The following is a list of selected Canadian academic institutions offering programs relating to film, television and new media.

The Art Institute of Vancouver – Burnaby
Located: Burnaby, BC
Founded: recording arts program 1979; became The Art Institute of Vancouver – Burnaby, September 2003
Programs: animation, visual effects, digital video, acting, game animation, game design, game programming, recording arts, entertainment business, multimedia
Degrees/certification: certificates, diplomas
Facilities: Maya labs; Softimage XSI labs; Final Cut Pro, combustion and Shake lab; film soundstage; foley stage; five recording studios; full 5.1 audio post mix theater with ProControl; 5.1 analog music production studio; MIDI and sound design labs; ProTools HD3 edit suites; Macintosh and PC labs; Internet live-broadcast/streaming studio; classical animation labs; digital cameras, lighting kits, live-sound kits, microphones, sound effects library; presentation theatre Number of students: 800-plus
Notable graduates: Trevor Cawood (The Matrix – Reloaded & Revolutions), Andrew Daffy (Die Another Day)
What’s new: additional 15,000 square feet of classroom and facilities space; art gallery; expanded library and resources center
Contact: assistant director of admissions
Tel.: (604) 298-5400
Fax: (604) 298-5403
E-mail: aiv_burnaby_info@aii.edu
www.aivb.artinstitutes.edu

Canadian Film Centre
Located: Toronto, ON
Founded: 1988 by director Norman Jewison
Programs: Alliance Atlantis Film Resident Programme (directors, writers, editors, producers labs), CTV Prime Time Television Resident Programme, Universal Studios Short Dramatic Film Programme, Habitat’s Interactive Art & Entertainment Programme, Habitat’s Interactive Project Lab
Other initiatives: The Feature Film Project, Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival
Number of students:
Alliance Atlantis Film Resident Programme, 28 per year; CTV Prime Time Television Resident Programme, eight per year; Universal Studios Short Dramatic Film Programme, maximum five films; Habitat’s Interactive Art and Entertainment Programme,10-12 per session; Habitat’s Interactive Project Lab, six projects per year
Notable graduates: directors Vincenzo Natali (Cube) and William Phillips (Foolproof); producer Raymond Massey (Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity); writers Semi Chellas and Sean Reycraft (The Eleventh Hour) and Karen Walton (Ginger Snaps); new media content developer Jeremy Diamond (Smiley Guys Studio/Odd Job Jack)
Tel.: (416) 445-1446
Fax: (416) 445-9481
E-mail: info@cdnfilmcentre.com
www.cdnfilmcentre.com

Canadian Screen Training Centre
Located: Ottawa, ON
Founded: 1981
Programs: Summer Institute of Film and Television, Taking it to the Screen Weekend Workshops, Youth Video Workshops (training for film and television by top industry professionals in screenwriting, directing, producing, documentary and new media); programs offered across Canada
Number of students: 400-500 per year
Notable graduates: director Andre Turpin (Un Crabe dans la tete); producers Denise Robert (Les Invasions barbares), Merilyn Read (Tom Green), Janis Lundman (Bliss) and Geoff D’Eon (This Hour Has 22 Minutes).
What’s new: CSTC Mentorship Program – matches industry mentors with CSTC alumni
Contact: Max Berdowski, executive director
Tel: (800) 742-6016;
(613) 789-4720
Fax: (613) 789-4724
E-mail: info@cstc.ca
www.cstc.ca

Capilano College Professional Film Studies
Located: North Vancouver, BC
Founded: fulltime certificate motion picture and video program began 1997; diploma program motion picture production and entry-level craft since 2001
Degrees/certificates: certificate and diploma
Programs: training programs in gripping, electrics, set dressing, costuming, advanced cinematography; part-time continuing education courses and union-mandated studies
Facilities: soundstage; digital cameras; some instruction in film; access to 300-seat theater; Final Cut Pro 4 editing and Mac Lab; Avid and Media 100; Pro Tools sound editing and mixing; industry-standard grip and lighting equipment; two workshops for set dec; access to traditional and computer animation; graphic design and music departments
Number of students: approximately 500 annually
What’s new: maintains close ties to the industry through instructors and apprenticeship training
Contact: Bob Morris, program manager; Keith Cutler, coordinator
Tel.: (604) 990-7867
Fax: (604) 990-7868
E-mail: bmorris@capcollege.bc.ca
www.capcollege.bc.ca.

