of Flow and creativity coaching to deliver a customized experience that meets people where they're at, nurturing their creative health and supporting their response to immediate challenges while strengthening their resilience and adaptability to prepare them for what changes may come.

Creativity cannot be controlled but it can be cultivated

To nurture creativity at The Creativity Campus we provide the time, space, materials, openness, and inspirational inputs to spark ideas and energy.

We're on a mission to...

  • Remind people how good it feels to play and create stuff with their hands and hearts

  • Create a third place that provides an escape from productivity, perfection, and pressure

  • Activate the 5th pillar of health to engage with others and ease the loneliness and isolation of modern work and life

  • Nurture a venue to host people as they share their passions, knowledge, and creativity with their communities

  • Rebuild community connections in the real world and help people escape the glow of their screens and the draw of their algorithms

Credentials and Experience

Laura holds a Master of Design in Digital Futures from OCAD University. She helped to shape Highline BETA’s early bootcamp and venture building programs and supported leading Canadian organizations during her tenure at Doblin, a Deloitte company, and SHS Inc, a national leader in affordable housing innovation. She is a certified flow coach and trained as a creativity coach under Dr. Eric Maisel, one of the world's leading authorities on the creative life.

Laura is also a member of Toronto’s New Choir and a creative explorer who loves crochet, abstract and landscape painting, crafting, writing, dancing, and trying her hand at new techniques and materials. She loves to play cards and games and spend time in nature with her friends and family and their dog Arthur.

Recent Projects

Innovation and Strategy

  • Daniel J. Brant and Associates, First Nations National Housing Playbook, CMHC Solutions Lab (2026)

  • Camp Big Canoe, Five Year Strategic Plan (2026)

  • Blue Door, Construct Expansion Program, Phase 2 - Pilot Testing (2025)

  • UJA of Greater Toronto, Affordable Housing Strategy (ongoing)

  • Peterborough Housing Corporation, Five Year Strategic Plan (2025)

  • Birch Housing, Five-Year Strategic Plan (2024)

  • Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust, Driving Transformation: The Power of Land Trusts in African Nova Scotian Communities, CMHC Solutions Lab (2024)

  • Shalom Village, LTC Development Feasibility Study - Visioning (2024)

  • Blue Door, Pearson Airport Homelessness Training (2024)

  • Blue Door, Construct Expansion Program, Phase 1 – Program Design (2024)

  • Serco Canada, Employment Services Transformation: Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie (2023)

  • R8DIUS, Indigenous Employment Experience Design (2023)

  • Deloitte Canada, Internal Innovation – Digital Business Building (2022)

Facilitation and Training

  • Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, Member Engagement Activities, Congress 2024 (2024)

  • Deloitte Global, Generative AI 101 Learning Modules (2023)

  • Deloitte University, CDx, Problem Framing Seminar (2023)

  • OCADU, Innovation Strategy Workshop (2023)

  • IPAC, Equity Centred Design 101 (2022)

  • Shell Canada, HCD Training (2022)

Community Engagement - Policy Development

  • City of Windsor and County of Essex, Windsor-Essex Regional Affordable Housing Strategy (2024)

  • District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, Housing Needs and Supply Study (2023-2024)

  • Akoma Holdings, African Nova Scotian Housing Strategy (2023)

Testimonials

  • “ What sets Laura apart is her ability to listen deeply, offer thoughtful advice, and guide complex discussions with clarity and respect. She is a true ally—genuine, intentional, and invested in supporting communities in achieving housing justice and equality. Her ability to foster collaboration while providing sound strategic direction has made a lasting impact on both our team and our community. We are incredibly grateful for Laura's contributions and look forward to more opportunities to work together. If you’re looking for expertise combined with authenticity and impact, I highly recommend Laura.”

    Curtis Whiley, Founder & President,
    Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust

  • "I had the pleasure of working with Laura during the Peterborough Housing Corporation's strategic planning process. She led our community and board engagement with skill, empathy, and creativity. Laura has a true gift for designing inclusive consultation processes that bring diverse voices. Together and turn that input into meaningful strategic direction. Her authentic style, insight, and collaborative approach made this experience both productive and inspiring. I'd recommend Laura to any organization looking to lead authentic, community-driven planning work. "

    Travis Doak, CEO, Peterborough Housing Corporation

  • "I am happy to recommend Laura for her exceptional work in stakeholder engagement during our recent visioning exercise. Laura's strategic insights and dedication were invaluable as she skillfully navigated diverse stakeholder landscapes, ensuring all voices were heard and considered. Her ability to facilitate open and constructive dialogue not only fostered a collaborative environment but also enriched our understanding of the community's needs and desires. Laura's professionalism, coupled with her genuine passion for enhancing care services, inspired confidence and trust among stakeholders. Her energy and contribution were instrumental in aligning our plans with the aspirations of those we serve, paving the way for a successful and inclusive outcome."

    Marianne Klein, CEO, Shalom Village

  • "Laura is a compassionate, well informed and skilled team leader and colleague. Laura demonstrates her eagerness to learn, support and speak as a committed ally of Indigenous people, communities and initiatives. Always personable and prepared to lead meetings towards achieving success, I found myself impressed with her enthusiasm and energy - a pleasure to have worked with her!"

    Stacey Vincent Cress, Indigenous Relations and Engagement, Serco Canada

  • "I thoroughly enjoyed working with Laura on the housing strategy for the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. Laura is a beacon of positive energy, and it is contagious! Laura’s approach is jovial and engaging. Her kindness and compassion shine through consistently. Laura has great listening skills and outstanding strategic abilities. Connecting the dots between housing and the environment, as she does, puts her at the top of the class. I hope I have the chance to work with Laura again."

    Donna Mayer, Manager of Project Development,
    District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board

  • "Laura's time at Highline Beta was spent working on a variety of projects and juggling multiple priorities. She did everything incredibly well, with determination and creativity. She put a great deal of effort into delivering amazing work for our clients and contributing to the overall team culture and spirit of the company. She was proactive and always willing to jump in and help colleagues and clients with anything they needed. Her structural know-how of innovation systems, coupled with a willingness to "roll with things" was critical to delivering great value on the work she did."

    Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner, Highline Beta

  • "I met Laura while participating in RBCx - an internal innovation challenge at the bank. Laura, with Highline Beta, led a week-long bootcamp on design thinking and lean startup. This was my first introduction to this style of research/development and Laura made it accessible and fun. Laura was always available for ongoing support through the nine-week program and my team leaned on her skills and experience greatly. It was a pleasure working with Laura and I hope our paths cross again soon!"

    Jill Garner, Product Lead, RBC Ventures

  • "Laura brings passion and purpose to everything that she takes on. She blends integrity, creativity, logic, and planning-based skill sets across the spectrum of the design process which makes her an integral partner for both our client and venture initiatives. Her capacity was particularly on display through the leadership role she quickly developed for our Kids X Tech community of which she’s an integral leader & champion."

    Jason Goodman, Founder and CEO, Goodman & Company