Contextual canvases for a collaborative workspace environment

A method comprising:

• receiving a selection of a context in a user interface of a collaborative workspace environment, the context being associated with a group in the collaborative workspace environment;
• displaying a set of selectable canvases associated with the context;
• receiving a selection of at least one canvas;
• displaying an entity that is contextually associated with the selected canvas and the context;
• and
• displaying a conversation pane, the conversation pane for receiving and displaying input that is associated with the context.

A computer-storage medium encoding computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processing unit, provides a user interface for a collaborative workspace environment, the user interface comprising:

• a context selection area that displays one or more contexts associated with a group in the collaborative workspace environment;
• a canvas selection area that displays one or more customizable canvases, wherein each of the one or more customizable canvases is contextually associated with respective ones of the one or more contexts, and wherein:
• each of the one or more canvases is selectable;
• and
• selection of one of the one or more canvases causes a corresponding workspace to be displayed in the collaborative workspace environment, the corresponding workspace displaying an entity that corresponds to the one of the one or more canvases and the context;
• and
• a conversation pane for receiving and displaying input associated with at least one of the one or more contexts.