Context Creative

11/07/2024

Attending DesignThinkers? Grab a coffee and join us in the lower lobby tomorrow at 8:15 a.m. for a roundtable discussion led by our Associate Creative Director Catherine Ryan. The topic will be "Beautiful, creative + accessible: Strategies for accessible design" See you there! https://bit.ly/3YH0ZZv

08/26/2024

Winner, gagnant! Congrats to Carmen and Karen, winners of the RGD Award for Accessible Design. Special thanks to Dave Hurds and the rest of the judges. See the winning project: https://bit.ly/3X3FwsQ

ID: Three smartphones lay flat, side-by-side, each displaying different screens of GlucoPal, a diabetes tracking app, including a dashboard and journal feature.

07/02/2024

Got a little messy painting ramps last week! Big thanks to for hosting us—and for all the work you do in creating more accessible spaces.



Image descriptions:
1. Ten team members in the alley with StopGap founder Luke Anderson, proudly showing off six freshly painted ramps.
2. Two team members paint a ramp in the woodshop.
3. Two team members paint a ramp in the woodshop.
4. Two smiling friends hold up paintbrushes over a ramp.
5. Two smiling team members hold up paintbrushes, as they put the finishing touches on a ramp.
6. Hard at work, two team members paint the surface of a ramp.
7. Context and StopGap Foundation teams standing in a row, showing off the new ramps in the alley.

06/26/2024

The view from 116 storeys up. Should we make this part of our onboarding? CN Tower / Tour CN

06/24/2024

The results are in from our lakeshore cleanups with A Greener Future:

- 9 volunteers over 2 events
- 6,487 pieces of litter collected
- 720 pieces of litter each on average
- 2,331 cigarette butts
- 1,817 plastic pieces
- Protected 2,331,000 litres of water from contamination
- Prevented 24 lbs of plastic from being ingested by wildlife
- Diverted 8 lbs of plastic waste from Lake Ontario

06/21/2024

These lovely volunteers pitched in today at the Norseman Community Food Bank in Etobicoke. Thank you to NCFB and the Daily Bread Food Bank for all that you do for our community!

06/04/2024

Beautiful day for a with A Greener Future. These Contexters walked along Cherry Beach today picking up cigarette butts, bottles, litter and—most unusual—hundreds of plastic flower petals?

05/03/2024

Another win! The CAAT Pension Plan 2022 Year in Review is also a Webby Award Honoree. We couldn’t be more proud of this collaboration. See how we bring these reports to life: https://bit.ly/4dkEQ9S

05/01/2024

We’re gonna need a bigger trophy case! We won two IABC Awards—one, for our Meter Reading campaign and another for the 2022 Year in Review. Congrats to everyone involved! 🙌

02/29/2024

How did we bring RGD's newly reimagined website to life? Take a peek behind the scenes.

Designing for designers is no easy feat. But we rose to the challenge to give the RGD’s website a fresh, functional new look and hub.

02/27/2024

We have lift off! 🚀

Explore the latest frontiers of graphic design at rgd.ca. A central hub for Canada’s design community, the site features an extensive video library, searchable member directory, and vast collection of resources including tools, guides, webinars, events and awards.

Thanks to our stellar crew at RGD mission control: Hilary, Heidi, Karin, Nicola and the entire RGD community for their help in guiding the way. 💫

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02/23/2024

Guess who just went Platinum? 🏆 We brought home three Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards from Summit Awards this year—including two Platinum awards and one “Best of Category”. Kudos to our amazing team along with Enbridge Gas and GetSmarter AboutMoney.ca