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 »

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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Hot off the desk of Bellmedia’s PR department: Time to saddle up, sci-fi fans, ’cause InnerSpace is comin’ ’round the Rockies for a double dose of fandom at the first ever Fan Expo Vancouver  and Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. Read the rest of this entry »

Author, director and actor William B. Davis will be reading excerpts from his new memoir Where There’s Smoke…Memoirs of a Cigarette Smoking Man and having a Q & A session at Nightwatch Video in Vancouver this Friday evening. Copies of his books will be available for purchase, as well as personally autographed photographs. Light refreshments will be served. Read the rest of this entry »

The winners of the C2-MTL contest launched in February by the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation have been announced. The 25 emerging entrepreneurs will get to attend C2-MTL, the new international business conference to be held in Montreal from May 22 to 25, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Helium Digital, a Canadian company specializing in trend forward accessories for digital devices, has announced the availability of new accessories for the new iPad. The iPad accessory lineup joins the company’s current assortment this September 12-13 at the 2012 Canadian Wireless Trade Show inside the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) will host its 7^th Annual BC Women in Business Luncheon at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, BC. The event will celebrate and honour female role models in business with all proceeds supporting the WIL Mentorship Program. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday, April 19 the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) and TELUS will announce a milestone campaign to make a difference for young entrepreneurs as they launch new businesses across Canada. Join CYBF, TELUS, and small business owners at the event to unveil a significant donation to support youth entrepreneurship in Canada and a cheque presentation that will help a promising young entrepreneur launch a new business. Read the rest of this entry »