Ron Burnett
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Ron Burnett | |
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| Born | Ronald Frank Burnett 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Known for | Author, educator, administrator |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
| Website | www |
Ronald Frank Burnett OC OBC RCA (born 1947) is an author, professor and the President Emeritus Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Education
[edit]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 to 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 to 1996.[3][4][5]
Works
[edit]Burnett is the author of A Biography of Learning, published by University of Toronto Press in 2025 and Cultures of Vision: Images, Media and the Imaginary, published by Indiana University Press in 1995 and How Images Think published by MITPress.[6] He is the editor of Explorations in Film Theory published in 1991 by Indiana University Press.[7] 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 1977 until 1982.[8]
Burnett completed twenty-two years as president and Vice-Chancellor at ECUAD and is now President Emeritus and a Professor and Researcher.[9][10]
Honours
[edit]- Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal 2002[11]
- iDMAa Outstanding Leadership Award 2010[12]
- Educator of the Year, Canadian New Media Association, 2005[13]
- Order of France: Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2010.[14]
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012[15]
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts[16]
- Member of the Order of Canada (2013),[17] promoted to Officer in 2024[18]
- Member of the Order of British Columbia (2015)[19]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Contemporary authors. V. 157. Gale Research Inc. Detroit: Gale. 1998. ISBN 0-7876-1183-2. OCLC 37764322.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Canadian who's who. Volume XXXVII, 2002. Lumley, Elizabeth. Toronto [Ont.]: University of Toronto Press. 2002. ISBN 9780802049704. OCLC 244768852.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Janine Marchessault; Susan Lord (20 June 2008). Fluid Screens, Expanded Cinema. University of Toronto Press. pp. 443–. ISBN 978-1-4426-9178-0.
- ↑ "RON BURNETT, BA'68, MA'71, PhD'81". McGill Alumni Portal. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ Melvin L. Alexenberg (2008). Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture. Intellect Books. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-84150-191-8.
- ↑ "How Images Think | The MIT Press". The MIT Press.
- ↑ Burnett, Ron, ed. (22 February 1991). Explorations in Film Theory: Selected Essays from Cine-tracts. Indiana University Press. ISBN 025320612X.
- ↑ "Brown Digital Repository | Collection | Ciné-Tracts". repository.library.brown.edu. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ Lederman, Marsha (8 April 2015). "Emily Carr University unveils design for Great Northern Way campus". Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ Givetash, Linda (6 September 2017). "Vancouver's Emily Carr University unveils new campus". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "Dr. Ronald Burnett". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "iDMAa Award Recipients". idmaa.org. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "Board of Governors – Emily Carr University of Art + Design". 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "B.C. academic to get French honours" by Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ↑ "Ron Burnett". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "List of members, since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". 30 December 2013.
- ↑ "A celebration of Canadian excellence: Governor General appoints 88 individuals to the Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada. 18 December 2024. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ "Government of British Columbia announces sixteen new appointments to the Order of BC, Canada". 15 June 2015.
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