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CAT Alumni Lands Film Job in Kelowna 

Film Alumni Finds Career at Local Production Company In case you haven’t heard, the film industry in the Okanagan Valley is booming!  Even though Vancouver may be known as Hollywood North, the Okanagan has secured its spot as a highly desir …

Career Success with Interior Design Alumni Rebecca Bors

Recently, we connected with Advanced Interior Design & Technology Alumni, Rebecca Bors. She filled us in on what she’s been up to since graduation, the most valuable thing she learned in her program and her top tip for students.   Progr …

2D Animation & Digital Art Alumni Produces Online Comic

We sat down with Alumni, Matthew Senn to discuss his career success. He shared some insights on working through the pandemic and what made the biggest difference for him in his animation career. What was your first job after graduating from …

Audio Alumni Finds Success with Esports

We sat down with Alumni, Peter Nightingales to discuss his career success. He shared some insights on working through the pandemic and what made the biggest difference for him in his Audio Engineering career. What was your first job after g …

The Advantages of Studying in Canada

5 Reasons Students From The United States Choose to Study in Canada Centre for Arts and Technology (CAT) is one of Canada’s leading post-secondary education institutions specializing in technical arts diplomas like Animation, Audio Engineer …

Credit Where Credit’s Due

Chris ‘Hollywood’ Holmes (CAT’s Audio Engineering & Production Department Head) shares how important it is to get credit for your projects. Decades ago, when you worked on an album or single, your name would appear in the liner notes th …

(Designing the) Perfect Reception

Interior Design Q6 students applied their (considerable) design skills a little closer to home this term – the CAT reception area, to be specific! When you run a Design School, the least you can hope for is a little free design advice from …

Some Excellent (Free!) Career Advice

Taking your first steps towards the creative career you want is much easier with some great tips from experts – like CAT’s Marketing Consultant ‘Ninja’ Emily Chow. Emily Chow is a marketing strategist, copy-writing unicorn, and owner of mar …

Superhero | Adventures in Filmmaking

With film credits on almost all The CW Network’s ‘DC Superhero’ projects, ‘Yellowjackets’ and (most recently) ‘The Peacemaker’, 2013 Professional Filmmaking graduate Jordan Marlin is creating a great career for himself. What was your first …

Giving Sanctuary

Krista Gerstmar has had a really interesting journey since graduating from CAT’s Veterinary Hospital Assistant program in 2020. She talks about her work for the Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Society, and her future plans. “I am from a small f …