{"id":16284,"date":"2023-12-14T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/?p=16284"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:24:43","slug":"idc-presidents-message-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/idc-presidents-message-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"IDC President\u2019s Message &#8211; December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4-lxuAVH70?si=UyXAHroobu7-Fa0Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the President\u2019s Message series, featuring IDC\u2019s new President, <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/board-of-directors\/#jenniferw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Wiwchar-Fast<\/a>. Tune in for information about IDC updates, program information and deadlines, industry news, upcoming events around the country, and ways to get directly involved with IDC.<\/p>\n<p>In this message:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you for joining us at the IDC Design Symposium. <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/celebrating-idcs-2023-design-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the event recap<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Congratulations to new IDC board members \u2013 Paola Marques, Kathryn Lawrence, Shannon Robinson, Sandra Lester, and Joanna Tiffin. <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/introducing-the-2023-2024-idc-board-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet the new board<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>IDC board members and CEO attended the CIDQ annual meeting in Louisville, KY.\n<ul>\n<li>Notable presentations:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/5935d9f6001\/358a6fe9-fec4-489b-b68b-df7318b14206.pdf?rdr=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Interior Design, and the Regulatory Landscape<\/a> Keynote by Mark Bryan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/5935d9f6001\/733b3718-b8b8-43ae-bc92-4dfa0fe6fd99.pdf?rdr=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCIDQ Exam &#8211; Preparing for the Next Practice Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/5935d9f6001\/7b3d65fe-09f0-435f-bbd7-87ef783d870e.pdf?rdr=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEO and Finance Chair Report &amp; Town Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/5935d9f6001\/231bb20d-0206-46c3-be0c-e7a9734286fb.pdf?rdr=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The State of Occupational Regulation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations to the new CIDQ President, Erin Jennings!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>IDC held its first Regional Impact Breakfast on Nov. 30. Read more about the event and this year\u2019s honourees, <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/celebrating-designs-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allan Guinan and Caroline Hughes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Membership renewal invoices have been sent out to members. Take advantage of an early bird discount by Dec. 31, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/renew-your-idc-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>IDC has partnered with BIFMA to provide members with access to accredited CEUs. Sign up for BIFMA\u2019s final course of the year \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/bifma-learning-series-demystifying-furnitures-role-in-sustainability-accredited-ceu\/?utm_source=IDC+Design+Members&amp;utm_campaign=c836e297d5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_02_07_02_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_7e3538791a-c836e297d5-250258401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demystifying Furniture\u2019s Role in Sustainability<\/a> on Dec. 21, 2023.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>IDC and ARIDO will be on the stage at the <a href=\"https:\/\/interiordesignshow.com\/toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interior Design Show<\/a> Toronto 2024. Stay tuned for more information about programming and tickets.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned to IDC\u2019s website and social channels for more updates and the next President\u2019s Message in January.<\/p>\n<p>Please send your events, news items, and any questions to <a href=\"mailto:communications@idcanada.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communications@idcanada.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the President\u2019s Message series, featuring IDC\u2019s new President, Jennifer Wiwchar-Fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16284"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16301,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions\/16301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}