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Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design is a university in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It is named for Canadian artist Emily Carr.
The school was founded by the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts in 1925, and later known as Vancouver School of Art: Decorative and Applied (1933), Vancouver School of Art (1937), Emily Carr College of Art (1978), and Emily Carr College of Art and Design (1981). In 1995, the school was renamed Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
Emily Carr Institute is one of Canada's best known Art and Design universities and specializes in sustainable design, visual arts, media, interactive media, animation, industrial design, communication design and general fine arts.
The current president of the institute is Dr. Ron Burnett.
Emily Carr Institute is located on the Vancouver tourist attraction Granville Island. It is composed of two buildings, the South building and the North building, the latter of which was once a fish canning factory. A second campus at Great Northern Way is operated in conjunction with BCIT, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University.
Contact Information:
1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6H 3R9
Phone: 604 844 3800
Fax: 604 844 3801
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