Concordia University Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Located: Montreal, QC
Founded: cinema degree program since early 1970s; became Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in 1997
Programs: film animation, film production, film studies
Degrees/certification: BFA, MA, MFA
Facilities: interactive teaching environment with ability to project software as well as a variety of audio-visual formats; shooting studio; professional screening rooms; analog editing suites; Avid digital editing; Pro Tools sound editing; all-digital sound studio with sound creation and manipulation studios; sound archive; all-digital animation lab; full complement of digital and analog production and animation equipment
Number of students: annual admissions of new students into BFA – programs: animation, 45; film production, 60; film studies, 75
Notable graduates: director/DOP Andre Turpin (Un Crabe dans la tete); director Manon Briand (La turbulence des fluides); producer Jeff Abugov (Grace Under Fire); actress Pascale Bussieres (La turbulence des fluides)
What’s new: students won four major awards at the 2003 World Film Festival; received major donations from the arts community and film industry
Contact: Amely Jurgenliemk, administrator
Tel.: (514) 848-4667
Fax: (514) 848-4255
E-mail: amelyj@vax2.concordia.ca
cinema.concordia.ca

Film Training Manitoba
Located: Winnipeg, MB
Founded: May 1999; from 1995-99, the MMPIA Training Program ran as a project of the Manitoba Motion Pictures Industries Association
Programs: crew training, above the line, work experience
Number of participants: 2002/03 – crew training, 494; above the line, 155; work experience, 49
What’s new: crew internship pilot program; professional development workshops for ACTRA members
Contact: Valerie Shantz, executive director
Tel.: (204) 989-9669
Fax: (204) 989-9660
E-mail: info@filmtraining.mb.ca
www.filmtraining.mb.ca

The Gulf Islands Film and Television School
Location: Galiano Island, BC
Founded: 1995
Programs: one-week and one-month hands-on media intensives for youth, adults and teachers with focus on dramatic video production, documentary, Super 8 film, computer animation, claymation, drama for actors, ProD, extreme and Aboriginal moviemaking; seminars on media literacy, visual storytelling; technical workshops for cameras, lighting, sound
Degrees/certification: PPSEC registered
Facilities: a live/work facility, one instructor/mentor for every four students; nonlinear editing system
What’s new: to date over 990 videos, films and animations, with over 125 national and international awards
Contact: office staff
Tel.: (250) 539-5729
Fax: (250) 539-3290
E-mail: gifts@gulfislands.com
www.giftsfilms.com

Humber Institute, School of Media Studies
Located: Toronto, ON
Founded: about 30 years ago
Programs: film and television production, multimedia, 3D design for broadcast, post-production, television writing and producing, documentary writing and production, summer screenwriters workshop
Degrees/certification: diploma in film and television production and multimedia; post-diploma certificate in digital media, multimedia, post-production and television writing and producing
Facilities: post facility, based at the north campus, features state-of-the-art learning laboratories, using equipment by Apple, Silicon Graphics, Pro Tools and Avid
Number of students: about 200, with 74 new students accepted annually into three-year film and TV production program
What’s new: Vicon motion-capture studio
Contact: Donna O’Brien, program coordinator, film & TV production
Tel.: (416) 675-6622 ext. 4450
E-mail: obriendo@humberc.on.ca
www.sms.humberc.on.ca

National Screen Institute – Canada
Located: Winnipeg, MB
Founded: 1984 – Local Heroes Film Festival, DramaLab; 1986 – National Screen Institute – Canada
Programs: training school for writers, directors and producers working in film and television: NSI ZeD Drama Prize, NSI Features First, NSI Global Marketing, NSI Totally Television, NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival
Degrees/certification: N/A
Facilities: NSI is a ‘school without walls,’ taking its programs on the road to major centers across the country
Number of students: NSI ZeD Drama Prize, maximum five teams of up to three people; NSI Features First, maximum five teams of up to three people; NSI Global Marketing, up to 10 producers; NSI Totally Television, up to six writer-producer teams.
Notable graduates: director Norma Bailey (Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story); writer/directors David Wellington (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Keith Behrman (Flower & Garnet) and Brad Fraser (Leaving Metropolis); producer Jennifer Holness (Love, Sex and Eating the Bones)
What’s new: plans to launch two new initiatives targeting Aboriginal participants: NSI Aboriginal Youth Pilot Project and NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative
Contact: Chris Vajcner, publicity & media relations
Tel.: (204) 956-7800/800-952-9307
Fax: (204) 956-5811
E-mail: info@nsi-canada.ca
www.nsi-canada.ca

