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Staff at the WAG

Team Building

Advertising in the spotlight

Every year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity awards the best in commercial work. A few members of our team went to see the winners at WAG-Qaumajuq for inspiration from the hilarious, hypnotic, heartfelt, haunting and heartbreaking offerings, and to learn what we can from the ones that truly hit the mark.  Enjoy this …

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Staff Highlight

Reaching new heights with Kali MacDonald

Living in-between two worlds is not new for Kali MacDonald, but she sure knows how to explore different paths and seize opportunities to gain new perspectives. Her dual citizenship (she was born in Winnipeg but her mom is American) gave her the opportunity to spend her childhood between Manitoba and North Dakota, experiencing two countries …

Telus report graphic design layout.

Indigenous Graphic Design

Reconciliation stories

Tell me a story.It’s one of the first things we ask when we’re helping clients who come to us with their projects. This project was a bit different. TELUS came to Vincent Design with a collection of stories of how technology creates transformation in Indigenous communities. It was our job to help bring them to …

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Indigenous Graphic Design

Revolutionary revealed

November 16 marks the anniversary of Louis Riel’s execution in 1885. In that year, Riel led Métis people in the Northwest Resistance, standing up for Métis rights and way of life. The Resistance was defeated at the siege of Batoche, and the Canadian government captured Riel. He was put on trial, convicted of treason and …

Banner that says Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience.

VDI Events

Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience

This post and the exhibit discussed contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some visitors, especially to Survivors of the Residential School System. The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line for former Residential School students is available at 1-866-925-4419. Immediate emotional support is available 24/7 to all Indigenous people across Canada. Call the Hope …

Anja holding a piece of bread.

Staff Highlight

The A-team: All She Creates

Anja Pearson knew from a young age that she was meant to be an artist, a passing thought that became a concrete inevitability, her first a-ha moment, when she received an easel for one of her childhood birthdays.  “It just kind of stuck,” said Anja. While appreciative and curious about a variety of artistic mediums, …

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Staff Highlight

The A-Team: Following’s No really His Style

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to Aarish Gilani, Vincent Design’s newest programmer. For as long as he can remember, Aarish has always been fascinated by technology and the complexity of its composition. Breaking something down to its core and learning from the simplicity of its basics to then create …

Chris and Shaun on HBC roof putting up flags

Indigenous Graphic Design

Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn - It is Visible

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE It was Thursday evening, April 21, 2022 and Shaun Vincent was standing atop the canopy of The Hudson Bay Company’s landmark building at Portage and Memorial. As he maneuvered a flagpole into a fixture he helped fabricate in the building’s archaic metal shop earlier that day, he felt the pieces falling into …

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Website Design

New web accessibility requirements on the way

On April 22, 2022, the Manitoba government published a new regulation under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act, or AMA. Known as the Accessible Information and Communication Standard Regulation, it requires Manitoba businesses and organizations’ websites meet web accessibility standards. As a business owner or someone responsible for your organization’s web presence, it’s important to understand …

"Six Weeks of New Starts" on image with traditional medicines and smudge bowl

Marketing

How to start something new

It’s Groundhog Day today, and while the tradition of consulting a rodent for a sign of an early spring or a late winter is unscientific and a little bit strange, there is something to be said for planning for what’s next. Earlier on our social media channels Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, we kicked off Six …