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.

CDM 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.

What 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

CDM’s Founding Director Dr. Gerri Sinclair Awarded Bill Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award

Centre for Digital Media’s founding director, Dr.

Got 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.

MDM Program Launching an xR Prototyping Lab

This summer the MDM Program will launch an xR Prototyping lab. The initiative, led by

Meet 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).

Top Centre for Digital Media News Stories of 2017