CONTRIBUTORS

is Assistant Dean of Design at Emily Carr

University of Art + Design. He teaches communication
design as well as kinetic typography and ebook design. His
research interests have included the application of kinetic
typography to live interactive performance. He is currently
exploring the emerging media of ebook design. His
educational background is in Communication Design (BFA,
York University) and Industrial Design (MVA, University of
Alberta). He previously owned his own design studio and
taught at Ryerson University.

is the Vice President Academic + Provost at
Emily Carr. He served as the Associate Provost for Academic
Affairs at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-
2011, and as the Executive Director of the Institute for
Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson
College in Boston, Massachusetts from 1997-2007. He has
led major initiatives and projects in areas of art and design
research, industry/academic partnerships, international
programs, public engagement, and innovative program
and curriculum design. His most recent work explores
social, organizational, and perceptual issues in the design of
emerging media environments.

is the Coordinator of Emily Carr’s Teaching
and Learning Centre providing research, training and
administrative support of faculty and staff with learning
new technologies that are employed in the classroom, online
publishing environments and their own research projects.

is Emily Carr’s Associate Vice-President of
Research and Industry Liaison. His academic training is in
Physics, and he holds degrees from University of Victoria
and McGill. Dr. Inkster is a serial entrepreneur, who has
founded or acted in senior management positions in three
Canadian advanced technology companies, both private and
public. His companies have operated in diverse business
areas, including remote sensing, marine acoustics, and fibre
optics. He currently manages the Research Office, which
involves developing new research programs and funding,
the coop and intern programs at ECU, and supporting the
Research Ethics Board.

is a recent graduate of the Master of Applied
Art (Visual Art) at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Her collaborative and interdisciplinary artworks have been
hosted by public galleries, libraries, museums and arts
councils in Canada and abroad. She is a Past President of
VIVO Media Arts Centre Board of Directors in Vancouver.
She is currently the Assistant to the Emily Carr University
Research Ethics Board.

is the Director of the Intersections Digital
Studios research centre at the Emily Carr University of Art
+ Design. For many years she has been joining her love
of Computing Science with her belief in the innovative
potential of the arts. A circuitous route led her from
obtaining her PhD in Computing Science at Simon Fraser
University to leading the Visualization Lab at the Banff New
Media Institute. She has had the joy of bringing to life many
artist projects involving digital technology, and continues
this practice at Emily Carr where the IDS provides an ample
playground for experimentation.