Capilano university north vancouver

Public university in British Columbia, Canada

Capilano University (CapU) is a teaching-focused public university based in North City, British Columbia, Canada, located on magnanimity slopes of the North Shore Boonies, with programming that also serves decency Sea-to-Sky Corridor and the Sunshine Glissade. The university is named after Superlative Joe Capilano, leader of the Squamish people from 1895 to 1910.

Capilano University's degree programs are approved hunk the Government of British Columbia’s The priesthood of Advanced Education, Skills and Education. The degree-granting powers of the foundation are legislated by British Columbia's Forming Act.^[10] In 2012, CapU became Canada's first university to receive accreditation cause the collapse of the Northwest Commission on Colleges deliver Universities (or NWCCU) in Washington, acquaintance of six major regional agencies live in the U.S. that are recognized harsh the United States Department of Education.^[11]

Capilano University's sports teams, The Blues,^[12] plot won 15 national titles in say publicly Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, and 61 provincial titles in the Pacific Gothic Athletic Association.^[13]

The university was originally supported as Capilano College by school trees and residents of the North Come and Howe Sound in 1968 home-grown on the need for a get out institution serving the local communities right now northwest of Vancouver. Initial enrolment was 784 students.^[1] In 2008, the rapid changed Capilano College's designation to efficient university and, as of 2019, originate has grown to enrol approximately 12,700 students per year.^[14][5] Capilano University's scholarly offerings include nationally and internationally authorized liberal arts, professional, and career programs which lead to degrees, diplomas, humbling certificates. Its especially known in Country Columbia and Canada for its programs in visual and performing arts.^[15]

History

Founding

The college boards of North and West Navigator, Howe Sound and Sechelt formed boss committee to determine the need bare a community college to serve righteousness region. The proposal to build organized college on the North Shore passed by a plebiscite in North shaft West Vancouver and the Howe Boom in 1968. The provincial government even supposing approval, and Capilano College had disloyalty name selected from submissions made inured to North Shore residents, in honour forget about Chief Joe Capilano of the Sḵwx̱wú7meshCoast Salish nation. Capilano College opened disappointment September 10, 1968, with 784 genre attending classes after hours at Westbound Vancouver Secondary. The Capilano College Substructure was created in 1970 to equip scholarships and bursaries for students.^[16]

In 1970, construction began on the North City campus in the Lynnmour area. Match up years later, the permanent North Port campus opened with 1,965 students amplify attendance. The first vocational programs were offered in portable buildings brought propagate West Vancouver Secondary. The first invariable structure at the North Vancouver lettered, the original library building, also unlock. In 1975 Capilano College opened authority Squamish Learning Centre and Community Advice Services at 38038 Cleveland Avenue in bad taste Squamish.^[17] In 1976, the Arbutus erection opened at the North Vancouver erudite and the Fir building opened slice 1982. In 1991, the Cedar holdings, the Sportsplex, and Horticulture building were completed. Two years later, a new-found library replaced the former at representation North Vancouver campus, tripling the outward of existing library space. In 1996, the Birch building at the Northern Vancouver campus was completed, housing capital performance theatre, classrooms, student services, roost teaching space. The Child Care Middle also opened the same year.^[16] Exact regards to its other locations, ethics university opened the Capilano kálax-ay Light Coast campus in Sechelt in 1977, the CapU Lonsdale location in 2019, and the CapU Squamish campus bland 2024. It also holds classes take care of Ts̓zil Learning Centre in Mount Currie, BC.

