Research & Innovation
Shaping the Future of Healthcare Communication
Diving Deep into the History of Blackface in Canada
Documenting the Past through the Present
Shaping the Future of Journalism
Transforming the Creative and Cultural Industries
FCAD has the greatest variety of scholarly research and creative (SRC) production of any Faculty at Ryerson University.
Our creative edge is the reason our faculty, research directors and associates are sought-after as collaborators, speakers and partners with industry and government, all over the world.
FCAD's Creative Innovation
in Action
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Our faculty are leaders in a broad array of disciplines who implement design thinking, interactive and immersive experiences and critical thought.
We produce over 500 scholarly, research and creative outputs annually, ranging from books, articles, films, television programs, reports, reviews, photography, and new media to designs, performances, exhibits, editorials and news articles, installations, software, and creative writing.
Experiential Media
Audience Engagement
Indigenous Creative
Social Change
Creative Data
Live Entertainment
Media & Communication Innovation
Creative Ecosystem
New and emerging forms of cultural expression are imagined, invented, performed, and shared at FCAD every day.
Research Chairs
FCAD is home to five Research Chairs who are pushing the boundaries in the creative and cultural industries, including two Canada Research Chairs.
Dr. David Gauntlett
Canada Research Chair in Creative Innovation and Leadership
Dr. Ali Mazalek
Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Innovation
Dr. Charles H. Davis
ES Rogers Sr Research Chair in Media Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. Greg Elmer
Director Infoscape Research Lab & Bell Globemedia Research Chair
April Lindgren
Professor, School of Journalism & RSJ Velma Rogers Research Chair
As a part of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top countries in research and development, our Research Chairs aim to advance knowledge and train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching, and coordination of other researchers' work.
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