An MDM Project To Inspire Women To Become Funders and Founders of Tech Companies
70% of venture capital firms that fund tech start ups don’t have a single female partner. Only 12% of all partners in Canadian venture capital firms that finance young tech firms are women. Female tech entrepreneurs receive only 4% of all capital. Back in the Spring of 2018, Gerri...
Read MoreMessage To Our Community About COVID-19
UPDATE April 2: The Centre for Digital Media will continue operations throughout the summer term, while respecting the advice and instructions from governments, health authorities and our partner schools concerning health and safety. All instruction will be offered through remote...
Read MoreTop Entrepreneur Tips From Alumni Who’ve Been There
The Master of Digital Media program has opportunities for students who want to explore entrepreneurship. Taking a different route from other students, in the 3rd semester students can choose to pitch an idea for their own project and spend the semester working on bringing their idea to...
Read MoreIn Memory of the Victims of the Flight 752 Tragedy
A message from MDM Program Director Richard Smith in the wake of the plane crash in Iran. We at the Centre for Digital Media wish to express our condolences to all who were affected by the crash of Ukraine Airlines 752. We have all been affected by this tragedy. We were deeply saddened...
Read MoreTop Centre for Digital Media News Stories of 2019
2019 was an exciting year at the Centre for Digital Media. In February we held our first annual Alumni Startup Demo Day & Mixer, where alumni startup companies from the MDM program, along with startups from CDM’s partner schools—UBC, SFU and BCIT—presented their companies, met with...
Read MoreMDM Students & Alumni Build a World-Class VR Experience, Again!
For the past few years, a team of MDM students and alumni have collaborated to build the VR Theater at SIGGRAPH. The VR Theater has become one of the main pillars of SIGGRAPH (one of the premier technology conferences in the world on computer graphics and interactive techniques) and is a chance for attendees to experience some of the world’s top narrative-driven VR films within a unique group setting.
Read MoreMDM Student Team Runner Up In Niantic Beyond Reality Developer Contest
We’re pleased to announce that a team of MDM students and faculty was runner up in the Niantic Beyond Reality Developer Contest. Up against 9 other teams—mostly professional game developers—the MDM team was the only student team in the contest. Niantic is an augmented reality games...
Read MoreGames For Change: Meet DOWiNO Co-Founder Nordine Ghachi
In addition to our academic partnerships, both with our partner schools and educational institutions worldwide, the Centre for Digital Media also has strong partnerships with industry. Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Nordine Ghachi, the creative director and co-founder of DOWiNO —a serious games company from Lyon, France. Nordine was visiting to learn more about the CDM, what we do here and how he can collaborate with us.
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