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Dr. Trish Kelly named 10th President + Vice-Chancellor of Emily Carr University of Art + Design

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By Emily Carr University Posted on May 31, 2024 | Updated May 31, 2024, 11:12am Dr. Kelly has served as Interim President for the last ten months and previously held the role of Vice President Academic + Provost Following a global search process, the Board of Governors for Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) have named Dr. Trish Kelly as the university’s 10th President + Vice-Chancellor. “Dr. Kelly brings a record of strong leadership, strategic vision, and experience … Continued

Satellite Studios for Teens in Whistler and Prince George

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The first Satellite Studios for Teens to run outside the Lower Mainland is now officially a reality. Emily Carr University will offer the program in both the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). The studios will offer the student a challenging and creative curriculum that emphasizes collaboration, creative communication, critical analysis and design thinking.  Read more…

PACE Report: Tracking the Trackers – Mozilla Collusion

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Collusion is a Firefox Add-On developed by Mozilla that visualizes who is tracking you on-line.  Data tracking is pervasive and is happening without the knowledge or consent of Internet users.  In this project, researchers from Emily Carr redesigned and implemented changes to the Collusion Add-On so the complex data becomes visually elegant and easy to comprehend. Download the pdf report Emily Carr SIM (Mozilla Collusion)

PACE Report: Hand Hygiene for Health

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Using Interaction Design to boost compliance. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has made hand sanitization compliance a priority, yet the goal of 100% has not been reached.  An Emily Carr 3rd year Communication Design class was asked to consider the problem and suggest solutions.  Two solutions were selected for implementation:  an innovative print-based campaign and an interactive solution. Download the pdf report Emily Carr HDL (VCH HH)

Emily Carr Researchers Design Data Visualizations for Mozilla's New Lightbeam Firefox Add-On

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Emily Carr University’s Research Centre in Social + Interactive Media announces the launch of Lightbeam, a new Add-on for the Firefox browser that enables users to visualize online data tracking in real time.  Mozilla, the developer of Firefox, partnered with the University on a year-long research project to improve Lightbeam’s interactive visualization.    Read more….

Emily Carr alumna Colleen Heslin ('03) received the distinguished $25,000 RBC Canadian Painting Competition

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Emily Carr alumna Colleen Heslin (’03) received the distinguished $25,000 RBC Canadian Painting Competition award Wednesday, October 2, 2013, for her work, Almost Young, Wild and Free. The award for emerging artists is one of the largest in Canada. The national public touring exhibition showcasing the works of all 15 finalists is currently in Ottawa and will travel across the country. Read more here …

Emily Carr UA+D Announces Master of Design Degree | A First for BC

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For the first time in British Columbia, a Master of Design Degree will be offered by Emily Carr University. This new degree will address an important need for advanced design education regionally and will contribute to a strong professional design community provincially. The full-time research-oriented degree, offered through the Faculty of Graduate Studies, will begin in September of 2013. Building on Emily Carr’s successful Bachelor of Design degree, it will expand upon curricular values and goals in areas of collaboration, … Continued

Reinventing Emily Carr University of Art + Design

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The president of Vancouver’s oldest art school has grand plans to create a 21st-century university campus on False Creek Flats by Charlie Smith on Apr 25, 2013 A large crowd has shown up to view a diverse and impressive array of paintings, objects, clothing, and artifacts, all created by first-year students. At times, it’s difficult to see certain pieces because of the number of people, including students’ parents and family members, jammed into the main floor of Emily Carr University’s North Building. … Continued

Emily Carr presents Ekphrasis – an exhibition composed of new work from the first year Master of Applied Arts (MAA) cohort.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 – 9:00am – Saturday, April 6, 2013 – 6:00pm Signalling the midpoint of the MAA program, this exhibition explores the cohesion of diverse practices and conceptual approaches in design, media and visual arts. Concourse Gallery *March 26 – April 4, 2013 Closing Reception | Thursday, April 4, 2013, 5 – 7pm Featuring work by: Madeleine Campbell Adam Cristobal Hoda Hamouda Amiel Logan Ann Milligan Michelle O’Byrne Patryk Stasieczek Pascale Théorêt-Groulx Melanie Waddell *Please note that the … Continued