Alberta College Of Art And Design

• Alberta art school aims to offer students more opportunities with new university status

  Alberta College of Art and Design is set to officially become the Alberta University of the Arts in February.

  Education

  Jan 19, 2019
  
• Kensington’s Chicken on the Way chicken statue gets ‘much-needed makeover’

  Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) students make a sweater for the chicken statue outside of Chicken on the Way, Kensington.

  Features

  Mar 23, 2018
  
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• Alberta College of Art and Design granted university status

  A new official name for the university is expected to be announced in the coming months. 

  Education

  Mar 1, 2018
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• Calgary police investigate after student art vandalized at Alberta College of Art and Design

  Calgary police are investigating after student art on display at ACAD was vandalized last week.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2017
• University of Calgary honours Brentwood victims with ceremony, festival

  For some, April 15 will bring back memories of the five students who lost their lives at a Brentwood house party during the city’s worst mass murder.

  Mar 24, 2015
• ACAD instructor gets job back after chicken slaughter

  CALGARY- The Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) has reinstated an instructor who was let go after a controversial incident in the school’s cafeteria in April.

  May 15, 2013
• Teachers group joins fight over dead chicken

  CALGARY - A national lobby group for teachers is backing a Calgary art instructor who was fired after one of his students beheaded a chicken as part of a school project.

  May 14, 2013
• Reports: ACAD instructor let go following controversial chicken slaughter

  Back in April, a student slaughtered a chicken with a knife in front of some horrified onlookers. According to police, the act was the student’s interpretation of a school assignment to hold a public protest.

  May 8, 2013
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• Police won’t lay charges against student responsible for chicken slaughter

  Police do not plan to lay charges against the ACAD student who chopped the head off of a chicken in the middle of the school’s cafeteria.

  Apr 19, 2013