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This presentation is a part of a collaborative series between Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU) and OCAD University (OCAD U). The series explores themes around responsible conduct in art and design research. The Conducting Creative…

This workshop will introduce students to the use of one blockchain technology in protecting health data. It will engage students in a discussion of the role human-centred design methodology can play in promoting human-centred decision making when it…

In this workshop, Hillary Webb will give a virtual tour of the Emily Carr University’s institutional repository system (Islandora), an overview of the kinds of research + creation accepted to the repository, an explanation of the non-exclusive…

Promote awareness of Asian-hate crimes.

These podcasts function as mapping based in oral storytelling, a way to share some the conversations and research that are the foundation to all of the Mapping East Van projects.

The video is about a nomadic, wearable art piece called "The Duotard", which is two unitards attached by 17 feet of matching fabric, worn by two performers to act out what it's like to be in a relationship. The video file contains art…

A video prototype that explores an everyday living scenario with networked entities. In support of Aamir Rangwalla's MDES thesis.

Rita Wong talks about how rivers and their guardians can teach us so much about how to be humbly human in this precarious moment. From illegitimate pipelines on unceded Coast Salish land, to fertile valleys and destructive hydro dams in Dane Zaa…

Considering citation ethics and professional standards: Documenting collaborations and acknowledging contributions to research. This presentation is a part of a collaborative series between Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU) and OCAD…

Julie Bull, PhD, presents on Indigenous research – from their doctoral dissertation – where they did several unconventional things, like using poetry, to disrupt dominant notions of scholarly writing and scientific rigor. The presentation is also…

Watch Pacific Wild's latest release -- a beautiful short animation focusing on the whales of the Great Bear Rainforest. Produced by Picture Cloud film & animation of Victoria B.C. this visually stunning and thought provoking animation…

As the title suggests, this piece takes things slowly, using fades to move between locations at Wreck Beach. We begin on waves stirring kelp, moving to a tidal pool, then to the rustling of long grass in the beach's brackish soil.

Filmed in Snezhinsk, Russia, this piece observes a change in the environment as snow comes to blanket the local flora. Wind, perhaps as an agent of this change, is featured heavily, moving quietly over a pond, stirring among a spiderweb.

Recorded at Alice Lake in Squamish, Yumeng's piece is floral and fungal, focusing on mats of moss, mushrooms sprouting from logs, and ending with an undulating mass of leaves and detritus.

A movement between several distinct flora of Blue Mountain Park, and the insects gathered within. Pillbugs and ants dance within bark recesses, bees hover among windswept flowers.

The motions of the titular windy forest serve as a backdrop for several small, gentle displays. The slow drift of a mat of moss over a pond, ants marching between looming thorns, finally coming to rest on the stillness of a translucent-winged…

In support of Kunal Gupta's MDes thesis.

In support of Ashley Huang's MAF thesis. Earthenware, Video, and Sound.

In support of Shi Mawenzhu's MFA thesis. The black part is the interactive part which is designed to be viewed only in person. Total video length is 10 minutes.

In support of Oluwasola Olowo-Ake's MDes thesis.

In support of Rena Del Pieve Gobbi's thesis for Masters of Applied Art in media art.

In support of Ana Valine's MFA thesis.

Multimedia installation in support of Gemma Crowe's MFA thesis.

The Long Road is a 3 min personal piece about nostalgic memory blending inspiration to carve a path towards the future. It is documented from archival YouTube travel vlogs in 2015. While the main idea is centered around remembrance, motivation and…