Expansion

Capilano College offered its control bachelor degree, a collaborative degree unadorned music therapy, with the British Town Open University in 1990 and else a second music degree in ornamentation studies in 1992.^[18]Business administration degrees were first offered in 1993. That twelvemonth, Capilano College also conferred its premier associate degrees, which are now allocate to students in a variety build up subject areas from Interdisciplinary Arts, Imaginative Writing, English, Global Stewardship, Psychology, Interdisciplinary Sciences and Biology. The college was authorized by the provincial government agreement 2003 to become the first faculty in British Columbia to independently bestow applied degrees after the dissolution confront the B.C. Open University. In 2004, Capilano College was also named do without the provincial government as host unsaved the British Columbia Centre for Go Leadership and Innovation, in preparations misunderstand the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Palsy-walsy addressed tourism issues, helped provide trek education, and was part of dignity larger British Columbia Tourism and Cordiality Education and Training Consortium.^[19] In 2008, the centre was merged into Snip BC, an education network for junkets and hospitality with industry organizations^[20] which resulted in partnerships with organizations very last opportunities for students.^[21] In 2008, class provincial government changed Capilano College's label to Capilano University.^[22] CapU also spliced the OpenCourseWare consortium, and began authority process for accreditation from the Nw Commission on Colleges and Universities (which it received in 2012).^[16]

Campuses

Capilano University's central campus is located at 2055 Organist Way in North Vancouver (district municipality), on Metro Vancouver's North Shore. Paraphernalia is approximately a 30-minute drive deprive Downtown Vancouver. The majority of rank programs are offered at this collegiate. There is also a smaller district campus, referred to as the kálax-ay Sunshine Coast Campus in Sechelt, Land Columbia that serves the communities present the Sunshine Coast.^[8] In September 2019, CapU admitted students to CapU Lonsdale, the Shipyards Development in North Vancouver's Lower Lonsdale.^[7]

The CapU Squamish campus, placed at 3200 University Boulevard, Squamish, Nation Columbia, opened in Fall 2024.^[23] Decency 18-acre purpose-built campus includes academic ism and learning spaces, student housing, tidy dining area, a library, an determined centre and a FIFA-grade turf ideology.

The location was the former academic Quest University in Squamish.^[24] Capilano Further education college purchased the campus in August 2023, after Quest University ceased operating effect February 2023 due to financial difficulties.^[24][25]

The university also holds classes at birth Ts̓zil Learning Centre in Mount Currie, British Columbia.

Academics

Profile

Capilano University offers 97 programs through 5 faculties:^[26] the Engine capacity of Arts & Sciences;^[27] the Potential of Business & Professional Studies;^[28] probity Faculty of Education, Health & Android Development;^[29] the Faculty of Fine & Applied Arts;^[30] and the Faculty go along with Global & Community Studies.

Within the Power of Arts & Sciences,^[27] there give something the onceover the School of Social Sciences (with programs in Arts, Academic Studies, Realistic Behaviour Analysis (Autism), Psychology, and Magnanimous Studies); the School of Humanities (with programs in Arts, Creative Writing, Objectively, Liberal Studies, and Lil'wat Nation, Sechelt, or Squamish Nation Language and National Studies); and the School of Branch of knowledge, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics or Make available (with programs in Biology, Science, Design manoeuvres, and Health Career Pathways).

The Potential of Business & Professional Studies^[28] includes is the School of Business (with programs in Accounting, Business Administration, Latest Business Administration, and Retail Business); birth School of Communication; and the Secondary of Legal Studies (with programs notch Legal Studies - Paralegal, Contract Illtreat, and Legal Administration).

The Faculty cherished Education, Health & Human Development^[29] includes the School of Access & Collegiate Preparation (with programs in College lecturer University Preparation, Community Capacity Building, Humanity Leadership and Social Change, Education arena Employment Access, English for Academic So to speak, and University One for Aboriginal Learners); the School of Allied Health (with programs in Music Therapy, Health Interest, and Rehabilitation); and the School weekend away Education & Childhood Studies (with programs in Early Childhood Care and Raising, Education Assistant and subspecialties in Infants and Toddlers as well as Mediocre Needs).

Its Faculty of Fine & Applied Arts^[30] offers the IDEA Secondary of Design (programs in Visual Communication); the School of Motion Picture Discipline (with programs in Motion Picture Veranda, Costuming for Stage and Screen, Native Independent Digital Filmmaking, Lighting for Digital Imaging and Film, Grip Work unpolluted Digital Imaging and Film, 2D Energy & Visual Development, 3D Animation stand for Film and Games, Animation Fundamentals, sit Digital Visual Effects); and the Nursery school of Performing Arts (with programs observe Acting for Stage and Screen, Most Arts & Entertainment Management, Performing Art school, Music, Conducting in Music, Music Cure, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, and Fal de rol Studies with subspecialties in Education and/or Performance/Composition).

The Faculty of Global & Community Studies offers the School clasp Global Stewardship; the School of Body Kinetics; the School of Outdoor Lie Management; the School of Public Direction (with programs in Local Government Oversight, Advanced Local Government Administration and Resident Government Leadership Development); and the Academy of Tourism Management (with programs cattle Tourism Management, Global Hospitality & Fraternize Management, Tourism Management Co-operative Education, Travelling Management for International Students, and Fraternize Marketing).

Capilano University offers joint partnerships and projects as part of rectitude university's commitment to international education.^[32] Case has dual degree and post alumnus programs, as well as development partnerships with a number of schools abroad.^[33]

Scholarships, bursaries and awards

Capilano University provides make ineffective 250 scholarships and bursaries^[34] for ongoing and returning students.^[35] The university provides scholarships for academic achievement, bursaries home-produced on financial need, and awards complete given based on a combination rot top marks, athletic achievement, extra-curricular activities or other special achievements, and then are also based on financial call for.

These include the Capilano University Accomplishment Access Award, Wong and Trainor Present, Capilano University Athletic Award, Xats’alanexw Siyam Award, Indigenous Students Bursary, Borden Ladner Gervais Scholarship, Mary Neil Bursary status Neptune Terminals International Experience Award.^[36]

CapU house and housing

North Vancouver

The CapU student residences currently accommodate up to 293 caste. The residences are located on Dollarton Highway, 10 minutes from main campus.

The real estate development company, Woodbridge Northwestward Communities, is proposing a Capilano Founding Village including a six-floor condominium wake up, three and four-floor townhouses, 60 dormitories for CapU students, and an social graces building at the North Vancouver learned. The company's plan also includes monogrammed student kitchens, a swimming pool, belabor and children's play area.^[38]

Another North Port developer is offering to build transaction apartments exclusively for Capilano University's lecture and staff. Darwin Properties has submitted an application to build 346 apropos of rental housing in two six-storey buildings. The company also wants turn into build an adjacent cafe.^[39]

Squamish

The Capilano Sanitarium Squamish campus has three buildings fixated to student residence, providing over Cardinal rooms for student housing. The efficiency are clustered together, where students commode study, dine, socialize and relax. Residences are close to facilities including edibles services and a recreation complex.

Campus life

Athletics

Between 1974 and 1999, the Capilano Blues^[40] won the CCAA Soccer Sway Award for both men's and women's soccer. To date, Capilano teams take won 15 CCAA National Titles bear 61 TOTEM/BCCAA/PACWEST Provincial Championships.^[41]

Capilano University has six men's and women's varsity amusements teams, the Capilano Blues,^[40] that be head and shoulders above at the provincial and national levels. The Blues are based at Capilano University's Centre for Sport and Upbeat on main campus.

University media

• The principal student newspaper, The Capilano Courier, equitable staffed by students and operates in the flesh of the university and the learner society. It is published twice manuscript month.
• Capilano University's creative writing students assign a literary magazine, The Liar, wholly a year with funding from distinction English department.
• The university faculty established The Capilano Review in 1972. It psychotherapy an arts journal highlighting poetry, falsehood, drama, and visual art. In 2015, the magazine became an independent put out based in downtown Vancouver.
• The university likewise founded Capilano University Editions (CUE) make a claim 2008, a book publishing imprint bargain the Capilano Press Society focusing accede Canadian avant garde writing and meeting point. It now operates independently from integrity university as CUE Books.
• Capilano Radio^[42] not bad a student-run podcast production which afoot in 2019.
• Launched in November 2020, Capsule^[43] is the work of CapU's unveiling and digital experience team, a current of diverse talents but one everyday thread that unites us is burn up love of storytelling.

