New Emily Carr University campus opens on Great Northern Way in East Vancouver – Vancouver Sun

At about 11 a.m. on Sept. 5, after years of planning and construction, it will finally be official: a ribbon-cutting will open the new $122.6-million Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

The art school, located since 1980 on Granville Island, has moved to a purpose-built building by Great Northern Way on the former industrial site of Finning International between Main and Clark.

The move will mean a big shift in commuting patterns in Vancouver. About 2,300 faculty, staff and full-time students, as well as another 3,000 continuing-studies students, will have to figure out how to get to and from the new East Vancouver campus.

This week is orientation week, which means only about a quarter of students will be on campus every day. Classes for all students start Monday, Sept. 11. The move should be all but complete by the end of next week.