Tag Archives: Ontario

SGIA awards scholarships to three Ryerson students 27 June 2017 Three students at Ryerson University’s School of Graphic Communications Management (GCM) in Toronto are among the recipients of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA’s) 2017 scholarship program. + Read More

Record set for Canada’s longest horizontal digital screen 26 June 2017 Astral Out-of-Home has introduced Canada’s longest horizontal full-motion digital display—measuring more than 7.9 m (26 ft) high and 57.3 (188 ft) long—atop the former Hard Rock Café in downtown Toronto, facing Yonge-Dundas Square. + Read More

Wide-format Graphics: Case study on UrbanArts 20 June 2017 Toronto-based UrbanArts is a charitable organization that has worked with schools to get young people involved in, among other activities, creating murals as a way to contribute to community development. + Read More

Public art encourages bee awareness to flower 19 June 2017 Burt’s Bees Canada has created two outdoor public art installations to help raise awareness of the need to support the nation’s bee population, using hundreds of native perennial wildflowers to serve as habitats and encourage pollination. + Read More

Profile: Sunset Neon 14 June 2017 These days, it’s rare to hear the word ‘neon’ come up in the news. Yet, that’s what happened in March when Toronto’s Ryerson University announced it had selected Hamilton-based Sunset Neon to restore the iconic Sam the Record Man sign. + Read More

Youth murals mark Canada’s 150th birthday 12 June 2017 To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, charitable education organization Vibe Arts and Toronto’s Scarborough Town Centre (STC) shopping mall have unveiled 60 murals hand-painted by 500 young people in every province and territory. + Read More

SGIA organizes Canadian workplace safety conference 25 May 2017 The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) has partnered with Workplace Safety North (WSN) to organize a special Canadian workplace safety conference, to take place next month at the Centre for Health & Safety Innovation in Mississauga, Ont. + Read More

Innovative Displays meets increased demands with UV-LED printing 23 May 2017 Innovative Displays, which prints grand-format graphics and fabricates signs and display systems in Mississauga, Ont., has purchased a Jeti Mira ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) light-emitting diode (LED) flatbed printer from Agfa Graphics. + Read More

A-Click installs first printer of its kind in Canada 15 May 2017 Toronto-based commercial print service provider (PSP) A-Click, also known as XLPrints, recently installed Canada’s—and indeed North America’s—first Jeti Ceres RTR3200 LED printer, manufactured by Agfa Graphics in nearby Mississauga, Ont. + Read More

Rexall Brunswick preserves historic signage 12 May 2017 Rexall has opened a flagship drugstore in Toronto’s Brunswick House (fondly referred to as ‘the Brunny’), restoring and integrating the former hotel, bar and music venue’s signage and event posters into the new layout and design. + Read More