Digital Health

Games for Good: MDM Students Build Serious Games

Apr 3, 2019 By Crissy Campbell

This semester three MDM student projects are using games or gamified technology to teach healthy behavioral changes in response to three very different problems industry clients posed to them. The three teams: The Goal Diggers, Viva la Vida, and the Brain Bros—while given different problems and briefed by very different clients—all decided to solve their clients’ problems by building digital, gamified solutions.

MDM Alumni Launches GPS App to Give Runners a Sense of Direction

Mar 5, 2014 By Crissy Campbell

MDM alumni Craig Slagel and his company Leaping Coyote just launched RunGo, an iPhone app that provides turn-by-turn directions along popular running routes.

Hacking Health: Finding Solutions to Advance Digital Health

Feb 28, 2013 By Crissy Campbell

This past weekend, over 150 people came out to the Centre for Digital Media to participate in Hacking Health Vancouver @ Sanotron, an event to connect developers and designers with healthcare professionals.

New Media Director in Residence Focusing on “Open Source” Health

Feb 21, 2013 By Crissy Campbell

The Centre for Digital Media is excited to announce that Tracey Friesen is the new Media Director in Residence. Tracey will be at CDM for the next 6 months working collaboratively