Create.  Critique.  Comment.   Colour outside the lines…

Creativity drives the entertainment, education, and business environments.  Students of The School of Contemporary Media learn how to work career specific equipment, but more importantly they learn to develop and implement personal ideas, work with teams, learn workplace practices and imagine the future of communications.

Careers: What are some of the things graduates of Contemporary Media programs do in their jobs?

Act, animate, build a web site, become a filmmaker, communicate a crisis situation, create a communication plan, draw, design, deliver news on camera, direct television or film, evaluate art, edit, film news, finesse graphic effects, find focus groups, go online, hire creative talent, investigate news stories, involve the community, join professional associations, learn about social media, make music, manage messages, media measurement, motion capture, network, not-for-profit communications, organize events, produce music, post-production, photograph for ads, art, or industry, paint, question media practices, reach audiences, report a story, radio announce, research, sculpt, stage a play, storyboard, shoot footage, stream video, televise, understand media trends, viral messaging, web graphics, write for corporations, write for news…

Coaches: Caring. Capable. Current. Career Advisors.  - Your teachers

Our faculty and staff are active professionals in their respective fields who bring current and relevant learning from their studios to the classrooms. Our professors are respected professionals with strong ties to industry so they focus on the skills you'll need to succeed. Fanshawe College keeps up to date. We are paying attention to social media and the convergence of traditional media.

Convergence: Learn in the real world. The world of constant change.

Our Contemporary Media programs emphasize hands-on learning. Where do you belong?

Radio, Television, Multi Media and/or Music

Photography, Fine Art and/or Animation

Theatre , Film, Journalism and/or Public Relations

OR attend both College and University with our Media Theory and Production Program (MTP)

Community and Cooperation: We partner. You learn. Project based learning.

Fanshawe Students learn in the community, on field placements and with industry partners. We have two college radio stations, including a licensed FM station "The Urban X", an Internet Radio Station "Stellar Radio", an in-house TV station "FCTV" and a partnership with a local cable broadcaster.  Our music production studios are unique to North America. Our TV studios and editing suites are amongst the best. Our labs, animation, and motion capture software make a difference. Look at our fantastic facilities. 

When you complete your program of choice, you'll have technical competence and creative confidence!

Want to learn more about the School of Contemporary Media? Contact us: 519-452-4227
Dana Morningstar, M.Ed.

Chair, School of Contemporary Media
Fanshawe College