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MAU, Design the time of your life....

DesCan is proud to present the feature-length documentary about Canadian design visionary Bruce Mau....

Events

Vancouver UX Awards Gala

As the leading UX event in the region, the Vancouver UX Awards attract a wide range of professionals...

Events

DesCan Kelowna Screening

Design Professionals of Canada and the Kelowna Chapter are proud to present the screening of the...

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Business Case - February 2023

The Importance of Literature in Video Games – Luis León Video games are often perceived as...

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DesCan Kelowna February Social Sketch

Designers getting together to sketch, socialize and experience community. Got the February blues?...

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Decolonizing Design by Elizabeth "Dori"...

“Decolonizing Design” is the long-awaited guidebook to the institutional transformation...

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Social Sketch - January 26, 2023

Our Social Sketch is in person and on a different day of the week. Join us Thursday,...

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Will you help us help designers and the...

We’ve just launched our annual fundraising campaign for Design Professionals of Canada Foundation....

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Social Sketch

Our Social Sketch – Holiday Edition is on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 7 to...

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Social Sketch

Our online Social Sketch is on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 7 to 8:30...

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Creative Earners 2021/22 Results

The 2021/2022 Creative Earners report is now available! In collaboration with the Association of...

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BusinessCase 5: Antihustle Marketing for...

Marketing a freelance graphic design business can be uncomfortable for some of us. Some of the most...

Launch!2022

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Launch! 2022

Launch! is a two-day DesCan Vancouver initiative aiming to help new and budding designers launch...

portrait of Jim Rimmer FGDC

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Jim Rimmer Scholarship Awards Evening

Please join DesCan Vancouver and Hemlock Printers as we celebrate the 2022 Jim Rimmer Scholarship...

Educators' Roundtable poster

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Educators' Roundtable

Join DesCan Vancouver for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the design...

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Social Sketch (formerly Drink & Draw)

DesCan Kelowna is excited to host this event and we hope you can join us! Our next Social...

Events

Coffee Break

Coffee Break is a fun, casual event for sharing your ideas, work, and knowledge with other...

Events

Social Sketch - October 11, 2022

Get to know our design community. Our next Social Sketch (formerly Drink & Draw) is...

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Group Rates on Home and Auto Insurance...

DesCan has partnered with The Personal Insurance Company to deliver aggressively priced group rates...

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Group Rates on Health and Dental...

DesCan members can take advantage of group rates on health and dental insurance through SunLife. For...

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Announcing Apollo Insurance Partnership

We’re happy to announce that DesCan has partnered with APOLLO, Canada’s largest online...

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5 Designers Recognized as Fellows

On June 8, 2022 the Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan), at its Annual General Meeting, honoured...

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Social Sketch

We’re back and we look forward to connecting with you again in person! Social...

Events

Coffee Break

Coffee Break is a fun, casual event for sharing your ideas, work, and knowledge with other...

Good Lawyer

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Goodlawyer & DesCan Partnership

Goodlawyer is proud to partner with the good folks at Design Professionals of Canada Need legal...

OCAD

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Equitable access to public information...

Participants needed for OCAD University graduate studies research Christine Woolley, a graduate...

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GDC is becoming the Design Professionals...

In response to the evolving, professional landscape, the GDC is widening its audience so membership...

GDCBC AGM

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GDCBC AGM

It’s that time of year again and the GDC BC 2022 AGM is fast approaching! Join us for an evening...

National Gallery

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President's Letter to the National...

It recently came to light that the National Gallery of Canada selected a U.S. design firm to rebrand...