Welcome To Communication Studies

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Founded in 1965 as Communication Arts, The Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University was the first department to study the art of communication in Canada.
The Department offers undergraduate and graduate programs exploring a wide range of interests in media analysis, critique and creation. Central to its programs of study is the integration of knowledge based in the humanities and liberal arts, the social sciences, and media practice.

Our Faculty have established international reputations as researchers and creators. Our students are selected from amongst the very best of the applicants to our programs. And, our Alumni are amongst the leaders in their respective fields.

  • CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 1)

    CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 1)

    Dr. Mia Consalvo has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Games Studies and Design. We congratulate Dr. Consalvo on this prestigious appointment and we look forward to her new research lab and extended research program that will accompany this CRC. Congratulations Mia! For more information see: New Funding For Seven Professors ... « more »

  • FACULTY members awarded more than 2.5 million in research funding

    Congratulations to our fulltime faculty, who in the last 1.5 years, have successfully received external research funding for research, research-creation, and media arts from agencies including SSHRC, FQRSC, NCE Grand, CFI, CIHR, Canada Council, CALQ, and the Reynard Program, among others. Internal research projects and initiatives have also been awarded from numerous programs through the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Science. Through these various competitive awards, Communication Studies Faculty are developing innovative scholarly and creative projects that are making major contributions to communication studies, cultural studies, media studies and the fine arts. ... « more »

  • New faculty members join Communication Studies:

    Dr. Mia Consalvo has recently joined Communication Studies as an Associate Professor and she is the author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage of Videogames. Consalvo is currently writing a book about Japan's influence on the videogame industry and game culture. She has published her work in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Games & Culture, Game Studies, Convergence, and many other journals. She has presented her work at professional as well as academic conferences including regular presentations at the Game Developers Conference. Consalvo is the President of the Association of Internet Researchers, and has held positions at MIT, Ohio University, Chubu University in Japan and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Krista ... « more »

  • Remembering our Colleague and Friend: William Lambert “Scot” Gardiner

    Remembering our Colleague and Friend: William Lambert “Scot” Gardiner

    The faculty, staff, and students of our Department are deeply saddened to announce the unexpected death of our colleague and friend, Dr. William Lambert (Scot) Gardiner. He passed away on the night of June 15 at his home, his "electronic cottage," in Hudson. For the past several years he had been struggling with health problems, and it appeared that he was winning this battle. Clearly this was not meant to be. Scot first began work at Concordia (then Sir George Williams) in 1965, in the Psychology Department. After  publishing a very successful textbook (Psychology: A Story of a Search, 1970), he "retired." In 1984, in the wake of a fifteen-year sojourn to think-tanks, alternative communities, and beaches, Scot returned to ... « more »