Canada’s Independent Film and Video Resource for Education

What is it?

VUCAVU.education is a streaming platform that gives educators and students access to a curated selection of independent Canadian film and video art spanning more than 60 years. Our shared catalogue includes documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation titles from artists across Canada, offering many unique views into the country’s cultural landscape.

WHO IS IT FOR:

  • Educators and Professors

  • ​Librarians, Students and Researchers

  • Program Chairs and Directors

Why it matters:

VUCAVU.education gives you instant access to a curated selection of Canadian films and videos to enrich your teaching and engage students with unique and independent voices.
 

  • Strengthens teaching by giving students access to a collection of films and videos by independent and diverse artists from across the country.

  • Reflect Canada’s culturally unique perspectives through documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation etc.

  • Help instructors and librarians access research and teaching resources while ensuring fair payment to artists.

AVAILABLE OPTIONS​

  1. Proxy access to the VUCAVU.education STreaming platform via instutional subscription.
  2. Educator and librarian preview accounts.
  3. Private Classroom Licencing options

CONTACT US

Request an Educator Account or explore possible licensing options by contacting:
Jcquelyn Hébert at jacquelyn@vucavu.com


VUCAVU.education is an initiative of VUCAVU.com.

 
 


 Calling all educators and librarians 

Please take our VUCAVU.education survey!


This survey will help us understand your interest in and potential use of VUCAVU.education, a specialized educational tool within VUCAVU that provides post secondary educators, librarians and institutions with access to a curated selection of Canadian independent films and media artworks for educational use. This new educational-focused service is available via institutional subscriptions.

This survey should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. Thanks!
 

> Fill out our Librarian Survey

> Fill out our Instructor Survey

 

Institutional Subscriptions

VUCAVU.education allows for educational access to a selection of films from VUCAVU's shared catalogue via a web proxy technology and an institutional subscription model. If you work for a library or are an educator interested in a trial of VUCAVU.education, CONTACT US

Educator and librarian preview accounts

Explore VUCAVU’s 8 content partners collections and find a large selection of films and media artworks to be used for teaching and research at your educational institution. Educators and librarians can request a free, time-limited Educator VUCAVU Account to preview and select works from the shared catalogue for educational licensing. CONTACT US

Curated PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDES

Use VUCAVU to present curated programs featuring either works found on the platform and/or temporarily upload new films/videos not in the shared catalogue for your programming.  CONTACT US!

Find inspiration for your programming by exploring our Curated Program Archive here.

ONE-OFF LICENSING 

VUCAVU's Private Pages option was created to present one or more films/videos selected from the shared catalogue to a smaller group/audience. These pages are set up for a predetermined amount of time and the page layout can be tailored to your needs.

Each group/institution is given a unique login to access their private page(s) which can be used by many people. They are a great tool for smaller institution/groups who are offering teaching or programming to audiences that need remote/online access a collection of films/videos. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PRIVATE PAGES
 

 


 

Recent VUCAVU-led Research Reports

Canadian Independent Media In Education Symposium Report (2023)

VUCAVU Expanded: Presenting Film & Video in the Digital Age
(2021-2022)



 

Accessibility on VUCAVU.com
(Digital Skills For Youth Project, 2022)