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Marvin and Mates were developed originally in support of the City of Edmonton’s downtown vibrancy campaign, Meet Me Downtown, a campaign centred around celebrating connection and community. A shared moment, an experience, an invite.

Now, we invite you to welcome Marvin and Mates into our community. This collaboration with the City of Edmonton and Mastodon Canada has been long in the making and we want to thank the City for proposing this idea and working with us to create the twenty unique emojis we're welcoming to the instance.

It's incredibly exciting to welcome the first Canadian municipality to the Fediverse, and look forward to welcoming more collaborations like this with other municipalities across the country!

This exclusive emoji pack contains 20 adorable (digitally) hand-drawn characters to help infuse our toots with an extra dose of elation.