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NSCAD welcomes new Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Cultural Practice

NSCAD welcomes its latest Canada Research Chair, Dr. Joshua Schwab-Cartas, who is now a CRC (Tier 2) in Global Indigenous Cultural Practice. Schwab-Cartas, an assistant professor teaching in NSCAD’s Master of Art Education program, is a mixed-race Indigenous Binnizá (Zapotec)-Austrian researcher, filmmaker, parent, and language revitalization advocate. For over two decades, he has worked alongside […]

A Sea of Knowledge: How Students Reimagined their School Walls with NSCAD Artists

Associate Professor Jordan Bennett (left) led NSCAD students to create stunning murals for St. Catherine’s Elementary. Credit: Ginger Yu. At St. Catherine’s Elementary, transformation didn’t begin with a grand plan. It began with a question. “The school was built in 1956… it’s got great bones, but it looks a little weary at times,” said Principal […]

NSCAD designers win Alcuin Society Book Design Awards

Segments of “piyyut” compiled in the studio before design and layout. Credit: Courtesy NSCAD alumni and designers, Angela Henderson (MFA 2016) and Jayme Spinks (MDes 2015) have won the Alcuin Society Book Design Awards for their work in Solomon Nagler’s recent book, piyyut. The book was designed and published by Spinks’ independent publishing company, Nevermore […]

Rise Symposium: 2025/2026 Infungible Narratives report

Opening reception for the RISE Symposium. Credit: Wiebke Schroeder In December 2025, NSCAD University welcomed artists, thinkers, cultural workers, researchers, and community members for the inaugural RISE Symposium, a week-long gathering dedicated to centering Black voices, experiences, and knowledge systems. Conceived by NSCAD’s Canada Research Chair Dr. Eddy Firmin, the conference was grounded in the […]

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Lab for Us Launch

Märta Mattsson

Media Art Week 2026

Media Art Week (MAW) is built on a hunger to learn, experiment, challenge, and discuss the vast realm of media art. The core of MAW is formulated from the knowledge, skills, questions, and ideas of its participants. We invite artists, students, animators, photographers, sound artists, performers, video makers, designers, programmers, hackers, and all media enthusiasts […]