WHO WE ARE

SDA Canada brings together the professionals who help design firms thrive. Our members include principals, controllers, marketing and HR professionals, administrators, project managers, and consultants from architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, development, and related firms.

With more than 90 members across Canada, SDA provides a forum to share knowledge, best practices, and real-world solutions. Through monthly meetings, guest speakers, round-table discussions, and networking, we support the professional growth of our members and the continued success of their firms.

THE HISTORY OF SDA CANADA

In the early 1990s, several design firm administrators started meeting informally to provide a local network focusing on the needs of Canadian design firms, and soon began attending the SDA conferences and conventions in the US. In 1996, we became the first international affiliate of the Society of Design Administration and share a common mission: to promote the exchange of ideas and to educate its members in the related disciplines of design firm administration. In August 2005, following the annual North American National Convention, our name was slightly modified. We are now the 'Society for Design Administration Canada.'

Are you involved in the Building Construction industry as a professional in:
  • Administration
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing
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