O’Sullivan College Centre for Film & Television Crew Training
Located: Montreal, QC
Founded: 2003
Programs: one-year, ‘hands-on’ program geared for technical jobs on a film, video and television set; specifically targeted to camera, sound, editing, post-production, set design and production management
Degrees/certification: ‘Attestation of Collegial Studies’
Facilities: shooting studio; professional screening rooms; analog editing suites, Avid digital editing; multiple cameras (film and video); lighting and sound gears
Number of students: 60 new admissions annually
Contact: Michel Zgarka, program director
Tel: (514) 866-4622
Fax: (514) 866-6663
E-mail: zgarka@osullivan.edu
www.osullivan.edu

Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology
Located: London, ON
Founded: 1983
Program: audio recording technology
Degrees/certification: diploma
Facilities: six comprehensive on-site studios, including a CPU-based, all-digital Pro Tools HD3 control room; RADAR/MDM ‘classic’ music recording studio; MIDI-based professional project studio; audio for pictures editing/transfer suite; recording engineering lecture studio; acoustics research lab and screening room; lecture theater; Pro Tools editing stations
Number of students: 64 annually
Notable graduates: rerecording mixer Paul Williamson (Undermind); SFX recordist Rob Nokes (Sea Biscuit); sound designer/Electronic Arts Jenn Lewis (James Bond 007: Nightfire); supervising sound editor Brian Eimer (Cruiseship Rescue); audio post supervisor Matthew Davies (CG Kids); ADR recordist Ed Poty (Power and Beauty); post-production coordinator Natalie Angelucci (Made in Canada)
What’s new: major curriculum revisions include audio synthesis for sound design, expanded digital audio editing experience, and digital video playback for audio post-production;
Contact: Jeremy Glenn, communications administrator
Tel.: (519) 686-5010 x29
Fax: (519) 686-0162
E-mail: inquiry@oiart.ca
www.oiart.ca

NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
Located: Halifax, NS
Founded: 1887; has offered film courses since the 1970s, film degree program began in September 2002
Programs: film production, film studies, video and multimedia art
Degrees/certification: BFA, major in film; Alliance Atlantis Graduate Program in Film is expected to launch in 2004
Facilities: 3,000-square-foot professional soundstage; digital and film editing facilities; high-end digital cameras, lighting, grip and sound gear
Number of students: Currently, 35
Notable graduates: directors Andrea Dorfman (Parsley Days), Stephen Reynolds (The Divine Ryans) and Bill MacGillivray (Gullages); writer Tricia Fish (New Waterford Girl)
What’s new: in September, NASCAD film programs moved into the 125-year-old Alliance Atlantis Academy Building, donated by AAC
Contact: David Clark, associate professor, Film Department
Tel.: (902) 494-8308
Fax: (902) 425-4021
E-mail: dclark@nscad.ns.ca,
Terrence Bailey, coordinator of admissions and recruitment
Tel.: (902) 494-8188
Fax: (902) 425-2420
E-mail: tbailey@nscad.ns.ca
www.nscad.ns.ca

Praxis Centre for Screenwriters
Located: Vancouver, BC
Founded: 1986
Programs: intensive workshops for screenwriters, script readings, story editing internships, script analysis, various short courses, seminars and lectures on screenwriting and filmmaking
Degrees/certification: none, but affiliated with Simon Fraser University film program
Facilities: offices and extensive library of screenplays, screenwriting and film books, and industry directories
Number of students: 12 per year into competitive fall and spring workshops; short courses have 12 to 100, depending on format
Notable graduates: scripts workshopped: Nathaniel Geary (On the Corner), Ori Kowarsky (Various Positions), Frank Borg (My Father’s Angel), Mina Shum (Double Happiness), Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden), Srinivas Krishna (Masala) and Scott Smith (Rollercoaster); other grads: Guy Bennett (Punch), Graeme Manson (Cube), Renny Bartlett (Eisenstein), Andrew Currie (Mile Zero)
What’s new: new distance ed. packaged courses and expansion of ‘scripts for option’ site to link up with the U.S. InkTips.com and expose Canadian scripts to more producers
Contact: Zoe Welch
Tel.: (604) 682-3100
Fax: (604) 682-7909
E-mail: praxis@sfu.ca
www.praxisfilm.com

