Volunteer with Calgary UX
Are you passionate about UX and eager to positively impact our community?
Calgary UX is dedicated to fostering collaboration and innovation. By volunteering with us, you’ll play a crucial role in creating more user-friendly tech ecosystem. Let’s work together to make Calgary a better place for everyone!
Why Volunteer with Calgary UX
At Calgary UX, we believe that great design should be accessible to everyone, and your skills and dedication can help us achieve that goal.
Expand Your Skill Set
As a Calgary UX volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands-on leadership experience and contribute to meaningful causes, which can be a valuable addition to your portfolio.
Networking
Joining our volunteer team is an excellent way to connect with like-minded individuals in the UX field. You’ll build lasting relationships with fellow designers and many other industry professionals.
Giving Back
Make a difference in the community by using your UX expertise to improve websites and applications for non-profit organizations, local businesses, and other deserving causes.
Stay Updated
Stay current with industry trends and best practices by working on diverse projects and learning from your peers.
The community subscribes to the Rainforest social contract, it is a guiding principle, it is not necessarily required for volunteering.
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How to be involved
Calgary UX is a non-profit community. We all are volunteers in one way or another. It is up to us to live the following values:
Design is a verb, we are action-driven.
- Everyone is welcome to be part of the community and its activities. No experience is required.
- It is the responsibility of the community to build a prosperous design practice in the city. We are building for us and for the next generations.
- We promote open, caring and focused collaboration on value-driven activities.
- Bring a brick, not a cathedral. If you can only commit 5 minutes, let’s find a way to make it the best 5 minutes ever!
Where to start
Ready to make a difference in Calgary UX? Here’s how to get started:
Fill out our Contact form or send an email to calgaryux@gmail.com. You can tell us about your goals, skills and interests, and we’ll match you with projects that align with your strengths.
You’ll be invited to learn more about our organization, team dynamics, and exciting projects.
Once you’re on board, you’ll have the chance to contribute your expertise to various projects. You can work on projects that align with your interests and schedule.
The community is waiting for you
Let’s shape the future together
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Calgary UX is a proud local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), a member-supported organization dedicated to interaction design.
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Land acknowledgement
We acknowledge that the Calgary area where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet is a place of confluence where the sharing of ideas and opportunities naturally occurs. Indigenous peoples have their own names for this area that were in use long before Scottish settlers named it Calgary
The Métis call the Calgary area Otos-kwunee. In the Blackfoot language, they call this place, Moh-kins-tsis. The Stoney Nakoda Nation refer to the Calgary area as Wîchîspa Oyade and the people of the Tsuut’ina nation call this area Guts-ists-i. We would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta.
This includes the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, collectively known as the Blackfoot Confederacy; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation. The City of Calgary is also the homeland of the historic Northwest Métis and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Indigenous urban Calgarians, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis who have made Calgary their home.
This includes: the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai collectively known as the Blackfoot Confederacy; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation. The City of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Indigenous urban Calgarians, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, who have made Calgary their home.
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