Northern Maverick Collective is the ICA’s Pub Night that seeks to inspire collaboration, facilitate peer-to-peer learning, and foster professional interaction by bringing together peers and industry leaders for dynamic and informative discussions.

Juniper Park\TBWA and Canadian Women's Foundation pick up the 2021 Grand Prix.

The ICA has revamped its long-standing Creative Leadership Group, created to bring agency creative leads together to discuss issues of the day and drive creative excellence. This will now be known as the Creative Power Group and one of the first initiatives to come out of this is the launch of the Creative Power List.

Regular groups for member agency employees to participate in

We are calling on our industry to unite in postponing all remaining 2020 investments in awards shows so we can focus on the well-being of our people and clients as we face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICA is proposing a call to action for the agency sector to put our people first by protecting their jobs and well-being, to help our clients pivot in uncertain times to serve consumers and to support our supply chain that depends on our sector to keep operating.

IDEA Summit - Toronto, 1-3 October 2018 The ICA’s rebranded annual celebration was a great success, with 750 delegates coming together at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox to develop and apply the principles of inclusivity, diversity, and equity.

Each group is represented at ICA board level with two board directors, one from an independent agency & another from a network-owned agency. Above all, the aim of these groups is to create peer community & stronger connections across the agency sector with the ICA.

The ICA got involved with the TTC bid process due to several complaints from active member agencies that the creative tender demanded free ‘spec' creative in order to win the business.

The ICA, on behalf of it membership, criticized the move by Accenture Interactive to launch a Programmatic Services unit.