JULY 2009 Issue

Project Blue Sky: Athletes and Students Tackle Climate Change and Issue Challenge to Olympic Organizers

Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes have teamed up with the Masters of Digital Media (MDM) students to launch Project Blue Sky.

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Zynga Scholarships Announced

Zynga, the industry leader in social gaming, has shown its support for the Masters of Digital Media (MDM) Program with three new entrance scholarships totaling $20,000. The three scholarships will be awarded in the areas of Game Design, Art and Programming.

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Can't Touch This Technology

D-Sign, Big Hadron Games and Glimpse, three start ups created from the first graduating class of the Masters of Digital Media Program, were written up in the Business Section of The Vancouver Sun.

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Dianne Sinclair Memorial Fellowship Established for Outstanding Female Student Entering Masters of Digital Media Program

Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director of the Masters of Digital Media Program and CEO of the Centre for Digital Media, together with Dr. Yosef Wosk , Director of Interdisciplinary Programs in Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University announced today the Dianne Sinclair Memorial Fellowship Fund, to be offered to the most outstanding female student entering the Masters of Digital Media (MDM) Program each year based on the student’s academic performance and portfolio assessment.

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Upcoming Event

MDM Booth at GeoWeb 2009 Conference

Be sure to stop by the Masters of Digital Media (MDM) booth at GeoWeb 2009. MDM students and representatives will be showing student projects including the UBC/MDM Fisheries Project, the Saturna Project, and D-Sign.

Date: Jul 30, 2009, 9:15 am - 7:20 pm
Location: Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Address: 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC

Further information is available on the GeoWeb Website.

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MASTERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM
at the Center for Digital Media

The MDM Program is a 20-month professional graduate degree jointly awarded by the four major public post-secondary institutions in Vancouver, Canada - the University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University; Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. This innovative program provides our students with practical team-based experience through industry-relevant curriculum and real-world industry-funded projects. Students work together to develop essential team-building, communications, and project management skills, preparing them for careers as creators, practitioners and senior managers in the rapidly-growing video game and digital media industry. We are housed in the Centre for Digital Media on the Great Northern Way Campus, jointly owned and operated by all four of our academic partners, in Vancouver- a spectacular city and digital media hub. FULL PROGRAM INFO

GREAT NORTHERN WAY CAMPUS

Located in Vancouver, BC, GNWC is a unique, collaborative university environment that combines the strengths of four leading academic institutions: University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University; Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. An urban campus, GNWC has the mandate to intersect arts, technology and the environment. Learn more at the GNWC Website.