Ryerson University
Located: Toronto, ON
Founded: Image Arts: motion picture degree program expanded in 1974, renamed School of Image Arts in 1997; Radio and Television Arts founded more than 50 years ago
Programs: Radio and Television Arts and Image Arts, including courses in producing, directing, cinematography, editing, writing, visual studies, film history and theory, children’s TV, documentary production.
Degrees/certification: BFA (Image Arts), BAA (Radio and Television Arts)
Facilities: (Rogers Communications Centre) RTA – nine audio suites; three analog and digital multitrack studios; three MIDI music production studios; digital surround-sound mixing studios; two broadcast-quality television studios, 16 portable television units for field production, including three HD cameras; 25-station digital media lab; shared facilities include 22 video editing suites, including HD online and offline, compositing and 3D animation suites; radio and television newsrooms
Number of students: RTA 482
Notable graduates: Rick Brace (president CTV), Doug Beeforth (president Rogers Sportsnet), Keith Pelley (president TSN), Marci Ien (anchor Canada AM) and Keith Kocho (president Extend Media); directors Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo), Jeremy Podeswa (The Five Senses) and Soo Lyu (Rub & Tug); DOPs Joan Hutton (Escape from the Newsroom, CSC president) and Derek Rogers (New Waterford Girl)
What’s new: survey by University Planning Office indicates 86% of graduating students are satisfied or very satisfied with their decision to attend Ryerson
Contact: Radio and Television Arts
Tel.: (416) 979-5100 ext. 5107
Contact: School of Image Arts
Tel.: (416) 979-5167
Fax: (416) 979-5139
www.ryerson.ca

Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Located: Oakville, ON
Founded: Sheridan founded in 1967, advanced television and film started in September 2000
Programs: media arts, advanced television and film, animation, computer animation, classical animation, journalism print, journalism new media
Degrees/certificates: BA (animation), media, journalism, computer animation
Facilities: video post-production and broadcast center; digital learning lab and studio; multimedia design and production studio; digital imaging studio; digital animation research lab; animation design and development studio; SCAET presentation auditorium; audio facilities: 5.1 surround sound audio recording studio with Digidesign ProTools editing capability, two additional Digidesign ProTools editing suites; foley sound recording studio; three Avid Symphony nonlinear editing stations; three Avid Media Composer editing stations; three Sonic Solution stations with DVD Fusion software; Quantel Editbox; broadcast television studio
Number of students: advanced television and film, 45; media arts, 150; animation, 100
Contact: Angela Stukator, associate dean, Media/Animation
Tel: 905-845-9430
www.sheridaninstitute.ca

Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts
Located: Burnaby, BC
Founded: film program since 1992
Programs: film and video production; film sound; history and esthetics of cinema; cinematography and lighting; studies in documentary film and video; directing and acting for film and video
Degrees/certification: BFA, major in film, extended minor in film, minor in film and video studies, MFA, interdisciplinary studies
Facilities: supports 16mm film and video with studio and location shoots, optical printing and digital sound studios
Number of students: admits 24 new first-year students annually
Notable graduates: writer/directors Keith Behrman (Flower & Garnet), Scott Smith (Falling Angels) and Bruce Spangler (Protection); director Andrew Currie (Mile Zero); DOP Bob Aschmann (Mile Zero)
What’s new: continually increasing editing facilities; planning series of visiting filmmakers and lecturers
Contact: SCA office
Tel.: (604) 291-3363
E-mail: ca@sfu.ca
www.sfu.ca/sca

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Located: Calgary
Founded: 1921
Programs: new media production and design, founded 1999. Main topic areas include research and writing, graphic design, digital audio, digital photography, digital video, interactive design, web design and 2D-3D animation
Degrees/certification: Two-year fulltime diploma
Facilities: two 33-seat Macintosh Labs, one 33-seat Pentium 4 lab
Number of students: 110 (Intake of 64 per year)
Contact: Dick Bourne, Academic Coordinator
Tel.: (403) 284-8994
Fax: (403) 284-7238
E-mail:  dick.bourne@sait.ca, nmpd.info@sait.ca
www.sait.ca (official school site), media.sait.ab.ca
(student work site)

