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Under the canoe, stories come alive. These stories explore the rich tapestry of culture, tradition, and human connection. Stories Under the Canoe is a space where the timeless art of storytelling thrives, inviting you to journey through tales that inspire and unite.

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Staff Highlight

Leading the way one story at a time

Storytelling is the fuel to all creative marketing efforts. It’s the driving force behind our ability to connect with audiences on a meaningful level — sparking emotions and leaving lasting impressions. Whether we’re crafting a compelling ad, designing a social media campaign, or writing an email that captures attention, it’s the narrative we weave that …

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Community Events

Celebrating the Season

Today, many of us will be attending a sacred fire and joining in community with friends and family to share stories, music, and good food. Solstice connects us to the land, its rhythms and cycles. We celebrate the season by decorating with cedar and other greenery. I’ll burn sage to smudge today, and also add it as an ingredient in my homemade tourtière. …

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Indigenous Graphic Design

Saying Yes to Walking Together

Sometimes no is a one-word answer. Simple, direct and to the point. No. But nothing is simple in the relationship between First Nations, Métis and Inuit People and the Catholic Church.  When I was first approached about creating a logo for the Pope’s visit to Canada, the word that echoed in my head was no.  …

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Vincent Design Scholarship

The Vincent Design Indigenous Scholarship Fund

In the summer and fall of 2020, we collaborated with a team of partners and clients to get a special project organized and off the ground. We’re excited to announce that the Vincent Design Scholarship Fund is now fully funded and open for applications to build more opportunities in graphic design. We want to thank all …

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Website Design

If You Build It … Starting A Website With Vincent Design

We talk a lot about graphic design in our posts, but website development and website design are equally important and essential services we provide. Many of our clients come to us for a brand or visual identity, and then a new or updated website to go with it. Our Winnipeg-based team of web developers, programmers, …

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Indigenous Graphic Design

Considerations and Best Practices in Indigenous Design

“Consider the reception and implication of all designs so that they protect the environment, are sustainable, and remain respectful of Indigenous cultures over deep time: past, present and future.” Protocol 8, International Indigenous Design Charter The field of professional graphic design is a creative arts industry with a long history,  many diverse influences and a …

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Design

About our Process (aka, Listen, Research, Sketch, Repeat)

How we design is largely about how we work with people. We are artists, designers, programmers, marketing strategists and communicators – all our work is both creative and people-oriented.  We’ve built a reputation around being friendly and professional; we bring our individual, personable working styles to each project, and have built a firm that is …

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Vincent Design Scholarship

Giving Back (and Paying it Forward)

The Vincent Design Indigenous Scholarship Fund For the last few months, we’ve been working in collaboration with a team of partners and clients to get a special project organized and off the ground. We’re excited to announce that the Vincent Design Scholarship Fund is now up, running and ready to start building more opportunities in …

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Indigenous Graphic Design

Indigenous Design and Why it’s Different

“The advantage of Two-Eyed Seeing is that you are always fine tuning your mind into different places at once, you are always looking for another perspective and better way of doing things.” ~ Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall As artists and creatives, we believe in the need for good design. Trained in contemporary design theory and …

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Community Support

Giving Back: Local Collaboration Supports Orange Shirt Day

Our founder and Creative Director, Shaun Vincent, knew he wanted to do a custom design in support of Orange Shirt Day – but it wasn’t until he met Sean Rayland that the pieces of the project came together in just the right way. We first crossed paths with Rayland in the fall of 2019, at …