Vancouver College of Art and Design

For-profit career college in Vancouver, Canada

Visual College of Art and Design

Other names

* Visual College of Art and Design
* VCAD

Type| for-profit career college
Established| 2009 (2009)
Address|

626 Pender Street

Vancouver

British Columbia

Canada

Owner| Eminata Group
Website| vcad.ca

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. It has no relation to the fine arts college Victoria College of Art, although the latter was also owned for 10 months by Eminata between November 2008 and September 2009 during which time it was branded as "Victoria College of Art and Design".[1]

## History[edit]

VCAD is owned by the Eminata Group via Vancouver Career College (Burnaby) Inc. which does business as three different career colleges: Vancouver Career College, CDI College, and Visual College of Art and Design.[2][3] Eminata established VCAD and began recruiting students in February 2009. It officially opened in April of that year in an office building on 1111 Melville Street in Vancouver. The college shared the building with University Canada West which at the time was also owned by Eminata. In September 2010 the VCAD campus relocated to its present site, the London Building on 626 Pender Street where it occupies several floors.[4][5]

## Programs[edit]

VCAD is certified by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. It is also on the Ministry's registry of Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designated institutions. As of 2018, it offers 13 full-time PTIB-approved diploma programs in various aspects of fashion, graphic design, architecture design and technology, interior design, game design, web and app design, and animation. Three of the programs also offer work experience as part of the course: Architecture Design and Technology, Interior Design with Co-op, and Marketing and Merchandising for Fashion.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Litwin, Grania (3 September 2009). "Victoria art college changes hands again". Times Colonist. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
2. ^ Supreme Court of Canada (2 May 2016). "Case Summary 37498". Retrieved 9 December 2018.
3. ^ Steffenhagen, Janet (14 March 2011). "Regulator fails to halt keyword advertising by B.C. private colleges". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
4. ^ VCAD (6 April 2009). "VCAD Kicks Off First Term at Vancouver Campus". Archived version of 26 July 2009 retrieved 7 December 2018.
5. ^ VCAD (9 September 2010). "VCAD Moves to New Campus". Archived version of 16 February 2011 retrieved 7 December 2018.
6. ^ British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training, Private Training Institutions Branch. "Certified Institutions: VCAD ID-03581". Retrieved 9 December 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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