Emily Carr University - New Campus Campaign

WE ARE EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY

OUR PURPOSE IS TO TRANSFORM CREATIVITY INTO AN INFINITE SPECTRUM OF POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR WORLD.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES • GRADUATE STUDIES • RESEARCH PREPARATORY AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS • LIFELONG LEARNING

WE’RE BUILDING A NEW CAMPUS AT GREAT NORTHERN WAY. Our University is responding to growth in Canada’s creative and cultural economy.

This new campus will inspire the transformation of Vancouver’s newest and most concentrated social-cultural district.

CULTURAL LABOUR FORCE IN CANADA 2013

THE BC CULTURAL LABOUR FORCE GREW BY

% 47% INCREASE 79 THAN 9% HIGHER OVERALL 1989

WORKFORCE

HILL STRATEGIES STUDY

BC’S CREATIVE SECTOR IS

2ND LARGEST OF BC’S 6 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. OPPORTUNITY BC 2020: CREATIVE SECTOR

BC’S CREATIVE SECTOR GENERATES

$4 BILLION

IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ANNUALLY. OPPORTUNITY BC 2020: CREATIVE SECTOR

TIMELINE “Emily Carr’s Great Northern Way Campus will be at the centre of a new social, cultural, educational, entertainment and economic engine for BC.” RON BURNETT

PRESIDENT + VICE-CHANCELLOR, EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY

LATE FALL 2014

SPRING 2015

2016

2017

PROPONENT ANNOUNCEMENT

GROUND BREAKING

CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETION + OCCUPANCY

Emily Carr University’s new Great Northern Way Campus is being developed with Partnerships BC through a P3 or Public Private Partnership process. Learn more at partnershipsbc.ca.

EVERY STUDENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE. INSPIRED + ENTREPRENEURIAL

OPPORTUNITY + IMPACT

Our Alumni Leading BC’s Creative Sector and Economy

DOUGLAS COUPLAND

MARTHA STURDY

Writer, Cultural Commentator, Designer, Artist, ’84 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Martha Sturdy Home | Art Designer/Sculptor, ’78 Governor General’s Golden Jubilee Medal

GIANT ANT MEDIA

PROPELLOR DESIGN

Creative Agency. Jay Grandin, ’04 and Leah Nelson, ’06 TED’s Ads Worth Spreading Nominee

Multi-disciplinary Design Studio Toby Barratt and Nick Rust, ’96 Pamela Goddard, ’98, BC Creative Achievement Award

SIMON CHANG

SMASHLAB

Simon Chang Concepts Inc. Fashion Designer and Philanthropist, ’71 Order of Canada

Digital Agency Eric Karjaluoto, ’95 Time Magazine’s Design 100

BRIAN JUNGEN Aboriginal Visual Artist, ’92 Iskowitz Prize

MICROSOFT

ADIDAS

BC INNOVATION COUNCIL AUDAIN FOUNDATION

MOZILLA FOUNDATION THE RENNIE COLLECTION

APPLE

3 IN 5

2 IN 5

ALUMNI APPLY THEIR SKILLS IN FIELDS SUCH AS BUSINESS, EDUCATION AND NON-PROFIT

30 BC Based Alumni Companies and their annual economic contribution:

BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

VISA

The majority of participants in a 2012 study are recent graduates (graduated less than five years ago).

ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES

FLUEVOG

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

OF ALUMNI ARE SELF-EMPLOYED

VIDEOGRAPHER • PRODUCTION DESIGNER • DIRECTOR OF MEDIA • CREATIVE DIRECTOR • ART DIRECTOR • ARTIST + ART THERAPIST • 3D ARTIST • ILLUSTRATOR • VFX COORDINATOR • BRAND STRATEGIST • GRAPHIC DESIGNER • UI ENGINEER • CURATOR • INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER • UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR • ANIMATOR

Emily Carr Collaborates with Dynamic Co-ops, Employers + Partners

LULULEMON

29%

ALUMNI JOB TITLES INCLUDE

INDUSTRY + COMMUNITY

HOOTSUITE

OF ALUMNI ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED

ALUMNI CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATIVE SECTOR AND ECONOMY

DDB (formerly Palmer Jarvis)

IKEA

92%

BROAD APPLICATIONS

Creative Agency Frank Palmer, ’65 Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends

NATIONAL FILM BOARD

STRONG EMPLOYMENT

RELIANCE PROPERTIES

MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP

FRASER HEALTH

HANGAR 18 • FREE AGENCY CREATIVE • WORKING FORMAT • MOD7 • HERRAINCO BRAND STRATEGY • SEVEN25 • GIANT ANT MEDIA • METAFORM • DDB CANADA • KELLY DECK DESIGN • ION BRANDING • MARTHA STURDY • SMASHLAB • COLLAGE COLLAGE • STRAIGHT LINE DESIGN • PROPELLOR DESIGN

GROWLAB OPUS ART SUPPLIES

ANNUAL ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION

$54 MILLION IN REVENUE

CREATIVITY IS OUR GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE.

Our community is at the forefront of creativity. We are internationally award-winning thought leaders, artists and innovators. Together we inspire our highest creative and intellectual selves through practice, research, technology and scholarship. Join now, build with us and support our new campus vision. thebigidea.ecuad.ca