Ron Burnett

Ron Burnett (born 1947) is an author, professor and the President Emeritus and Research Director for the new Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Education

Burnett was born 24 May 1947 in London, England.[1][2]

In 1981, he received a PhD in Communications Studies from McGill University. He was a Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne from 1983-1986 and a teacher, during the 1970s at Vanier College in Montreal. He was the director of the Graduate Program in Communications at McGill University from 1987-96.[3][4][5]

Works

Burnett is the author of Cultures of Vision: Images, Media and the Imaginary,[6] published by Indiana University Press in 1995 and How Images Think published by MITPress.[7] He is the editor of Explorations in Film Theory published in 1991 by Indiana University Press.[8] He is the author of over 150 published articles and book chapters. He is an adjunct professor at York University, and is one of the founders of Canadian Film Studies through a journal that he developed and edited, Ciné-Tracts, from 1976 until 1982.[9]

Burnett completed twenty-two years as President and Vice-Chancellor at ECUAD and is now President Emeritus and a Professor and Researcher.[10][11]

Honours

See also

References
  1. Scot Peacock (1998). Contemporary Authors. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-7876-1183-5.
  2. Elizabeth Lumley (2002). The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press.
  3. Janine Marchessault; Susan Lord (20 June 2008). Fluid Screens, Expanded Cinema. University of Toronto Press. pp. 443–. ISBN 978-1-4426-9178-0.
  4. "McGill Alumni".
  5. Melvin L. Alexenberg (2008). Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture. Intellect Books. pp. 339–. ISBN 978-1-84150-191-8.
  6. "Cultures of Vision".
  7. "How Images Think".
  8. Burnett, Ron, ed. (22 February 1991). Explorations in Film Theory: Selected Essays from Cine-tracts. Indiana University Press. ISBN 025320612X.
  9. "Brown Digital Repository - Collection - Ciné-Tracts".
  10. "Emily Carr University unveils design for Great Northern Way campus".
  11. "Emily Carr University new campus".
  12. General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada".
  14. "Board of Governors - Emily Carr University of Art + Design".
  15. "B.C. academic to get French honours" by Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  16. General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada".
  17. Canadian Academy of Arts "Members since 1880" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  18. "Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". 30 December 2013.
  19. "Government of British Columbia announces sixteen new appointments to the Order of BC, Canada". 15 June 2015.



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