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Forging a Different Path in Media

Posted on January 1, 2025February 2, 2025 by Sara Brinkac

How Gregory Coyes, the Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Program Coordinator encourages students to make media on their own terms Sara Brinkac (any) // Co-Editor-In-Chief Around sunrise, in a tranquil scene of…

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RISE Film Festival

Posted on April 2, 2023January 2, 2025 by Editor-In-Chief

A showcase of the CapU community’s diverse cinematic projects DECLAN MOFFAT (HE/HIM) // CONTRIBUTOR VALENTINA KRUGLIKOVSKAYA (SHE/THEY) // ILLUSTRATOR Excitement was in the air. The seats were full of a…

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Motion Picture Arts Program Introduces New Film Producing Concentration

Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 by David Eusebio

Concentration combines creative skills with business savvy to empower MOPA students  David Eusebio // Contributor  Coralie Mayer // Illustrator “Anyone who wants to make their own content needs to learn…

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Fourth-Year CapU MOPA Student Wins Music Video Contest

Posted on October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 by David Eusebio

Benjamin McGregor highlights hometown in Craig Cardiff’s song “Yellowknife”  David Eusebio // Contributor  While many absorbed content during lockdown, fourth-year Motion Picture Arts Program (MOPA) student Benjamin McGregor found an…

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Thirteen Explores Family Disintegration During The Okanagan Forest Fires

Posted on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 by Jayde Atchison

Capilano Alumni come together to create a film about family ties  Jayde Atchison // Staff Writer  The cruelty of being a teenager is, for many, a time we’d rather leave…

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Artist Feature: Rebeca Spiegel

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by Freya Wasteneys

Freya Wasteneys//Managing Editor Some feelings are hard to put into words. We draw on other languages and obscure vocabulary to sum up emotions, only to have our meaning lost in…

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Meet Off The Grid’s 2019 Filmmakers

Posted on September 20, 2019September 18, 2023 by Maria Penaranda

Run by School of Motion Picture Arts Chair Michael Thoma, Off The Grid gives students and alumni an opportunity to develop films outside of the regular curriculum.  Maria Penaranda //…

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CapU Short Film “Der Jude” Tackles Love Through War 

Posted on February 22, 2019February 27, 2019 by Christine Beyleveldt

Spencer Zimmerman’s first-year MOPA class exercise is one of a rare few films that has screened across North America   Christine Beyleveldt // Editor-in-Chief  Spencer Zimmerman, a second-year student in Capilano University’s Motion…

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Alumni Filmmakers Show Off Their Most Memorable Work at Off the Grid

Posted on November 7, 2018November 5, 2018 by Christine Beyleveldt

The extracurricular film school project celebrated 10 years last month Christine Beyleveldt // Editor-in-Chief During the summer months, the state of the art film equipment used by Capilano University Motion…

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On Monday, January 19th, BC student leaders held a press conference outside the Constituency Office of Jessie Sunner—Minister of Post-Secondary Education & Future Skills and MLA for Surrey-Newton. 

Kevin Root—Chairperson of the Alliance of BC Students, Solomon Yi-Kieran—Vice-President External of the UBC Alma Mater Society, and Jessica Lamb—VP External & Community Affairs of the Simon Fraser Student Society commented on the government's review of the post-secondary education sector and their experience during the "incredibly short" consultation period.

00:00 - Intro
00:18 - What happened on January 19th?
00:52 - Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the ABCS
01:02 - Why the federal cap on international students heavily impacted colleges and universities across the province.
01:47 - The government needs to pay their fair share of the operating costs to keep the system afloat
02:49 - Any changes to the tuition limit policy would be a direct attack on students
03:23 - Demands from students
03:48 - Why is the review dangerous?
04:35 - Is the review a performative act?
05:11 - How would a tuition increase impact students and the province?
07:02 - Key takeaways
PROTECT STUDENTS | BC Students stand together against tuition increases, mergers and dangerous cuts
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