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Launch! 2024

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

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Update Regarding the Vancouver FIFA...

From DesCan President, Amanda Parker, CDP™ Dear Members, Thank you all for your support regarding...

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FIFA: No Spec!

DesCan has raised our concerns regarding the FIFA World Cup 26 - Vancouver Host City Poster...

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2023 Impact Report

Highlights of accomplishments from DesCan during 2023. Download a copy here >

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BC Designer Honoured as DesCan Fellow

On July 4, 2024 the Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan), at its Annual General Meeting, honoured...

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2024 Community by Design Honouree: Mark...

The Community by Design Award was first introduced in 2019 by the Vancouver chapter. Award...

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Let's Talk Mental Health with Dr....

Monday, June 24, 20243:00-4:00PM EDT Zoom ​Join Dr. Natasha Ghosh and learn about the mind-body...

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2024 Salazar Student Award Winners

Announcing the Winners of the 39th DesCan Vancouver Salazar Student Awards The Salazar Awards are...

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Building your HR/Health & Safety...

Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Time: 3PM EST When you own a small business, the most valuable commodity...

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2024 National DesCan Scholarships...

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 National DesCan Scholarships. Submissions are...

Learn Showcard and Sign Painting with Chris Rouleau

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Learn Showcard and Sign Painting...

Chris Rouleau is coming to the prairies to head up this workshop series!  Course...

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2024 Salazar Awards

Celebrating up-and-coming designers making their mark ​The Salazar Awards are presented annually...

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Sustainable Development: Designing a...

Presented by Blair French, Chief Growth Officer at LMNO. Let’s explore the fundamentals of...

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Togethering Campaign Launched

So good to see you! Creativity can be a singular pursuit, relentlessly chasing the idea, the spark,...

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Mau: Design the time of your life -...

The Victoria Chapter of the Design Professionals of Canada is proud to present a screening of the...

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All Work is Relational

Presented By Greg Leppert from Onym DesCan is proud to present an intimate webinar with Greg...

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BusinessCase 8: Tax Prep & Bookkeeping...

Guest speaker: Elizabeth O’Neill, CPA With past agency experience, Elizabeth O’Neill, a...

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2023 Jim Rimmer Scholarship Award...

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 DesCan Vancouver Jim Rimmer Scholarship Awards The Jim Rimmer...

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There Is Still Time To Donate

So far this year’s campaign has raised $1590.00! Hooray and Thank You to the donors! We very...

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Help Us Grow A Great Idea

Support the future of the profession you love with a donation to the DesCan Foundation! We know it...

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Festivus 2023

Hey there, design professionals! Get ready to celebrate Festivus with DesCan Vancouver! Mark your...

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Wings, Beer + Type Trivia night

Join us at Marda Loop Brewing Co. and test your type skills. Are your serifs up to point? Is your...

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2023 Jim Rimmer Scholarship Awards...

Please join DesCan Vancouver and Hemlock Printers as we celebrate the 2023 Jim Rimmer Scholarship...

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Spotlight – November 16, 2023

Sharing what was learned from a project is a great way to connect with others and an opportunity for...

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The Ethics of A.I.

Is the design profession on the verge of obsolescence?

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Social Sketch October!

Join DesCan Kelowna’s Chapter on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 from 7 to 8:30 pm PST for...

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BusinessCase 7: Unique Ways of...

A BusinessCase workshop focusing on enhancing your skills in prototyping and iterating strategies...

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Canadian Typography Archives Launched

The Canadian Typography Archives opens a new chapter in how we tell our story as a country. The...

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2023 Salazar Student Award Winners

Announcing the Winners of the 38th DesCan Vancouver Salazar Student Awards The Salazar Awards are...

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Two Manitoba Designers Honoured as...

On June 14, 2023 the Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan), at its Annual General Meeting,...

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DesCan Summer Association's Picnic

Hey there! We wanted to let you know about an upcoming event that you might be interested in....

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Reconciliation, one keystroke at a time

A new font to typeset Salish languages is the result of a unique collaboration between UBC, Musqueam...

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2023 National DesCan Scholarships...

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 National DesCan Scholarships. Submissions are...

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Spotlight

DesCan Kelowna is hosting their last event of the 2022/2023 season on June 14th! Spotlight is a new...

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Kelowna Chapter May Social Sketch

Our May Social Sketch is in person. Join us Tuesday, May 2, 2023 from 7 to 8:30 pm PST. Sign up...

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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....

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Vancouver UX Awards Gala

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

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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...

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Coffee Break

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

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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 Securian....

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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...

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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...