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Local students design portable playgrounds for refugee campsIndustrial design students at Vancouver’s Emily Carr University have teamed up with Squamish-based organization The Power of Play to create portable playgrounds for refugee camps. Safeeya Pirani visits the team to learn about the Playscape Project, and how they are hoping to bring joy to children in places where it can seem out of reach.EnvironmentApr 26, 2025
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Downtown Eastside artist featured at Emily Carr University exhibitA one of a kind art exhibition has opened in Vancouver. It’s the culmination of a course on the impact of graffiti culture, launched by a university professor. As Kristen Robinson reports, one of the guest lecturers, is a well known street artist, who honed his skills on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.Global BCApr 7, 2024
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Indigenous artists come together to unveil new exhibit at Emily Carr UniversityEmily Carr University hosted an Indigenous cultural ceremony to introduce the Pacific Song of the Ancestors totem pole to the world. It’s the result of a decade of work meant to symbolize Indigenous relations and reverence for diverse Indigenous cultures in B.C. and around the world.Global News at 11 BCSep 29, 2023
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Official opening of new Emily Carr University campusPremier John Horgan, and other dignitaries, were on hand Tuesday for the official opening of the new Emily Carr University of Art + Design campus. The post-secondary art school moved from its long time location at Granville Island to Great Northern Way.CanadaSep 5, 2017
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Vancouver man charged in arson at Emily Carr UniversityA Vancouver man has been charged with an arson that shut down the Mount Pleasant campus of Emily Carr University that could cost millions of dollars. Catherine Urquhart reports.CrimeOct 15, 2019
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Vancouver campus closed after break and enter and possible arsonEmily Carr University was closed all weekend as police investigate and restoration crews carry out repairs. Grace Ke reports from the Vancouver campus.Global News Hour at 6 BCOct 6, 2019