ECU news

Western Canada's digital media sector will receive a major boost thanks to federal funding through Western Economic Diversification Canada. This investment will help Graphics Animation and New Media NCE Inc. (GRAND) improve technology transfer and research commercialization. The announcement took place at the first annual Design Thinking UnConference held at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, August 19, 2011.

A selection of works by sessional faculty members Howard Ursuliak and Stephen Waddell are included in the group exhibition Spaces of the City at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, running through September 5, 2011.

This exhibition was organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography from works in their collection and presents photographers who have approached the urban landscape through the colour photograph.

Ursuliak and Waddell are represented by the Monte Clark Gallery in Toronto and Vancouver.

Registration for Continuing Studies Fall term is now open.

The second annual issue of Emily Carr's CURRENT design research journal is now available. The issue contains featured sections on sustainability, well-being, interactivity and co-creation.

The journal is designed, edited, produced and marketed by undergraduates in communication design with article contributions from students in both the graduate and undergraduate programs, alumni and faculty. The first of its kind in Canada, CURRENT is available as an annual 48-page printed publication and an accompanying online version.

We welcome new readers and celebrate the beginnings of a communicative venture to challenge the way we imagine process, discern the validation of the designer and explore the ethos of creative intelligence.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design is pleased to announce Barry Patterson will join the organization as Executive Director, Communications, effective August 29, 2011. This newly created role will help to shape and define the University’s brand and build upon the global reputation of the school and the success of its students and alumni.

Patterson is a media veteran with more than 15 years experience working in senior level communications and marketing roles within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

View the Media Release -Barry Patterson Appointment.

Applied Research projects may include the co-design of new product concepts or processes with local companies, as well as initiatives with public sector organizations that use art and design to foster social change.

Applied Research is conducted in various ways - a class of students will address a research question posed by a company partner. A small research team will be assembled to address the problem. And, sometimes the research question will be the foundation of a graduating student’s thesis project. 

Examples of the research question:

Emily Carr University offers robust and innovative Master of Applied Arts (MAA) programs in Visual Arts, Media Arts and Design. This professional, terminal degree prepares students to engage in a range of diverse and expanding sectors of culture and creative industry. Graduates from our program will be able to demonstrate signifcant expertise in the application of creative knowledge in their field.

We are pleased to publish President + Vice Chancellor Ron Burnett's 2011 Convocation Speech.

As well, we have also published Mark Lewis' Honorary Doctorate Degree speech and Elizabeth Zvonar's 2011 Emily Award speech.

Congratulations to the Class of 2011!

Are you ready to get seriously creative? This hugely popular month-long program takes place each July and provides an opportunity for teens, aged 15 - 18, to get a taste of full-time art school life. With expert instruction and small studio class sizes, students will discover and develop their talents, expand their creative abilities and critical concepts, and produce and document a body of work for their portfolios

Emily Carr is very pleased to announce that Dr. David Bogen has been appointed Vice-President Academic + Provost. His appointment will commence in August 2011.

Dr. Bogen’s teaching and research expertise combine social theory, language and social interaction, emerging media, and organizational design. He received his BA, Philosophy (Macalester College) and his MA and PhD, Sociology (Boston University). Dr. Bogen comes to Emily Carr from his post as Associate Provost, Academic Affairs at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he was responsible for academic and institutional planning, program review and development, and research and external partnerships.