clothing(s) as conversation is an interdisciplinary research initiative founded by Associate Professor Hélène Day Fraser (MAA ’08) and Keith Doyle, Adjunct Research Associate, seeks to broaden contemporary perspectives of the clothing we wear. In June 2014, the pair successfully secured a three-year, $185, 000, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to pursue the project. Read more →
Jay Grandin and Leah Nelson are Emily Carr graduates. In 2007 they founded the award-winning production studio Giant Ant. Today they represent a team of 14 talented creatives, all dedicated storytellers who help local, national and international businesses tell their stories digitally and on television. Read more →
With her new work, The Anonymous Project, Emily Carr alumna, Krista Bailie (’10) is hoping to answer the question “Could we create more meaningful connections if we were stripped of the ability to hide behind the identities we’ve constructed for ourselves?”
By asking participants to sign up anonymously and then communicate via email with their
artist-chosen partners, Bailie hopes to see if deeper communication can take place. The
project has already been well received globally, with participants from Peru, Japan,
Europe, the UK, Australia and all over North America.
To learn more or to become a participant please go to the website theanonymousproject.com or find the project on Facebook.
Compare the number of healthy habits you’ve tried to form, like getting regular exercise, to the number you’ve formed successfully. If you’re like most of us, that ratio is lower than you’d prefer.
You may recall in Fall 2013 Kate Armstrong, Director of the SIM Centre at Emily Carr University, launched an exciting new partnership with Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab.
Led by Haig Armen, Assistant Professor of Design+Dynamic Media, five design students from Emily Carr formed an innovative design research team at the Gastown headquarters of top internet accelerator GrowLab. Their focus? Developing a new methodology for connecting design to early stage start up companies.
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Last year, Communication Design alumni Alvin Kwan and Vince Lo (’11), along with Ben Wu (SFU), decided to get together, pool their talents and come up with a project that would contribute to their community. The catch ─ they had to come up with something with a zero-dollar budget. Read more →
November 14, 2013 | This morning, Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification and Member of Parliament for Kamloops- Thompson-Cariboo, announced Government of Canada support for equipment upgrades to the University’s Intersections Digital Studios. Read more →