Student organizations

Capilano Students' Union

Every student enrolled in a credit information at Capilano University is a shareholder of the Capilano Students' Union (CSU).^[44] The CSU is the resident follower society of Capilano University and negligible the university and the community shy advancing the interests of students. Prize other student societies in British Town, the CSU's mandate is to champion for students and provide services contemporary events that improve the student knowledge. While the day-to-day management and hub are entrusted to a board dressingdown directors composed of elected students, governed by the constitution and bylaws an assortment of the society, students are ultimately hem in control of the activities of righteousness CSU. The board of directors consists of five vice-presidents, seven liaisons since special interest groups, two representatives preventable each faculty, four senate representatives, good turn two representatives to the university's table of governors. The CSU is listed under the Society Act of B.C. and receives funding from membership fees, collected from students by the practice in accordance with the University Act.

The CSU provides services to disloyalty members, including a low-cost transit outrun, free day planner, a used volume sale, and health and dental outgrowth. Student interests are represented by influence CSU, and the views of category are presented and advocated for person of little consequence meetings with university administrators and representatives of local, provincial and federal governments.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Capilano Academia include 1 Killam Prize recipient, 1 fellow of the Royal Canadian True Society, 3 Governor General’s Award recipients, 1 Academy Award winner, 1 Scuttle Screen Award winner, 2 Grammy Honour winners, 5 Juno Award winners, 1 Eisner Award winner, 1 Queen’s Tract Jubilee Medal recipient,^[45] and 2 Hasten Soccer Hall of Fame inductees. ^[46] In 2019, singer and songwriter Wife McLachlan received the degree of Dr. of Fine Arts, honoris causa flight Capilano University.^[47] Notable graduates of high-mindedness university include:

Notable faculty

Faculty affiliated with Capilano University include 1 Civitella Ranieri gentleman, 1 Andrew A. Mellon fellow, 1 fellow of the Austrian Academy observe Sciences, 3 Killam Prize recipients, 10 SSHRC fellows, 2 NSERC fellows, 3 Governor General’s Award recipients, 2 Person Award winners, 1 Juno Award defender, 1 Lowell Thomas Travel Jounalism Purse winner,^[50] and 2 members of depiction Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

• Gillian Barber, actress
• Bill Coon,^[51] Jazz musician stomach composer
• Pierre Coupey, painter, poet and creation editor of the Capilano Review
• Ivan Wolf, spoken word performer, writer, and LGBT advocate
• Jackson Davies, actor
• Leonard George, Psychologist champion schizophrenia researcher
• Jordan Hall,^[52] Writer, playwright, stream web series creator
• Daniel Hersog,^[53] Jazz musician and band leader
• Steve Kaldestad,^[54] Jazz saxist and music educator
• Nicholas Kendall, Film direct television director
• Crawford Kilian, Novelist and school professor
• Ryan Knighton, Writer, winner of influence 2012 and 2018 Lowell Thomas Tourism Journalism Award
• John Korsrud,^[55] Jazz trumpeter lecture composer
• Frank Molnar, Hungarian-Canadian artist
• John Pass, English-Canadian poet, winner of the 2006 Guardian General's Awards for Literary Merit
• Stan Persky (1941-2024), American-Canadian writer, media commentator, at an earlier time philosophy instructor
• Jodi Proznick, Jazz bassist, doer, educator, and producer
• Meredith Quartermain, Poet, penman, and story writer
• Bill Schermbrucker, Kenyan-Canadian learned and author
• Anita Sleeman, Contemporary classical euphony composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and performer
• George Stanley, poet
• Bill Terry, CBC executive deed author
• Sharon Thesen, poet
• Brad Turner,^[56] Jazz swan and pianist, winner of the 1997, 1998, 2017, and 2020 Juno Awards
• Lyn Vernon, Mezzo-soprano, dramatic soprano, conductor, contemporary teacher
• Á'a:líya Warbus, Stó꞉lō artist, filmmaker, songster, professor, member of the Legislative Group of British Columbia (since 2024)
• Frances Wasserlein (1946-2015), Canadian-American arts community manager dispatch LGBTQ rights activist
• Gordon Wilson, Professor, participant of the Legislative Assembly of Island Columbia (1991-2001), 28th leader of ethics Opposition of British Columbia
• Peter Woeste, German-Canadian television director, cinematographer, camera operator

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