CANUXMAS 2024

The ongoing construction at the CMH Theatre and the Alexandria Bridge has made 2024 a slow year for CanUX. So we decided that letting another year go by without hanging out with the community is not an option.
Enter CANUXMAS 2024. It’s half meetup, half networking session, half fundraiser and half an excuse to get as many local design professionals together ahead of the holidays.

CANUXMAS Details: Dec 18, 2024, 6-10pm

This year’s festivities will take place in the beautiful RBC Foundry space at Bayview Yards on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, starting at 6pm. Even though it’s a school night, don’t miss the change to mingle with Ottawa’s experience design and service design community. For directions to the venue and transportation options, check out the Getting There section of this page.

Light refreshments (coffee/tea/water/soft drinks) and light snacks (chips) will be provided. We recommend having dinner ahead if you plan on staying for the entire 4 hour duration.

The CanUX Job Board will also return during the event, so if you have any design-related job opportunities or you are looking for a job in UX or Service Design, please consider posting it to the job pinboard when you arrive.
Note: Job postings for the board will only be accepted on site.

CANUXMAS Schedule

The evening’s schedule and the speaker availability is subject to change in the event of flight delays or last minute cancellations.

	} 6:00 PM   Doors Open: DOORS OPEN / REGISTRATION
	} 6:30 PM   Intro: WELCOME TO CANUXMAS
	} 6:45 PM   Short Presentation: CORNELIUS RACHIERU   |     Ampli2de (  Ottawa, ON ) 2nd CanUX State of Canadian UX Survey Highlights Community Research
	} 7:00   Short Presentation: TBA   |     @canuxconf TBC (  TBC ) TBC UX Design
	} 7:30 PM   Keynote: JAMIN HEGEMAN   |    Ex-Capital One / Adaptive Path (  New York, NY ) Leading Service Design Service Design
	} 8:15 PM   Networking time: HANG OUT
	} 10:00 PM   Doors Close. END OF FESTIVITIES

CANUXMAS Tickets

Tickets start at CDN$39 and can be purchased online directly on our tickets page. Tickets are non-refundable. Once tickets sell out, a waiting list will be provided.

Getting there 

Bayview Yards is located at 7 Bayview Station Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5 (see location in Google Maps) and is walking distance from Bayview Station, one of Ottawa’s largest transportation nodes, conveniently positioned to walk, cycle, take public transportation or drive to.

Cycling: Located beside the Ottawa River Pathway and many other routes, Bayview Yards is easily accessible via bicycle. We offer ample bike racks, at the front and back of our building, throughout all seasons.
Public Transit: Bayview Yards is located 500m away from Bayview Station, an O-Train hub that also serves multiple bus routes.
Driving: Bayview Yards offers free on-site parking in the gravel lot immediately to the right of building. In addition there are 50 spaces along Bayview Station Road offering 2 hours free parking, and 27 spaces along Stonehurst and Burnside offering 1HR free parking.

SPONSOR CANUXMAS

Single level sponsorship for the event is available for CDN$400+HST, and includes logo and link display online, logo display at the venue, verbal mention by the event emcee on stage.3 free tickets are also provided to each sponsoring organization. If you’d like to find out about sponsorship (or discuss additional a-la-carte sponsorship options, eg. sponsor Wi-Fi, charging station, etc.), please reach out to us via email at info AT canux DOT io or by phone at (613) 864-3020.

*Image credit: Bayview Yards and CanUX