{"id":18007,"date":"2024-04-19T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/?p=18007"},"modified":"2024-04-19T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T18:17:36","slug":"idc-presidents-message-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/idc-presidents-message-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"IDC President\u2019s Message &#8211; April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ga1G8okkOA0?si=f8nwnc6WRfe2jh82\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWelcome back to the President\u2019s Message series, featuring IDC\u2019s President, Jennifer Wiwchar-Fast.<\/p>\n<p>In this message:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last week\u2019s IDC events:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/montreal-networking-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Artist is in the Building: Spring Mixer at the Port of Montreal Tower<\/a> \u2013 April 11<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/u-by-design-studio-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U: By Design Studio Workshop<\/a> \u2013 April 13<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming IDC events:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/industry-sales-professionals-course-vancouver-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industry Sales Professionals Course Vancouver<\/a> \u2013 April 24<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/2024-idc-impact-breakfast-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Regional IDC Impact Breakfast West<\/a> \u2013 April 25<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/industry-sales-professionals-course-winnipeg-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industry Sales Professionals Course Winnipeg<\/a> \u2013 April 26<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"DesignEx%20Ottawa%202024%20|%20Mill%20Street%20Brew%20Pub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DesignEx Ottawa 2024 | Mill Street Brew Pub<\/a> \u2013 May 15<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/2024-industry-sales-professionals-course-halifax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industry Sales Professionals Course Halifax<\/a> \u2013 May 27<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/destination-designex-2024-willow-springs-winery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Destination DesignEx 2024 | Willow Springs Winery<\/a> \u2013 June 19<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming partner events:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanadaa-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/vplazacic_idcanada_org\/Documents\/Desktop\/Staff%20Meeting%20-%20comms%20update.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Western Living <\/em>Magazine Design Talks<\/a> \u2013 April 24<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/marble-trend-sip-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marble Trend\u2019s Exclusive Shopping Experience<\/a> \u2013 April 25<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/okanagan-design-expo-odex-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Okanagan Design Expo (ODEX)<\/a> \u2013 May 9<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/event\/pidim-friends-1st-annual-golf-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIDIM &amp; Friends: 1st Annual Golf Tournament<\/a> \u2013 June 11<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/2024-interior-design-year-end-student-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 year-end student exhibits<\/a> from this year\u2019s current and graduating interior design student across the country.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Applications deadline for the <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/2024-voda-applications-now-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Value of Design Awards<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/2024-idc-student-competition-now-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Competition<\/a> is May 3, and the deadline for <a href=\"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/2024-innovation-awards-now-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovation Awards<\/a> is June 21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Stay tuned to IDC\u2019s website and social channels for more updates and the next President\u2019s Message in May.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the President\u2019s Message series, featuring IDC\u2019s President, Jennifer Wiwchar-Fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18010,"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-18007","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\/18007","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=18007"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18013,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007\/revisions\/18013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}