Top Centre for Digital Media News Stories of 2018
2018 was a fun time at the Centre for Digital Media. MDM students worked on many interesting industry projects, we processed a record number of MDM applications, held an unprecedented number of IDEA-X’s (10!), hosted some fantastic events on campus (including a student panel discussion with BC Green Party's Andrew Weaver, and VIFF Immersed, an immersive experience to re-imagine storytelling through xR), and we welcomed our newest full-time faculty member, Laura Ballay, to our impressive team of faculty. As 2018 draws to a close, we wanted to highlight the most popular stories of 2018.
read moreCDM Welcomes New Faculty Member, Laura Ballay, With 20 years Experience in Interaction Design
Centre for Digital Media is pleased to welcome Laura Ballay as the newest full-time faculty to the Master of Digital Media program.
read moreWhat Makes an MDM Student Cohort Successful?
This is a farewell speech from Master of Digital Media Program Director, Richard Smith. The speech was spoken at the MDM ungrad on August 17th, a celebration of the completion of the
read moreCDM’s Founding Director Dr. Gerri Sinclair Awarded Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award
Centre for Digital Media’s founding director, Dr.
read moreGot Talent? We do. Annual Showcase Was a One Stop Shop for Programmers, Artists, Designers and Producers
MDM students showed off their work last Thursday evening to a sold out Industry Showcase.
read moreMDM Program Launching an xR Prototyping Lab
This summer the MDM Program will launch an xR Prototyping lab. The initiative, led by
read moreMeet This Year’s Pat Hibbits Scholarship Winner: Charity Grace Principe
This year’s winner is Charity Principe. Charity was working at TELUS before she started the program but after a rare cancer diagnosis left her with a new perspective on life, she decided to complete a bucket list item and complete the MDM program. We sat down to talk to Charity about how motherhood, a career in marketing and a theatre degree helped her in the program and where the real magic happens in the MDM (hint: it’s outside the classroom).
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