About VUCAVU.education

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What is it?

VUCAVU.education: Canada’s Independent Film and Video Resource for Education

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. The shared catalogue includes documentary, fiction, experimental, and animation titles from artists across Canada, offering many unique views into the country’s cultural landscape.

VUCAVU.education is an initiative of the VUCAVU.com platform.

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

Proxy access to the VUCAVU.education streaming platform via annual instutional subscriptions.
Educator and librarian preview accounts.
Private Classroom Licencing options.

CONTACT US

Request an Educator Account and find out more about educational licensing options by contacting:

Jacquelyn Hébert at jacquelyn@vucavu.com

MORE ABOUT VUCAVU.EDUCATION

ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS (LAUNCHING IN JANUARY 2026!)

VUCAVU.education is an institutional subscription service that allows for postsecondary educational access to a selection of film and video works from VUCAVU's shared catalogue via web proxy technology.
If you are a librarian or are an educator interested in a trial of VUCAVU.education, you can CONTACT US here.

Note: We don't currently offer institutional subscriptions to elementary or secondary institutions but we do offer one-off licencing and Private Page options (see below).

Educator and librarian preview accounts

Explore VUCAVU’s content partner collections to find our more about their extensive film and video catalogues.

Educators and librarians can request a free, time-limited VUCAVU Educator Account to preview, select and request access to artworks from VUCAVU's shared catalogue for educational licensing.
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ONE-OFF LICENSING

VUCAVU's Private Pages option was created for those who wish to present one or more films/videos selected from our shared catalogue to a small group/audience.

Private Pages are accessible for a pre-determined amount of time and tailor the page layout to your specific presentation needs.
Each group/institution is receives a unique login to access their private page(s) which can be used by many people.
A great tool for institution/groups who want to offer teaching or programming that requires remote/online access to one or many pre-selected films/videos.
FIND OUT MORE

Calling all educators and librarians!

This survey will help us understand your interest in and potential use of VUCAVU.education, a specialized educational tool within VUCAVU that provides postsecondary educators, librarians and institutions with access to a curated selection of Canadian independent films and media artworks for educational uses.

Our new educational services will be available for institutional subscriptions starting in January 2026 at an introductory rate.

> Fill out our Librarian Survey
> Fill out our Instructor Survey
This survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete.

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about VUCAVU

Curated PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDES

The VUCAVU platform can be used to present curated programs featuring works found on the platform and/or temporarily upload new films/videos that are not in our content partners' shared catalogues for online programming.
Programming administration fees are set on a sliding scale and we are always open to working with all kinds of established and emerging arts organizations, groups and artist collectives.
PROGRAMMING PARNTER FAQ
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