Explaining the struggles of medical access for persons with disabilities in Nunavut

Client

Services

Creative direction

Data visualization

Information and data design

Illustration

Storytelling

Deliverables

Travel journey infographic

Persona infographic

Research overview infographic

Data visualization

Character illustrations

InDesign report template

Credits

Amy Ryu, Illustrator

The project

Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society (NDMS) supports, advocates, educates, and provides resources for Nunavummiut with disabilities. Through their research, NDMS increases the awareness of all aspects of life for Nunavummiut with disabilities.

In 2023, NDMS approached us to create culturally sensitive infographics, data visualizations and illustrations that tell the story of Nunavummiut with disabilities. Michelle creatively directed Amy Ryu to illustrate Eeta, a persona of a young woman with a disability living in Nunavut. Through storytelling we depicted the challenging medical travel journey of Eeta, an experience that is very common to Nunavummiut with disabilities accessing healthcare within, and outside, their territory. 

Our on-going relationship with NDMS fosters respect, inclusivity and diversity across their publications. Watch this space for more infographics, data visualizations and character illustrations coming in 2026.

A bird's-eye view of four report spreads featuring a dominant dark purple and white color palette. The design uses bold sans-serif typography, large data percentages (81%), and colorful character illustrations to tell a story.

Eeta’s Travel Journey

A deep purple spread with a "pathway" line connecting sections of text and white line icons. A large illustration shows a woman, Eeta, looking worried. Another shows her being carried up narrow airplane stairs.
Continuing the deep purple theme, this spread uses a white path to guide the reader through sections on hotels and hospitals. It features a colorful illustration of Eeta at a doctor's appointment and a quote about stressful travel.

Research overview

Report template

Large bold headers and a purple quote banner. A light purple sidebar features a house icon and quote text. Typography uses a mix of serif body text and sans-serif accents. Clean, modern layout with ample white space.
A bar chart titled "Participants by Household Income" features purple, teal, and green bars. The layout includes sans-serif headers, bulleted lists, and a teal "call-out" text quote. Minimalist design with a clear hierarchy.
The header "Participants by Gender" is highlighted in a soft green banner. A donut chart shows gender demographics in purple, green, and gray. A full-height light purple sidebar separates two columns of serif body text.
Features a purple ribbon-style quote and a numbered list. A light purple sidebar includes a minimalist wheelchair icon. The typography uses teal for emphasis, and a dotted line defines the running header section for a structured feel.
A large photograph of colorful Northern homes spans the right page with a brown caption bar. The left page has a light purple sidebar and tiered headers. The layout feels editorial, balancing rich imagery with clean text columns.

“Working with Michelle has been such a pleasure! She immediately understood the tone and style that we were looking for, and she provided us with impactful visuals that will make our research findings sing.

I really appreciate the thoughtfulness and care that she brings to the process of creating visuals for sensitive topics. Her feedback and suggestions went above and beyond and really improved our storytelling.”

— Alyson Colón, Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society

Our collaborative impact

We continue to collaborate with NDMS supporting their research initiatives to improve the wellbeing of people living in Nunavut.

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