BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e4779331 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250404T143000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250404T170000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/capstone-showcase-2025 SUMMARY:2025 Capstone Showcase and Grad Send off CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nStudents will showcase their work and discuss their approach to the\n2025 Service Design Challenge\, an international competi tion focused on\nservice design for global issues. This year\, they collab orated with\nIBM mentors to create innovative products and services that s upport\nsustainable development and equitable progress. Join us on April 4 to\nsee firsthand the skills and knowledge our students have developed.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477a52e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241018T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241018T140000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/mvp-challenge-0 SUMMARY:MVP Challenge CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nA one-day design + business challenge for Grade 12 students\, hosted at\nthe Stratford School of Interaction Design and Busin ess.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477ae33 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240607T160000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/mvp-challenge SUMMARY:MVP Challenge CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nCALLING ALL CREATIVE MINDS!\n\nWelcome to the MVP C hallenge\, a one-day design + business challenge\nfor high school students \, hosted by the University of ݮƵ\nStratford School of Interaction Design and Business.\n\nAre you passionate about design\, creativity\, and pushing boundaries?\nLook no further. Showcase your creative thinking and problem-solving\nskills as you work with a group to develop and pitch you r next great\nidea.\n\nMinimum Viable Product - Your MVP is the thing that makes your\nidea stand out!\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477b79e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231023T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231023T123000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/building-equitable-and-sustainable-game-development SUMMARY:Building Equitable and Sustainable Game Development Education -\nWo rkshop CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\n\"Building Equitable and Sustainable Game Developme nt Education\"\nWorkshop led by Kenzie Gordon (University of Alberta)\, Dr . Sean\nGouglas (University of Alberta)\, Dr. Alison Harvey (York\nUnivers ity)\, Vishal Sooknananl (Western University)\, Dr. Johanna\nWeststar (W estern University)\, and Dr. Jennifer Whitson (University\nof ݮƵ).  \n\n  With recent waves of layoffs\, high-profile workplace harassment\ ncases\, and a notoriously short career length for gender minorities and\n people of colour\, the transition of new workers into the game industry\ni nvolves navigating a spate of barriers to equity and success that\nhave be en understudied in academic research. The First Three Years is\nan ongoing longitudinal study of graduates of game programs in Canada\nand the Unite d States\, following the journey of 207 students as they\nmove into the ga me industry. In this workshop\, our research team will\nsummarise the prim ary challenges students have identified in their\ngame programs. This summ ary includes equity and diversity issues\ninherent in common curricular pr actices such as the efficacy of\ncapstone courses and internships\, the in clusion of crunch-like\npractices in the classroom\, the systematic failur e to inform students\nof actual workplace conditions\, and the mismatch be tween student\npreparation and industry hiring practices. Afterwards\, par ticipants\nwill address whether/how these problems manifest in their own\n institutions\, and what solutions might improve equity outcomes for\nstude nts seeking careers in games.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477bf76 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220926T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220926T173000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/indigenous-speakers-series-jani-lauzon-and-kaitlyn-riordan SUMMARY:Indigenous Speakers Series: Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nIndigenous Speakers Series: Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477c4f5 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T180000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T180000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/ai-tsunami-where-will-it-take-us SUMMARY:The AI tsunami – Where will it take us? CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nYou’re invited to Research Talks\, a public event and panel\ndiscussion featuring guest speakers Kesha Bodawala - P & P\ nOptica\, Evan Jones - Stitch Media\, and Sirisha Rambhatla and Will\ nZhao - University of ݮƵ.\n\nArtificial Intelligence (AI)\, the stu dy of machines and software that\nexhibit intelligence\, is transforming e very aspect of society\, from\nfinancial services\, technology\, healthcar e\, manufacturing\, and more.\nAI is dependent on data\, that is\, AI uses data to make predictions so\nhumans can make data-driven decisions. With the explosion of data over\nthe past two decades\, there is an AI tsunami on our threshold. So\, we\nare left with the question\, “Where will AI t ake us?”\n\nCHALLENGE OF THE BOTS: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF CONTEX TUAL\nCONVERSATIONAL AI\n\nWill Zhao\n[/stratford-scho ol-of-interaction-design-and-business/people-profiles/will-zhao] is\nan A ssistant Professor at the Stratford School of Interaction Design\nand Bus iness\n[/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-bu siness/]\,\nUniversity of ݮƵ. He earned his Ph.D. from the French _ Grande\nEcole _EM Lyon Business school and pursued his postdoctoral resea rch\nat Stanford University. He is an interdisciplinary researcher\nintere sted in studying innovation from organizational\, educational\,\nand engin eering perspectives\, particularly using multimodal methods\nthat draw on semiotics and/or artificial intelligence techniques. His\nmost recent rese arch on artificial intelligence has been published in\nleading journals su ch as _IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics._\n\nWHAT’S IN YOUR FOOD? ASSES SING THE QUALITY OF FOOD PRODUCTS USING AI\n\nKesha Bodawala\n[https://ppo .ca/people-at-ppo-kesha-bodawala-software-developer/] is\nthe Model Devel opment Lead at P&P Optica [https://ppo.ca/] (PPO)\,\nbased in ݮƵ\, ON. At PPO\, she oversees the Machine Learning Team.