Village Gamer

The Game Lab required five teams from seven participating universities to develop a playable video game demo and  design document. The projects were presented on April 11^th, to a jury panel made up of Ubisoft Montreal employees and an Autodesk representative. Read the rest of this entry »

On May 3, 2012, the Kids’ Internet Safety Alliance (Kinsa) will host the second annual Spring for Kids Gala at Waddington’s Auction House. The Gala is Kinsa’s largest fundraising event through the year, providing the organization with important funds needed to protect and rescue child victims of online abuse. Because the Internet works globally, so does Kinsa which educates police forces in multiple countries to track, identify and arrest child pornographers. Read the rest of this entry »

TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization and proud supporter of Canadian documentary filmmaking, is pleased to partner with Hot Docs as the exclusive sponsor of the Canadian Spectrum Screening Program. This partnership will raise awareness of the important role TVO plays in supporting documentary filmmaking and Ontario’s independent production industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Air Canada is pleased to invite Canadian film students and emerging filmmakers to enter its sixth annual short film festival. Selected films will be broadcast on Air Canada’s personal in-flight seatback entertainment system as part of its Canadian Movie programming viewed by millions of Air Canada customers around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Industry Minister Christian Paradis will be participating in the CDMN Canada 3.0 2012 digital media forum which takes place April 24 and 25 in Stratford. Minister Paradis will be on-site as a keynote speaker on the first day April 24th, slated for 10:50 a.m. to address Canada’s strategy for seizing opportunity in the global digital economy, and the importance of information and communications technologies to Canada’s Economic Advantage.

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