School for the Contemporary Arts
SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts will help bring new life to one of Vancouver’s most historic and venerated buildings. The school will become the anchor tenant in the redevelopment of the old Woodward’s department store site in downtown Vancouver.

The School for the Contemporary Arts will occupy approximately 150,000 square feet in the new development, and the space will allow the school to house all of its degree programs that are currently based in Burnaby. The new home at the Woodward's development will allow the school to expand its current annual enrolment of 1,200 students.

SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts offers undergraduate interdisciplinary degree programs in art and culture studies, dance, film, music, theatre, and visual art as well as a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies.

The SFU project budget will be about $45 million, while the total development budget is now about $250 million. Construction is expected to begin on the Woodward's redevelopment in the fall of 2005. The School for the Contemporary Arts hopes to move into its new space by 2008.

For more information:
SFU School for the Contemporary Art
SFU News Release