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Colin Carrie, Member of Parliament for Oshawa, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), has announced that the Government of Canada will invest up to $1.5 million for FIRST Robotics Canada. The funding will create opportunities for students in southern Ontario to participate in robotics competitions and real-world engineering challenges, encouraging them to look at science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields as potential study and career paths. Read the rest of this entry »

Students at a dozen prestigious computer science universities are set to compete in the inaugural Windward International Intercollegiate Programming Championship on January 28, 2012. Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Stanford University, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Toronto and University of Wisconsin are among the schools that have accepted the code-war challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Discover how to target your customers through mobile channels. Learn strategies for successful mobile web design, content and marketing, or the emerging area of mobile commerce. Taught by leading industry professionals, the UBC Continuing Studies Tech courses are held in the evenings at UBC Robson Square. Read the rest of this entry »

LearningMate Solutions, Inc., an international company with offices in Vancouver, has announced GoClass, a cloud based teaching and learning platform designed for mobile devices. GoClass is a revolutionary new teaching application for educators in todays connected world. The application is designed for connected tablet devices such as the Apple iPad and light weight mobile computing platforms. Read the rest of this entry »

The Huawei-TELUS Innovation Centre for Enterprise Cloud Services opened today at Carleton University. The centre,  located in Carleton’s new engineering building, was created through a $1.4 million investment made by Huawei and TELUS. Read the rest of this entry »

The Laurier Innovation and Technology Club (LITC) and SIFE Laurier have come together to bring Wilfrid Laurier University’s biggest ever entrepreneurship competition. With Inceptive Solutions Inc. as a sponsor – a small business solution provider that helps entrepreneurs start or grow their business – students can submit entries to the competition in teams or individually for their chance at winning up to $18,000 in prizes. The competition will be held on March 02, 2012 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Read the rest of this entry »

Entertainment arts educational institution Vancouver Film School (VFS) has announced that tickets have sold out for the sixth annual Game Design Expo Industry Speaker Day, which takes place at the Vancity Theatre on January 21st. The Game Design Campus Open House on January 22nd is expected to fill to capacity. Those interested are advised to register soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Educational developers at Nova Scotia’s Artech Academy are often asked about teaching subjects like animation and video game design to children in the early grades. Teachers and parents want to know if children can really learn to make their own games and animations (we all know they can), and of course, what  the Artech Next Generation Learning System is all about. Read the rest of this entry »

Software training company InfiniteSkills Inc has just released a new Apple Compressor 4 Training Course on DVD-ROM and as a direct download from its website. The course features 2.5 hours of narrated instruction on the program’s many options, filters and effects as they apply to professional video and audio production workflows, and demonstrates industry standard techniques onscreen. The newest video series follows InfiniteSkills’ release of two tutorial video courses for Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5 earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Cineplex Entertainment, via their Front Row Centre Events, and BY Experience present Leonardo Live, a satellite-delivered HD presentation of the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan,” captured at the U.K. National Gallery. On February 16 and 26, 2012, art lovers across Canada will be able to experience these da Vinci works. The historic exhibition is sold out in London and, due to the fragility of the paintings, the exhibition cannot tour. Read the rest of this entry »