Animation program places in Top 10 in international ranking!

Posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2020

Algonquin CollegeAlgonquin College has been named among the top animation schools in the world in rankings recently published by Animation Career Review.
Algonquin ranks sixth in the world and fourth in Canada in the category of Top Animation Training Programs, according to the website. The Review bases its rankings on a wide range of criteria, including the depth and breadth of the program faculty, value related to tuition and indebtedness, the graduation rate and student employment data.

Student employment was given greater weight in the current rankings than in previous years. According to Professor Neil Hunter, co-coordinator of the Animation program, 96 to 98 per cent of its students find employment upon graduation.
Rachel Scott is one of those happy new animation professionals. Scott graduated this month and is now working for Ottawa’s Jam Filled Entertainment.
“I basically went from school into a great job,” Scott says. “I knew the program had a terrific reputation for getting employment for its grads. But it was still surprising to achieve this, and in the middle of COVID-19 and problems in the economy.” Read more >

Pandemic-related poster earns Algonquin student national attention

Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

O Canada, We stand apart for thee graphicLook up, look way up at digital billboards across Ottawa these days and you might see the design work of Algonquin College student Molly Drinnan glowing against the sky.
Drinnan, a first-year student in the Advertising and Marketing Communications Management program, recently completed a class project assigned by Professor Michael Zavacky. He asked his students to create a public service announcement poster related to COVID-19. Originally, the assignment was on a different topic but Zavacky altered it to respond to the most important issue in everyone’s lives today. Drinnan’s bold, vibrantly colourful poster was in part a response to the images that she could already see all around her related to the pandemic. Read more >

#EarthDay at Algonquin College

Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day, a day where we reflect on our own ecological footprints, and look at the different ways we can help support the environment. We have put together some of the College’s favourite sustainability initiatives, and while we all may currently be practising physical distancing, there are still plenty of ways to get involved and help care for the planet. Read more >