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Web Sim Sports Inc., a studio specializing in online sports gaming, launched a unique hockey simulator in July 2009, Web Sim Hockey, which is a multiplayer strategy game played entirely on the Web. As part of the Sports Administration program offered by Laurentian University, Web Sim Hockey is being used for educational purposes to provide a realistic management experience for the students. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Film Centre and Bell Media are pleased to welcome the three participants of the inaugural Bell Media Showrunner Bootcamp, a new initiative designed to furnish experienced TV writers with the knowledge and management skills necessary to become successful showrunners. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite University has announced the launch of their Higher Education Program and their first partnership with S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at New York’s Syracuse University. This partnership addresses the growing demand for social media professionals in today’s evolving job market. Read the rest of this entry »

TVOKids puts the spotlight on the written word with a week-long celebration of reading and writing, leading up to Family Literacy Day on Friday, January 27, which follows closely on the heels of a recent study that showed that TVOKids resources help kids to develop key literacy skills. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Pixton.com, a web-based tool that students use to write about any subject in the colourful visual format of comics, has been recognized by eSchool Media as one of the Best Ed-Tech Products of 2012. Teachers and administrators at schools and colleges across Canada and the United States nominated their favorite educational technology product or service. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Film School (VFS) is proud to launch its fourth annual Women in Games Scholarship as part of Game Design Expo 2012.  Worth up to $49,250, application details will be provided at the Game Design Open House on January 22^nd, which also features sample classes and arcades of student- and alumni-created games. Read the rest of this entry »

Organized by Interactive Ontario, GameON: Finance connects the games industry’s leading players to new business opportunities in the interactive entertainment industries.

While the first day offered a variety of sessions on venture capital, project-funding, value of analytics, lean start-up models, and exit strategies, there was a single and consistant message to game studios: Read the rest of this entry »

RBC has announced its call for grant applications for the 2011-2012 school year. The RBC After-School Grants Project is offering more than $2 million in grants to fund first-time and renewed grant recipients. The grants are awarded by regional community panels made up of experts in the fields of youth and education. Each organization should have a mandate to keep students in grades K-12 safe and positively engaged through an enriched curriculum when their classes end each day. Read the rest of this entry »

Guy Berthiaume, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), and Martin Carrier, Vice-President and Studio Head of Warner Bros. Games Montreal (WB Games), were pleased to announce today the beginning of a promising, long-term partnership between the two organizations. Read the rest of this entry »

ONeLearning, the eLearning committee of Interactive Ontario, will outline the group’s innovative efforts to bolster the eLearning cluster in Ontario, and will highlight a few of the innovative offerings being developed by its member firms. eLATED has had speakers from all over North America to talk about e-learning, but some of the most innovative e-learning in the world is being built right in Ontario. Read the rest of this entry »