Learn more about all the events you can experience during Explore North Vancouver on Nov. 30.
All CapU programs will be in-person for Explore, with faculty accessible to field your questions. Stop by as many sessions as you like.
Check-in Desk Locations
Attendees should check in at one of the following desks upon arrival to be entered to win prizes and pick up a swag bag.
10:45 a.m. Check-In - All program areas
Birch Building, Main Floor
10:45 a.m. Check-In - Film, Animation, VFX & Costuming program areas
BOSA Building, Main Floor
General activities
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Student Services Fair
Birch Building, Main floor
Meet reps from various CapU support services, including Admissions, Academic Advising, Financial Aid & Awards, Accessibility Services and more.
Exhibitors:
- Accessibility Services
- Academic Advising
- Admissions
- Athletics & Recreation
- Capilano Students' Union
- Career Development Centre
- Centre for International Experience
and more
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Hot Chocolate with CapU Alumni
Birch Building, Employee Lounge
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Squamish Campus Lounge
Birch Building, Main floor
Program activities
All program activities run from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Arts & Sciences
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Q&A station with faculty members. | Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Q&A station with faculty members. | Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Several activities - see below | Fir Building, FR215 |
Future engineering students can participate in program info sessions, tour the engineering lab, and participate in class projects and demos, including 3D printers, laser cutters, wind tunnels, flow channels, drones, Lidar and material testing stations. Also, you can check out past and current class design projects.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Q&A station with faculty members 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Info session |
Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria and BR162 |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Program walkthrough with faculty and a showcase of graduating projects. |
Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Talk to faculty, participate in language mini-workshops and play fun games. |
Birch Building, BR291 |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Q&A station with faculty members. | Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria |
| Join the faculty for guided and independent activities, including the Stroop task, a 3D task, and an Afterimages demo. By participating in the activities, participants can win prizes such as stress-ball brains and psychology t-shirts. | Birch Building, Upper Cafeteria |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Explore the science labs and talk to faculty. | Fir Building, third floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Arts & Sciences mini-fair |
Birch Building, Main floor |
The Faculty of Arts & Sciences will host a mini-fair showcasing various areas of study in Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM. Specific programs will host activities in different locations.
Exhibitors:
- Anthropology
- First Nations language certificates
- Geography
- Languages & Linguistics (extra activities at BR291)
- Political Science
- Philosophy
- Sciences & Engineering (extra activities at Fir Building)
- Sociology & Criminology
Faculty of Business & Professional Studies
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Explore Business School Concentrations and Opportunities: Human Resources Management, Marketing, Financial Planning, Accounting, Business Information and Analytics, AMA, Enactus, Work-Integrated Learning. |
Birch Building, BR126 |
Attendees can also engage with faculty and participate in activities like word finds, crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blanks, creating company taglines and playing pantomime games while discovering more about the available business program concentrations.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Various activities - see below | Birch Building, BR210 |
Attendees can talk to faculty and current students while checking out students' coursework from various classes offered in communication studies at CapU.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Speak with faculty and current legal studies students. | Birch Building, BR166 |
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Development
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Various activities - see below | Cedar Building, CE141 |
You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with current CapU ECCE students and get to know our ECCE studio, a place of active research and collaboration with children, students, faculty and educators.
Further, you will be invited to visit the Capilano University Children's Centre, one of the top lab schools in Canada, and engage in discussions with faculty.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Visit the program area at the Student Services Fair. |
Birch Building, main floor |
Faculty of Fine & Applied Arts
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Documentary Café - Drop in to meet faculty, students and have a coffee | Bosa Building, Studio B/Floor 0 |
| Film and equipment demo with faculty and student crew |
Bosa Building, Studio A/Floor 0 |
| Equipment tours with studio techs | Bosa Building, RentalWorks/Floor 0 |
| Bosa Building tours with current students | Bosa Building, Main lobby/First floor |
| Classroom tours - faculty will show how each classroom functions, demos and sample class work |
Bosa Building, Third floor |
| Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Presentations | Bosa Building, BC318 |
Alumni Panel
Don't miss this panel, hosted by School of Motion Picture Arts Chair Michael Thoma, kicking off at 12:30 p.m., in the Bosa Theatre.
The panel will include alumni from Motion Picture Arts, Indigenous Digital Filmmaking, Documentary and Animation programs, who will discuss their experiences at school and their lives after graduation.
| Session Info | Location |
|---|---|
| Get to know the costume rooms and chat with instructors and current students. | Bosa Building, BC025 and 031. |
| Programs | Activities | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2D Animation and Animation Fundamentals | Open classrooms with students working on current assignments. Faculty available to talk. | Bosa Building, BC317 and BC339/321 |
| 3D Animation | Portfolio review and Q&A with faculty, alumni and current students | Bosa Building, BC310 and 313 |
| VFX Animation | Admissions review and Q&A with faculty, alumni and current students | Bosa Building, BC314 |
| VFX MoCap demos and Q&A | Studio visit - Q&A with students and lab supervisor 12:30 p.m. Demo one 2 p.m. Demo two |
Alder Building, Motion Capture Studio |
IDEA School of Design
| Session info | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Interaction Design Diploma Keynote. Learn about CapU's new Interaction Design Diploma during this 15-minute keynote presentation, live Q&A and prizes. | Arbutus Building, AR305 | 11:30-11:45 a.m. |
| Bachelor of Design Keynote & Student Panel. Learn about CapU's Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication during this 30-minute keynote presentation, live Q&A, student perspectives and prizes. | Arbutus Building, AR305 | 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
| Bachelor of Design studio tours. Take a student-led tour of our creative and colourful classroom spaces. | Arbutus Building. Meet at the entrance to AR301 (Life Drawing) | 12:45 p.m. |
|
Interactive drawing session led by Bachelor of Design students. Bachelor of Design portfolio review - share your portfolio or sketchbook for friendly 1-1 feedback from our faculty. |
Arbutus Building, AR301, AR304 | Drop-ins |
Interaction Design diploma keynote
Learn about CapU's new Interaction Design diploma during this 15-minute keynote presentation, which includes a live Q&A session and prizes.
Time: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Location: Arbutus Building, room AR305
School of Performing Arts
| Session info | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Theatre Department Info Session + Q&A. Join Capilano University faculty members Sparky Lawrence, Jackson Davies, Stephen Atkins, Billy Gollner, (and more) for an overview of the Acting for Stage & Screen, Musical Theatre and Technical Theatre programs. |
BlueShore Theatre | 12 -12:45 p.m. |
Prospective students can participate in a 1-hour workshop or tour with a CapU Theatre Faculty:
|
Blueshore Theatre, Rooms TBD | 1-2 p.m. |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Q&A session with faculty, entertainment industry trivia, photos and bios of grads and much more. | Fir Building, FR206 |
| Session info | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Let Your Voice Be Heard - a fun, participatory activity combining movement, drumming and singing for prospective students and their families. | Fir Building, FR113 | 11-11:45 a.m. |
| Nitecap Performance - enjoy a performance by Capilano Jazz Studies Ensemble, Nitecap. | Fir Building, FR113 | 12-12:30 p.m. |
| Info and Q&A session - an informal talk followed by a Q&A opportunity for prospective students and their families. | Cedar Building, CE148 | 12:45-1:30 p.m. |
| Jam Session - hosted by one of our jazz faculty members. This is a great opportunity for prospective students to play alongside current students. | Fir Building, FR113 | 1:30-3 p.m. |
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Join us for exciting student performances and info sessions. Win complimentary tickets to the choral ensemble concert at the BlueShore. | Fir Building, FR110 |
Faculty of Global & Community Studies
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Various activities - see below | Willow Building, WI104 |
Join program faculty, lab technicians and upper-level students for an in-depth discussion of the Kinesiology program while getting the chance to explore some of the labs and equipment used in the first and second years of the program.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Various activities - see below | Cedar Building, CE136 |
Engage with Tourism Students and Faculty Members to discuss and learn about the tourism programs, participate in booth activities to win goodies and watch the student presentations where they share their academic journey at CapU.
| Session info | Location |
|---|---|
| Various activities - see below | Cedar Building, CE134 |
Participate in interactive games, check out gear displays and watch student co-op presentations and attend a 12 - 1 p.m. Program Info Session.