\nShe works with the team to develop models to assess the quality of\nmeat products. Kesha has a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer\nEngineering with a focus on machine learning and a Bachelor's degree\nin Electronics Engineering.\n\nI NCORPORATING AI INTO STORYTELLING AND VIRTUAL REALITY\n\nEvan Jones [https ://www.stitch.media/team] is the founder of Stitch\nMedia [https://www.s titch.media/]\, an interactive media production\nservices company which te lls stories using new technology and timeless\ntechniques. A two-time Emm y Award winner\, Evan’s work combines web\,\nmobile and games with TV\, film\, radio\, and the real world. He has been\nrecognized as a 'Top 10 Ne w Media Groundbreaker' by the Bell Fund and\nchosen as one of the ‘most innovative and influential minds in\nMcMaster history’ by his alma mater . His interactive documentary\nwork has won ‘Best in Electronic Culture ’ at the UNESCO World\nSummit and his experience with branded entertainm ent has won ‘Best\nin Digital Marketing’ by the Digi Awards. Evan has guest lectured on\nthe art & business of interactive story internationally at the\nCanadian Film Centre\, the Australian Film\, Television & Radio S chool\nand the University of Southern California. He has consulted for the \nSmithsonian\, Greenpeace\, Microsoft\, Disney\, NBC\, Universal\,\nNicke lodeon\, and 20th Century Fox on the future of entertainment.\n\nAI AND TH E FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE\n\nSirisha Rambhatla\n[/managem ent-sciences/profile/srambhat] is an\nAssistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of\nݮƵ\, where she leads the Critic al ML Lab as the director. Her\nresearch focusses on developing deep learn ing-based reliable\nartificial intelligence (AI) models for critical real- world decision\nmaking in surgery and healthcare\, covid spread\, climate change\, and\nintelligent manufacturing and aviation using spatiotemporal modelling\,\nrepresentation learning\, and explainable AI. Her inter-disci plinary\nwork spans both theory and practice of machine learning (ML)\, ha s been\npublished at top ML venues such as NeurIPS\, ICLR\, KDD\, IJCAI\, AAAI\,\nand clinical venues such as AMIA\, Surgery\, American Association for\nthe Study of Liver Diseases. Recipient of the 2021 Merit Award for\nE xcellence in Postdoctoral Research at the University of Southern\nCaliforn ia\, Dr. Rambhatla received her Ph.D. (EE) from the University\nof Minneso ta -- Twin Cities in 2019.\n\nPizza and non-alcoholic beverages will be p rovided.\n\nDonations of non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army -\nStratford Food Bank will be accepted.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477cfe7 DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20220326T080000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20220328T235900 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/uw-creators-collective-gallery-spectra SUMMARY:UW Creator's Collective Gallery: Spectra CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\n\"The Creator's Collective annual gallery\, Spectra \, is live now! For\nthose who may be unaware\, the Creator's Collective Gallery hosts a\nyearly exhibition for artists to showcase their creative work or\nrecent artistic activities. Given the uncertainties of Covid-19\, we\nwill be holding Spectra online through a VR museum curation platform\ ncalled ArtSteps.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477d869 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210320T000000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210321T000000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/unlock-virtual-student-gallery SUMMARY:Unlock: A Virtual Student Gallery CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nThere's no doubt that 2020 was a crazy and challeng ing year. A large\nchunk of that year was spent in lockdown. The experienc e of being\nconfined to our houses during a pandemic has led us to seek so me sort\nof escape. And for many students at the Stratford School of\nInte raction Design and Business\, that escape was unlocked by art.\n \n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477e025 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201029T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201029T130000 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/how-prepare-and-what-expect-ux-interviews SUMMARY:How to prepare and what to expect with UX interviews CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nKONRAD GROUP IS HOSTING THIS LIVE Q AND A.\n\nInter viewing as an incoming grad can be daunting especially during the\nCOVID p andemic. What makes an application stand out? What do you need\nto prepare ? Hear from designers who made their way through this\ntransition and are now transforming industries with design thinking.\nWe have advice for diff erent types of design interviews and will walk\nyou through how to navigat e them effectively. This talk is designed to\nprepare you for your job hun t and empower you to make the most of your\nopportunities!\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682f5e477e7ef DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201020T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201020T114500 URL:/stratford-school-of-interaction-design-and-busines s/events/lunch-and-learn-designing-diversity-live-q-and SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn | Designing with Diversity Live Q and A CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nDESIGNING WITH DIVERSITY - HOW FOCUSING ON INCLUSIO N HELPED US BECOME\nBETTER DESIGNERS\n\nAs members of the TELUS Service De sign team\, when we were given the\nopportunity to focus on retail accessi bility\, we were nervous and\nexcited. The experience of this project was transformative and pushed\nus to become better and more inclusive designer s. The lessons learned\nand insights gained from this work have continued to inform our\napproach to design and evolved our practice.\n DTSTAMP:20250522T172631Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR