Media Releases + PSA's

Information for the Media

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2013 Media Releases

May 6, 2013 Emily Carr to Offer a Master of Design Degree | First of Its Kind in British Columbia
May 3, 2013 Emily Carr Announces SSHRC Grant Awards to Faculty | Projects Fuse Aboriginal Grease Trails + Oil Pipelines; Ceramics + 3D Printing
May 2, 2013 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces 2013 Honorary Doctorate and Emily Award Recipients
April 8, 2013 Beneath the Sand: The Natural Capital Beaches Exhibit
January 16, 2013 3D [FWD] - An International Conference on 3D Technology to be Hosted in Vancouver January 24 + 25

2012 Media Releases

December 3, 2012 Emily Carr and the David Suzuki Foundation Partner to Develop Natural Capital Map APP
November 30, 2012 International 3D Society Forms First I3DS Canadian Chapter in Vancouver
November 15, 2012 Designing for Democracy Elections BC and Emily Carr University Collaborate
October 31, 2012 Emily Carr Hosts North American Conference on Creative Practice as Research | Leading Art + Design Educators Gather for Remaking Research
October 24, 2012 Emily Carr's S3D Centre Creates First Variable High Frame Rate (HFR) Live Action Film
October 22, 2012 Emily Carr University Ranked 11th in the World in Design by Red Dot
October 15, 2012 Emily Carr University Welcomes Jennifer DeDominicis
October 11, 2012 Emily Carr University with the Support of Telus Optik TV Creates Local Community Programming
October 10, 2012 Alumnus Juan A. Gaitan Appointed Curator of Berlin Biennale
September 27, 2012 Emily Carr Alumni Employment Increases During Challenging Economic Times
September 13, 2012 Alumna Lisa Henriques Receives Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Award
June 29, 2012 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Presents A Public Lecture by Photographer Greg Girard
June 13, 2012 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces Taralee Guild Recipient of the 2012 IDEA Art Award
May 4, 2012 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces 2012 Honorary Doctorate and Emily Award Recipient
April 30, 2012 Emily Carr University of Art + Design and 18Karat Present a Folding Chair Affair
April 4, 2012 Emily Carr Alumnus J.A. Tan's Work Featured on United Nations Autism Awareness Stamp
April 3, 2012 Art and Science Collide Through Emily Carr/TRIUMF Collaboration | Inaugural Exhibition Launches at Science World at Telus World of Science
February 23, 2012 Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program Established at Emily Carr
February 6, 2012 Josephine Derobe Stereographer of Wim Wender's Oscar Nominated "Pina" Comes to Emily Carr University
February 1, 2012 Emily Carr University Welcomes Recent Appointees to Board of Governors
January 24, 2012 Emily Carr and Mozilla Launch eBook on the Future of Learning
January 16, 2012 Alumni Duo Forbis + Tilby Receive Second Oscar Nod

2011 Media Releases

December 1, 2011 Art + Design School Leaders from Across the Globe Come to Emily Carr University to Discuss the Future of Higher Arts Education
November 14, 2011 How are Animals Influencing Us? Emily Carr co-presents Interactive Futures '11: Animal Influence
September 29, 2011 Alumna Rebecca Brewer Named National Winner of the 13th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition
July 22, 2011 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Appoints Barry Patterson Executive Director, Communications
June 20, 2011 Reveal Your Quirkiest Quirks | Emily Carr University and Pacific Centre Launch Quirky Elephant
June 1, 2011 Design in the Field | Collaborative, design-based courses, workshops and events!
May 31, 2011 Are You Ready to Get Seriously Creative? The Summer Institute for Teens Returns with Two New Studios
May 31, 2011 Emily Carr University Welcomes Dr. David Bogen | Newly Appointed Vice-President, Academic + Provost
May 17, 2011 Samantha Lefort Recipient of Vancouver Foundation's Generation Green Award
May 11, 2011 Emily Carr Grads Selected for TIFF Student Film Showcase
May 4, 2011 Alumnus Jeff Chiba Stearns Receives 2011 Edith Lando Peace Prize
April 29, 2011 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces 2011 Honorary Doctorate and Emily Award Recipients
April 21, 2011 Alumnus Andrew Dadson to Receive The Brink Award
April 21, 2011 Emily Carr University Announces the Reappointment of Chancellor John C. Kerr, CM, OBC, LL.D

March 14, 2011 The Best of Swiss Design Comes to Vancouver | Emily Carr Hosts Swiss Design Award Exhibition + Panel
March 11, 2011 Introducing the TD Guest Speaker/Designer in Residence Program | World Renowned Designer Allan Chochinov Kicks Off Program
March 7, 2011 Moving pictures on your bus or SkyTrain | TransLink, Emily Carr University of Art + Design present Art In Transit
February 7, 2011 Board of Governors Chair to Receive 2011 Influential Woman in Business Award
January 26, 2011 $20,000 in Funding to Benefit Aboriginal Students at Emily Carr University of Art + Design
January 20, 2011 Emily Carr University of Art + Design and Canada Line Partner to Animate Stations
January 4, 2011 Emily Carr Students Ring in the New Year with U-Pass BC

