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How often do you stop and reflect on where you’re standing, what difficult historical significance the space may have, or what weight its name may carry? The Difficult Histories Database (DHD) challenges us to question and look closer at the spaces we occupy and consider the impacts of the past on where we exist today. Sydney Wreaks (BFA 2020), Master of Art in Art Education student at NSCAD University, has partnered with Lucy Boyd, History and Early Modern Studies student at University of King’s College, to populate the DHD, an initiative part of the Counter Memory Activism interdisciplinary research-creation project.

Springboard Atlantic’s Industry Liaison Office connected eOceans with NSCAD Assistant Professor Michael LeBlanc and Master of Design student Nachiketa Katkar to improve the user experience of the eOceans app as well as its data collection capabilities.

NSCAD University is honored to present a conversation with senior officials from two of Ukraine’s most important national museums: the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts, and the National Art Museum of Ukraine.

At its May 5 meeting, NSCAD University’s Board of Governors approved the proposed budget for the university for 2022-2023. The budgeted revenue for the year is $19.4 million and budgeted expense is $20.5 million (a decrease of 9% and 3% respectively from the 2020-2021 budget).

This year’s Nova Scotia Access Awareness Week takes place from May 29 – June 4, 2022. This is an annual celebration to raise awareness and engage Nova Scotians on issues around accessibility and inclusion. In recognition of this week, we wish to share with you NSCAD University’s Accessibility Framework 2022-27

NSCAD University is very pleased to welcome Dr. Joshua Schwab-Cartas to its distinguished faculty as Assistant Professor, Art Education, Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture.

The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning is seeking two NSCAD alumni who have graduated in the last two years to participate in a Community Studio Residency starting in September 2022. Located at 50 Queen St. in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia this year long residency is hosted by the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning.

NSCAD University is always ready to recognize extraordinary, long-term contributions to the art world, and to the school’s success and reputation. NSCAD is pleased to announce that Luc Courchesne (BDes 1974) and Zainub Verjee will be awarded honorary degrees at the 2022 graduation ceremony on May 12.