Tucked away in scenic Vancouver, the University of British Columbia may be the only institution in Canada that offers a nude beach. Until Ryerson’s venture into communications and culture this September, it was also the only place in Canada where students…

Richard Bourne of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology has no doubt what the purpose of the school is: to get graduates into jobs. ‘The focus is to find students jobs and good jobs with a future.’…

Ryerson Polytechnic University’s communications degrees, with their ‘integrated’ four-year programs that combine theory, production and liberal studies, are a choice scholastic destination for those wishing a career in media….

Vancouver: AAAGH! It’s the Mr. Hell Show – a Canada/u.k. coproduction – debuted Oct. 30 and became the first production gestated by Vancouver’s Sextant Entertainment Group….

Production on the Creative Atlantic Communications series Liography has commenced in Halifax at the Electropolis Studios. Executive produced by Greg Jones and Janice Evans, the 13 half-hours are set to air on The Comedy Network….

Montreal-based CineGroupe recently announced the opening of its new digital sound and dubbing studio. The company, which specializes in animation and family programming development, production, post-production and distribution, spent $400,000 on the expansion….

There’s no resource like a little ingenuity. Just ask Patrick McLaughlin, director of photography on waydowntown, the third feature by Alberta auteur Gary Burns. Despite its modest production values, the film, which recently secured u.s. distribution through New York-based Lot 47…

Production is underway on the hard-hitting drama Lucky Girl, an mow coproduced by Triptych Media and Alliance Atlantis Communications in association with ctv….

For the second year in a row, a Budweiser spot with creative from DDB Needham in Chicago has sailed into the number one spot in Playback’s annual Top Spots competition. This year’s victor is ‘Raft’ from director Eddy Chu through u.s….

Earlier this month, The Partners’ Film Company ended its 10-year relationship with Montreal commercial production company La Fabrique d’Images. Soon after, the Toronto spot producer struck a mutual representation deal with Jet Films in Montreal and hooked up with the recently…

The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….

In the wake of Sheila Copps’ $100-million feature film fund announcement, the cbc has emerged with a newly created Regional Program Development Fund that will inject $5 million into tv program development outside of Toronto….