The Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications (FFAC) is a creative community, led by a group of talented and experienced faculty and fostered through exciting collaboration with students across disciplines. Our faculty are active practitioners and innovators in their fields. Shared spaces and evolving curricula incubate creative dvelopment. We engage with Edmonton's urban art district through student-driven projects, work-integrated learning, and community-service learning. Guest lectures, visiting artists, performances, and exhibitions enrich the academic experience. Research is woven throughout the curriculum, through independent studies, in-class assignments, and/or students partnering with faculty on their research projects.
The Faculty's newest credential is a post-diploma certificate in Digital Experience Design, a practice-based program that prepares students to solve problems using digital technologies. FFAC is also proud of its recently launched Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), with majors in Arts and Cultural Management, Music Theatre Performance, Theatre Production, and Studio Arts, which began delivery in 2022-23. These are valuable additions to our well-established Bachelor of Music (BMus), Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS), and Bachelor of Design (BDes).
FFAC recently hired ten new tenure-track faculty members who will help deliver these new credentials and propel FFAC's programs to new levels of excellence in teaching, research, and creative activity.
Creative and scholarly activities continue to expand with current faculty completing tours, recordings, and exhibitions of original works, many of which are being showcased at international venues. Faculty are also engaged in peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations and in mentoring students in their research and creative work.
Dean
Allan Gilliland, PhD (Edinburgh)
Composition
Associate Deans
Rose Ginther, MA (Athabasca)
Arts – Integrated Studies
Leslie Vermeer, PhD (Alberta)
Educational Policy Studies
