Mission

Innovative Communication Research and Development Center

In French, the CRDIC acronym stands for “Centre de Recherche, de Développement et d’Innovation en Communication”.

The CRDIC is an ongoing expansion of the Media, Art and Technology programs at Jonquiere College, formerly known as ATM:

• 589.A0 : Techniques de production et de postproduction télévisuelles
  • 589.AA : Production
  • 589.AB : Postproduction
• 589.B0 : Techniques de communication dans les médias
  • 589.BA : Animation et production radiophoniques
  • 589.BB : Conseil et coordination publicitaires
  • 589.BC : Journalisme
• 582.A1 – Techniques d’intégration multimédia

It is an applied research center with the objective of validating and developing work tools, workflows and participating in software enhancement. It is a self-financed facility, which enables it to take advantage of the laboratories and the program’s teaching equipment. It can also be used as a prototype laboratory.

The research center’s objective is to keep the College community along with small and medium-sized enterprises at the cutting edge of technology :

• Assuring teachers and students of the latest technological advances
• Maintaining high-technological employments outside the urban centers
• Training and encouraging the next generation of employees in the communication industry
• Making applied research in communication field