About Our Sponsors

In addition to its work in determining and assisting the official Canadian representation at the Venice Biennale in Architecture, the Canada Council for the Arts supports architecture and architectural design through grants and special awards such as the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture. The Canada Council also works in collaboration with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in the administration of the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. The Canada Council provides grants with a view to enhance public awareness and enjoyment of architecture. For more information on these programs contact Brigitte Desrochers, Architecture Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts brigitte.desrochers@canadacouncil.ca.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada supports Canadians abroad; helps Canadian companies succeed in global markets; promotes Canada's culture and values; and works to build a more peaceful and secure world. For more information, visit www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca.

Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Emily Carr Institute is one of the world’s premier art institutes devoted to excellence and innovation in visual arts, media arts and design. TheInstitute offers a rich variety of Bachelor degree programs, a Master’s Degree, and Continuing Studies courses. For more information, please visit our website www.eciad.ca.

Architecture exists within the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Applied Science, and offers graduate education in both professional and research degree programmes: the Master of Architecture [MArch] and the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture [MASA] respectively. In partnership with the Department of Landscape Architecture, the department also offers an undergraduate design programme, the Bachelor of Environmental Design [EnD]. Architecture is justly proud of maintaining a collegial environment well suited to self-motivated, intellectually curious students. A student enrollment of approximately 150 together with generous faculty-student class ratios encourages a high degree of direct contact and the kind of critical support so crucial to mature enquiry. Students represent a broad array of cultural backgrounds, representing the diverse social fabric of Canada alongside a substantial proportion of international students. For more information, visit www.arch.ubc.ca.

In the more than 20 years since its inception, Aeroplan has grown into Canada's premier loyalty marketing company. Aeroplan's millions of members earn Aeroplan Miles with its network of more than 60 partners, representing more than 100 brands in the financial, retail and travel sectors and redeem those miles towards travel to more than 842 destinations worldwide or for a wide array of exclusive lifestyle rewards. Together with its world-class partners, Aeroplan develops and executes innovative and appealing member-targeted marketing programs designed to engage the loyalty of this elite and prestigious segment of Canadian consumers. For more information, visit www.aeroplan.com.

Global Mechanic is a design based animation and live action production company in Boston and Vancouver. We're artists who work in all media to make ads, films and tv series. For more information, visit www.globalmechanic.com.

Mountain Equipment Co-op provides quality products and services for self-propelled wilderness-oriented recreation, such as hiking and mountaineering, at the lowest reasonable price in an informative, respectful manner. We are a member-owned co-operative striving for social and environmental leadership. For more information, visit www.mec.ca.

Tugboat Media is fully integrated marketing agency focused on delivering both print and new media marketing and advertising. With a staff of over 15, it offers a variety of new media services including website design, application development, search engine optimization, multimedia development and hosting. Tugboat's Internet specialists develop interactive Web sites in a variety of GUI applications. Our sites may stand independently or interface with server-side databases and/or applications via an unlimited array of custom coding. Tugboat Media is focused on delivering robust and cost effective solutions that exceed client expectations. Please visit www.tugboatmedia.com for detailed information.