Our Mission

The role of the SDGQ is to promote graphic design and contribute to its advancement by supporting the professional and economic development of its members.

At SDGQ, we believe that we, graphic designers, must take up the following challenges:
- Demystify the profession and show our contribution to society.
- To not live in the shadows; in other words, to know and to make ourselves known.
- To show the value of our profession, for the profit of our members, of our clients, and of the general public.

With this intention, we pledge the following:
To promote graphic design
- by establishing partnerships with organisations such as the Institut de Design de Montréal (IDM), the Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), Icograda, as well as the colleges and universities where this discipline is taught;
- by organising or supervising contests which celebrate excellence and which publicize the successes of our members;
- by maintaining links with the media and the community.

To contribute to the advancement of graphic design:
- by clearly identifying the fields of intervention of the graphic designer;
- by developing the relationship between the client and designer;
- by maintaining links with professionals in other disciplines;
- by representing our members to government institutions;
- and through the medium of education;
- by enlarging our international influence;
- by evaluating the communicational impact of design;
- by taking a position in stakes which concern us.

To contribute to the professional and economic development of our members:
- by supporting training through the diffusion of publications, conferences, forums of exchange, etc.;
- by weaving durable bonds between our members;
- by proposing normative tools, such as a code of ethics which responds to the interests of our members and which make it possible to better serve their clients and the general public.

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La SDGQ a pour mission de promouvoir le design graphique et de contribuer son avancement en favorisant le développement professionnel et economique de ses membres.

Nos défis

A la SDGQ, nous croyons que nous, designers graphiques, devons relever les defis suivants :
- Demystifier la profession et préciser notre contribution la societe.
- Sortir de l'ombre, c'est-à-dire se faire connaître et reconnaitre.
- Faire voluer la profession au profit de nos membres, de leurs clients et du grand public.


Pour ce faire, nous prenons les engagements suivants :
Promouvoir le design graphique
- en etablissant des partenariats avec des organismes du milieu tels que l'Institut de Design de Montreal (IDM), la Societe des designers graphiques du Canada (GDC), Icograda, ainsi que les colleges et universites ou cette discipline est enseignee;
- en organisant ou supervisant des concours qui celebrent l'excellence et qui font reconnaitre les reussites de nos membres;
- en entretenant des liens avec les medias et avec la communaute.

Contribuer a l avancement du design graphique
- en identifiant clairement les champs d'intervention du designer graphique;
- en faisant evoluer la relation client-designer;
- en entretenant des liens etroits avec les professionnels d'autres disciplines;
- en representant nos membres aupres des institutions gouvernementales - et du milieu de l'education;
- en elargissant notre rayonnement international;
- en evaluant l'impact communicationnel du design;
- en prenant position face aux enjeux qui nous concernent.

Contribuer au developpement professionnel et economique de nos membres
- en favorisant la formation par la diffusion d information au moyen de publications, de conferences, de forums d echange, etc.;
- en tissant des liens durables entre les membres;
- en proposant des outils normatifs, tel un code de deontologie qui repondent aux interets des membres et qui permettent de mieux servir leurs clients et le public en general.