GDC, RGD and Creative Niche are pleased to present the results of the 2018/2019 Creative Earners Survey, reporting salaries and billing practices of those working in the Canadian communication design industry.

Meeting new people, making new contacts, keeping in touch.

"Ever since I started doing fine art and graphic design I knew that I wanted to create positive change through design. I believe that as designers, we have the opportunity to do good for people—and that's what I want to do."

Coffee Break is the bi-weekly meetup with designers and students. It is an online social for everyone.

As businesses have been forced to adapt to the new post-COVID-19 lifestyle, many are pivoting to be online (or more online). If you’ve been doing plenty of online orders lately, you may find yourself in possession of a huge cache of emails and wondering what to do with them. Though it might be obvious, newsletters are a great way to use that new resource to your best advantage.

Disruption is an opportunity for change: What role can designers have in creating the new normal?

Please join the BC design community as we celebrate the 35th Salazar Awards and the outstanding design work of our 2020 recipients.

UCDA Essential Series Online Webinar

The silver lining: How the Covid-19 pandemic can empower recent design graduates and new designers alike

UCDA Essential Series Online Webinar

Help us help others.

The University & College Designers Association (UCDA) is offers GDC members discounted access to the UCDA Essential Series Webinars.

GDC members are invited to ask mental health questions anonymously, on May 6

For over three decades Doug Driediger's art practice has focused on creative placemaking – painting murals that define public spaces in iconic ways.

The University & College Designers Association (UCDA) is happy to offer GDC members discounted access to the UCDA Essential Series Webinars.

TL;DR: Instead of competing to design visual assets, you should help design content. It is always in demand, requires ongoing attention, pays better—and no one else wants to deal with it.

As a national association that holds an event somewhere in Canada every week, GDC is extremely concerned about the potential impact of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of our members and their families.

“At NSCAD, I studied under Hanno Ehses FGDC, Frank Fox, Ludwig Scharfe, Horst Deppe FGDC and Tony Mann FGDC.”

RGD 2020 Design Educators Award for Western Canada

GDC Fellow, Hanno Ehses, and Debora Shackleton, former GDC BC Education Chair, were among the recipients of the 2019 ico-D Awards.