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
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