Standards for climate charts
Setting standards for climate charts The Canadian Climate Institute approached Voilà: for a data visualization style guide with two broad objectives in mind. Firstly, ensuring that, externally, all communication materials are clear and effective. Secondly, raising awareness, internally, around data viz best practices and spreading this knowledge among internal stakeholders. As a result, we produced […]
Taking nature into account(ing)
Taking nature into account(ing) The World Bank has developed a first-of-its-kind methodology to account for the value of nature in economic models. We worked with them to showcase the connection between biodiversity and economic development, the economic impacts of a collapse of ecosystems, and “nature-smart” policies that provide the best way forward. Making the (visual) […]
Networks at work
Networks at work The Tokyo Development Learning Center called on Voilà: to communicate clearly its comparison of Tokyo’s start-up ecosystem to similar innovation hubs around the world. Our challenge was to create intuitive visuals that presented this complex analysis of thousands of stakeholders and the relationships between them. Sleek layout with bright colors Given that […]
Finding the Canadian path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions
Finding the Canadian path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices wrote a flagship report on the Canadian approach to the global quest to radically reduce carbon emissions to reduce climate change. They approached us to develop some punchy visuals that would clarify their findings and help give them wide […]
A portfolio of inclusive businesses for a sustainable future
A portfolio of inclusive businesses for a sustainable future FinDev Canada opened in 2018 with the goal of supporting the growth and sustainability of businesses in developing markets. After only two years of operations, they were ready to present their portfolio of projects to the world. FinDev Canada therefore asked us to develop a visualization […]
Promoting food security for farming communities
Promoting food security for farming communities SeedChange is a non-profit organization whose mission is working with farmers to grow healthy food using good seeds and sustainable practices. Out of their collaboration with Dr Pratap Shrestha came a practical tool. This tool would guide the user in the collection and analysis of field data with the […]
Integration of new immigrants in Montréal
Integration of new immigrants in Montreal The Ville de Montréal has identified eight high priority regions for the inclusion of new immigrants (“territoires d’inclusion prioritaires”). After more than a year of distributing funding that facilitates the integration of immigrants, they wanted to inform their partners of the nature of the projects funded. The distribution of […]
Revealing parents’ and students’ priorities
Revealing parents’ and students’ priorities The Commission scolaire de Montréal asked us to help them present the results of a massive consultation on the review of their high school service offerings. The survey questions focused on the current perception of the offer and the preferences and aspirations of respondents for a revised offer. The format […]
Encouraging economic development in the East of Montréal
Encouraging economic development in the East of Montreal The Chambre de commerce de l’Est de Montréal (CCEM) defends and promotes the socio-economic development of the city’s East. After extensive research and consultation with many strategic allies, the CCEM wanted to bring together in a single document the list of actions to adopt to develop the […]
A theory of change for inclusive businesses
A theory of change for inclusive businesses FinDev Canada is a development organization that started operations in January 2018 as an initiative of the Government of Canada. Their immediate challenge was to communicate how they would fulfill their mandate, which is to support the growth and sustainability of businesses in developing markets. The starting point […]
