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ACAD Values
- We value the creative process and all that is implied by that.
- We are deeply committed to experimentation, free inquiry, research, and
the evolution of culture.
- We demand excellence in our practices, our
support for our students, faculty, and staff, and our external communities.
- Our support for human and professional development is reflected in our
policies, practices, and programs.
- We value our role in the society; we
seek innovative paths for participation for the College, our students, alumni,
and faculty and staff.
- We value the joy and good humor that derives from
being a creative institution; we believe in a celebration of our creative
processes.
- We value calculated risk-taking and entrepreneurship.
- We
are all learners, working together in a transparent environment that is willing
to embrace change.
- We value diversity in all respects, including
philosophical, cultural, lifestyle, as well as definitions that are more
conventional.
ACAD Vision
- Alberta College of Art & Design will
be a preeminent catalyst institution for cultural development locally,
provincially, nationally, and internationally.
- We will manifest
unconditional excellence in our programs, practices, and policies in a
laboratory environment that is committed to unconstrained inquiry and
collegiality.
- As a place of cultural research, we are all colleagues on a
journey of discovery while enhancing our leadership role within the cultural
field.
- We aspire only to the highest level of excellence in what we
endeavor, measured not by our past accomplishments but by our imaginations and
what is humanly possible.
ACAD Mission
- ACAD is a leading
centre for education and research, and a catalyst for creative inquiry and
cultural development. We engage the world and create possibilities. |
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