Academic News

Teacher Education Info Session

January 22, 2014

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The information session will be followed by questions and answers, along with a tour of the facilities used by Teacher Ed. students during their respective program. Come out and meet the instructors, walk the halls and get the answers to all your questions.

Art at the Forks

January 22, 2014

Saturday, February 1st and Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

Student Art Show on Saturday, February 1st, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 2nd, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Live Auction on Sunday, February 2nd, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with Auctioneer Jon Ljungberg
We invite you to join us on Saturday, February 1st and Sunday, February 2nd for the 12th Annual Forks Market Student Art Show and Auction. Watch as Red River College 2nd Year Graphic Design Students create original works of art using a variety of drawing and painting techniques at the Forks Market Centre Court. They’ll have less than 24 hours to complete the work before it’s auctioned off to the highest bidder. Purchase reasonably-priced quality art work with the proceeds to benefit Winnipeg Harvest and the Red River College Graphic Design Students’ Graduation Fund. The art auction begins on Sunday, February 2nd from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jon Ljungberg will be auctioneering the event.
We hope you can come out and support the students!

CounterPoint App

January 13, 2014

Ready to count traffic? CounterPoint makes it easy. Count bikes, count pedestrians, count cars, count people in wheelchairs..and more!

CounterPoint’s users are helping to plan a better future for everyone, just by counting traffic. It relies on crowdsourcing and, like Wikipedia, is an amazingly reliable and easy way to gather important data.

All of the data is yours to download, analyse and share. You get instant graphs every count. Come back to the same spot next year to compare!

Developed by Canadian non-profit Green Action Centre, CounterPoint aims to make traffic counting easier and comparable everywhere. Each count you do adds to what we know about all kinds of traffic (not just cars). The important data generated by counterpoint users will help plan better bike lanes, monitor safer school zones, make stronger cases for new crosswalks and more!

BIT students helped to created the web application version of CounterPoint in 2012 and a prototype for an Android application in 2014.

View and download the CounterPoint App

City of Winnipeg Archives – Winnipeg in Focus

January 13, 2014

Winnipeg in FOCUS is the product of a partnership between the City of Winnipeg Archives, Red River College, and the City of Winnipeg’s Corporate IT Department. In January, 2014, a team of Red River College students in the Business Information Technology Industry Project Course, began developing an application to improve access to the rich collection of photographs held by the Archives. Functional requirements and content were provided by the Archives. Technical mentorship and design services were provided by Corporate IT.

Winnipeg in FOCUS is a web-based application that allows users to search and view photographs and graphic materials held by the City of Winnipeg Archives. At the moment, Winnipeg in FOCUS includes only a fraction of the thousands of images in our holdings. Content will be added as resources allow.

View the archives at Winnipeg in FOCUS

Student Poster Sale

December 8, 2013

2nd Yr. Graphic Design / Iconic Posters of Manitoba
Join us for a sale of student poster art at
Red River College
Roblin Center located at Princess and William
Main Floor Atrium
Tuesday, December 10 – Friday, December 13, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Also visit our current show in the OnWard Gallery, 3rd floor William Building
Graphic Design Advanced / Human Rights / Environmental Posters.

2014 Entrance Portfolio Requirements

December 2, 2013

The 2014 Entrance Portfolio Requirements have now been posted. They can be downloaded here. All registered applicants will also receive a copy via email.
Portfolios are due on Wednesday April 23rd at 4 pm. You may hand in your portfolio at any time prior to the deadline. We encourage all applicants to not wait until the last minute. Late portfolios will not be accepted for any reason.

Ron Budowski is all Smiles!

November 6, 2013

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Ron is all smiles after recently receiving his official Master of Science degree parchment from Bemidji State University. Congrats from your Teacher Ed. colleagues.

Photography: Learn How to Take Pictures Professionally

October 16, 2013

There’s certainly nothing wrong with using your phone as your main camera. And apps like Instagram are a lot of fun. But if you really want to take your photos to the next level, you’re going to have to learn how the pros do it. In DMD, you’ll learn to use the manual settings of a DSLR camera to make your pictures come to life. Photography and understanding composition, lighting, and colour are key skills you’ll need as a new media designer. After this course you’ll notice a huge improvement in the quality of your photos — even the ones you take with your phone.
The below pictures were taken in the Photography class, where students learned to shoot in both a studio setting and real world environments.

RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.

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