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1973: The first fashion school in Canada is born. [10] The three-year Fashion Design program is launched whereby graduates receive a diploma of collegial studies (DEC) [11] 1978: The ministère de l’ Éducation du Québec recognizes LaSalle College as the "Centre specialisé de la mode" [12] 1979: Mr. Jacques Marchand joins LaSalle College. [13]
Visual College of Art and Design, or simply VCAD, is a for-profit career college in Vancouver, Canada owned by the Eminata Group. The college offers diploma programs in various aspects of fashion, graphic design , architecture design and technology, interior design , game design, and animation.
The college offers several fine arts and design diploma programs. The college was formed from the outgrowth of art education initiatives undertaken by the provincial government. The college was established as the New Brunswick School of Arts and Crafts in 1950. In 1980, the college relocated to its present downtown location.
LaSalle College Vancouver (formerly the Art Institute of Vancouver) is a Canadian-owned private post-secondary arts and design school located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school provides education in fashion, culinary, interior design, graphic design, audio & film, and game design & VFX.
The major concentration incorporating fashion design may have alternative names like Apparel and Textiles or Apparel and Textile Design, and may be housed in departments such as Art and Art History, or Family and Consumer Studies. Some schools, such as Parsons, offer a major in Fashion Management, combining fashion education with business courses.
RCC Institute of Technology (RCC) was founded as the Radio College of Canada in 1928, making it one of the oldest private technology institutions in Canada. It is also the only private educational institute in Ontario to be approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to grant bachelor's degrees. [ 1 ]
Furthermore, Canada's third and current fashion design association, the Fashion Design Council of Canada, was founded at the end of the millennium, operating as "the national trade association representing the interests of the Canadian fashion design industry." [29] [30]
Formerly established by the British Columbia Art League as the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts in 1925, [4] [5] the school was renamed the Vancouver School of Art in 1933. In 1978, the school was designated a provincial institute and incorporated as the Emily Carr College of Art and Design before moving to Granville Island in 1980.