McLuhan, Marshall
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian media visionary who coined “the global village” and “the medium is message.”
Provinces/Territories: Ontario
Rapoport, Anatol
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Rapoport utilized systems science to critique nuclear strategy and the Cold War’s rationality.
Jacobs, Jane
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Urban activist and author who championed mixed-use neighborhoods against top-down city planning.
Porter, Arthur
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Porter was key in the early global systems thinking movement as a pioneer in cybernetics.
Bertalanffy, Maria von
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Polymath biologist who founded General Systems Theory, rejecting reductionism for wholistic science.
Bertalanffy, Ludwig von
STVIC IN TRIBUTE Polymath biologist who founded General Systems Theory, rejecting reductionism for wholistic science.
Taylor, Ivan
STVIC CO-CREATOR. Ivan is a graduated professional applying systems thinking skills in engineering, healthcare, military security, technology (web, digital) and education.