2010 Media Releases

December 16, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces New Board Appointments
November 1, 2010 Emily Carr Presents the Digital Narrative
October 1, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces New Board Chair
September 9, 2010 Alumna Tricia Middleton Receives 2010 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award
August 19, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces New Board Members
August 5, 2010 Alumnus Steven Shearer to Represent Canada at the 54th Annual Venice Biennale
June 21, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Students Receive Applied Arts Awards
May 27, 2010 Emily Carr Launches Low Residency Master of Applied Arts in Media and Visual Arts Program
April 30, 2010 John C. Kerr, CM, OBC, LL.D and Sam Carter to Receive Honour of Distinction | Kerr and Carter will be Honoured at Emily Carr's Donor Recognition Awards
April 30, 2010 Emily Carr's President + Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ron Burnett, Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
April 26, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Launches CURRENT | An Annual Academic Design Journal
April 19, 2010 Alumnus Brian Jungen to Receive Gershon Iskowitz Prize
April 12, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Announces 2010 Honorary Doctorate and Emily Award Recipients
April 8, 2010 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Presents Habitat 160 | The Next Generation of Lower Mainland Homes
March 30, 2010 Emily Carr and Lat49 Partner to Develop Location-Focused iPhone Application
March 15, 2010 Art Meets Science in New Fuel Cell Demonstration Project
February 10, 2010 Emily Carr to Build a New Campus at Great Northern Way

2013 Public Service Announcements

April 25, 2013 The Show at Emily Carr University | New Adventures in Design, Visual Art + Media
March 27, 2013 Ekphrasis | Annual Interim MAA Exhibition
January 15, 2013 TD Speaker Series presents Kate Fletcher | a talk on Sustainable Fashion + Textiles

2012 Public Service Announcements

November 14, 2012 Emily Carr's 39th Annaul Student Art Sale
August 7, 2012 Made in BC | Home-grown Design
July 7, 2012 Jonathan Taggart | Artist Talk
July 3, 2012 The Documentary Tradition
April 30, 2012 Emily Carr Degree Exhibition 2012
March 5, 2012 Join Gener8's Tim Bennison + Mark Lassof in a Discussion about Stereoscopic 3D Conversion
February 29, 2012 Maggie Breslin | TD Guest Speaker/Designer in Residence Program

2011 Public Service Announcements

November 25, 2011 National Portfolio Day
October 28, 2011 Emily Carr's 38th Annual Student Art Sale!
September 7, 2011 Faculty Show 2011 | An Exhibition Showcasing Our Design, Media + Visual Arts Faculty
July 20, 2011 UponOccasion | Low Residency MAA Exhibition
June 20, 2011 RIGHT | A Gallery Exhibition of Emily Carr's Community Projects Class: The Red Tent Campaign
May 19, 2011 Odds & Ends | Emily Carr Animation and Film External Media Show
April 19, 2011 2011 Foundation Show | A culmination of first year works from Emily Carr's newest students
April 27, 2011 Emily Carr Degree Exhibition 2011
March 29, 2011 Emily Carr's Summer Institute for Teens
March 28, 2011 Big Clever Gorgeous | Emily Carr First Year MAA Candidate Exhibition
March 8, 2011: Navigating Ethical Representation a Collaboration Between Emily Carr and the Dr. Peter Centre
March 2, 2011: Grand Entry | Emily Carr University of Art + Design's Aboriginal Student Art Exhibition
March 3, 2011 Emily Carr's Ceramic Auction Gala 2011

2010 Public Service Announcements

November 22, 2010 Emily Carr's First Year Master of Applied Art Students Exhibit | Dirty White Project
November 12, 2010 Emily Carr's SIM Centre Presents Show + Tech | Come Out + Play
November 4, 2010 Emily Carr's Legendary Student Art Sale!
October 21, 2010 Emily Carr's SIM Centre Presents Show + Tech | Trick or Treat
October 5, 2010 Emily Carr Ceramics Open Studio + Julie York Lecture
September 24, 2010 Emily Carr's SIM Centre Presents Show + Tech
September 17, 2010 Spurious | Emily Carr Graduate Student Exhibition
August 26, 2010 Silent Auction in Support of the Glenna Evans Memorial Fund
Apriil 15, 2010 Emily Carr Graduation Exhibitions
March 11, 2010 Emily Carr Presidents' Lecture Series | Dylan Brown
January 14, 2010: Newton Lee Disney Jan 21.pdf