United Church of Canada. Division of Communication. Graphics and Print Department.

In response to the General Council Centralized Print Task Group report, the Department of Graphics and Print Production was established in 1988. The Department was mandated to centralize the printing procedures of all General Council Divisions. Staff from existing positions in the Division of Mission in Canada, the Department of Stewardship Services within the Division of Finance and the Division of Communication were transferred to this department. Other Divisions and departments transferred budget resources for hiring freelance graphics people to this Department. The Department worked on developing the graphics and printing the resources while the Publishing House worked on the development of the resources from start to finish. With Division restructuring in 1999, the Resource Development Cluster was formed. Under this cluster was the Department of Graphics and Print, the Audio Visual Unit, and Publishing Unit. The cluster existed until 2000. Under the new Unit of Resource Production and Distribution, the Graphics and Print Department continued to exist as its own entity. In addition the role of Resource Coordinator was formed. The Resource Coordinators served as editors of materials. The Graphics and Print Department worked in tandem with them and the Publishing Unit to produce the graphics.

Created July 2019, AZ