News and events

On September 26, 2025, we welcomed design leader and author Kate Tarling to Emily Carr University of Art + Design for a talk and Q&A on creating great service organizations.

Staff from OXD and our sister company ThoughtFarmer went full tropical at Second Beach in Stanley Park.

OXD is helping the BC Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions transition their Energy Savings Program in-house, creating a streamlined rebate system that better serves citizens while giving the Ministry control over their digital service.

Our Director of Software Development, Steve Ly, recently attended the Civic Spark Conference in Toronto, an event that brings together those passionate about civic tech, public service, and community problem-solving.

What’s on our minds this summer? Oh, democracy, technology, empire, humanity, imagination, resistance, tyranny, automation… you know, the usual.

OXD and the Ministry of Transportation and Transit have officially replaced the legacy DriveBC site with a new, modern, public-informed digital service.

At a conference where everyone was talking about the next big things in AI, we left with different insights: we still need to design and build digital services that work for the people who use them.

What do an intranet product and a professional services firm have in common? A 29-year tradition of celebrating success together!