Trebas Institute
Located: Toronto, Montreal
Founded: 1979; film program launched in 1996 in Toronto, 2000 in Montreal
Programs: film and television production, digital video post-production, sound design, audio engineering, recorded music production, entertainment management
Degrees/certification: one-year program diplomas; annually sends several students to Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts to continue towards a BA (Hons.) in sound technology or BA (Hons.) in arts, music and entertainment management
Facilities: (Toronto) 10′ x 35′ shooting stage; Avid Xpress DV and Apple Final Cut Pro nonlinear editing; Pro Tools audio editing; recording studio; Arri SR2 16mm cameras; Canon XL1S and Sony PD100 camcorders; Strand lighting
Number of students: accepts between 150 and 200 students up to four times per year at each campus
Notable graduates: director Charles Wahl (Pass the Salt), Christopher Lane (Silent Music – The Story of Eric James)
What’s new: acquired historic castle designed by E. J. Lennox for new Toronto location; more than $3 million invested in updating the site
Contact: Toronto: registration officer
Tel: (416) 966-3066
rbrandt@trebas.com
Montreal: admissions advisor
Tel.: (514) 845-4141
E-mail: trebasmtl@total.net
www.trebas.com

University of British Columbia Department of Theatre, Film & Creative Writing
Located: Vancouver, BC
Founded: approximately 1982
Programs: 16mm film production, film studies
Degrees/certification: BA with a major in film production and MFA in film production; BA major and BA minor in film studies and MA in film (history/theory/criticsm)
Facilities: editing suites, sound room, video library and resource center
Number of students: admits 15 undergraduate students per year; two to four students each year at graduate level
Notable graduates: directors Mina Shum (Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity), Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding) and Lynne Stopkewich (Suspicious River); producers Stephen Hegyes (Last Wedding) and Sharon McGowan (Saint Monica)
What’s new: in the process of converting to digital production and post-production
Contact: Gail Oelkers, undergraduate and graduate secretary
Tel.: (604) 822-6037
Fax: (604) 822-0508
E-mail: film@interchange.ubc.ca
www.film.ubc.ca

University of New Brunswick Film Program
Located: Fredericton, NB
Founded: film courses since 1988; standalone program since 2000
Programs: film studies/film production
Degrees/ceritification: certificate in film production (can be done with degree program), fine arts minor in film and video
Facilities: production facilities; editing suites; 35mm projectors; 16mm film gear
Number of students: not a limited enrollment program
Contact: Anne Forrestall
Tel.: (506) 453-4818
Fax : (506) 453-3572
E-mail: caf@unbc.ca
www.unbf.ca/arts/FineArts/Film/

University of Regina: Media Production and Studies
Located: Regina, SK
Founded: 1960s
Programs: film, video and new media production; film theory and esthetics; Canadian cinema
Degrees/certification: BFA in production, BA/BA Honours in film studies
Facilities: four Avid DV express suites; Avid Elite suite; production studio; animation suite; 16mm flatbed suites; Mac G4 DV suite; nonlinear audio stations
Number of students: 150
What’s new: undergraduate digital media lab shared with the Department of Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Sheila Petty, department head
Tel.: (306) 585-4188
Fax: (306) 585-4439
E-mail: Sheila.Petty@uregina.ca
www.uregina.ca/finearts/

York University Department of Film & Video
Located: Toronto, ON
Founded: 1970
Programs: studies in film history, theory and criticism; hands-on studio training in film and video production (directing, cinematography, editing, sound) and screenwriting
Degrees/certification: BA, BA Honours, BFA Honours, MA, MFA
Facilities: 2,000-square-foot soundstage; 22 nonlinear editing suites (six Media 100s, four Avids, 12 Final Cut Pro 3); eight 16mm film editing rooms and a 12-station edit suite; three sound recording and mixing studios, including foley and multi-track facilities; eight sound edit suites; video and audio transfer facilities; digital graphics studio; three screening rooms; equipment loan gallery (DVCAM, DAT, BETACAM-SP, 16mm, Super 8, Nagra, grip gear, etc.); maintenance shop
Number of students: 60 new undergraduates and 15 grad students admitted each year
Notable graduates: Rhombus Media partners Niv Fichman, Larry Weinstein and Barbara Willis Sweete; director Bronwen Hughes (Harriet the Spy); cinematographers Paul Sarossy (Ararat) and Mark Irwin (Me, Myself & Irene); producers Bonnie Palef (Marvin’s Room), Janis Lundman (Bliss) and Risa Schuman (Saturday Night at the Movies)
What’s new: major new donations for student awards and equipment support from Universal Studios Canada, Cinespace Studios, William F. White
Contact: Mary Riccardi, Fine Arts liaison/student advising office
Tel.: (416) 736-5135
Fax: (416) 736-5447
E-mail: finearts@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/finearts/