The Studio promotes media activism through:
community based research
conferences
media art
academic courses
scholarly publication
solidarity cultural work
the creation of social justice content for Canadian broadcast and exhibition
Unique among research centres in Canada, The Studio works to blur the boundaries between media artmaking, activism and theoretical/scholarly invesitgation in the areas of media studies, critical theory, cultural studies, activism, Aboriginal, critical, race, feminist and queer studies and social justice.