NATI launches TechWomen NL

NATI (Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Technology Industries) is launching a support and mentoring group for female professionals in the province’s advanced technology sector. The association’s goal is to host quarterly luncheons featuring topics of interest and to establish a professional network of women within the NL advanced technology sector.

CMPA and Ryerson team up for transmedia training

The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) is collaborating with Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media on a new Transmedia Production Acceleration Program, a workshop and mentorship program that focuses on acquiring skills for transmedia production. Supported by the OMDC’s Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund, this  program will provide 40 transmedia producers with the opportunityContinue reading “CMPA and Ryerson team up for transmedia training”

Behaviour’s Rémi Racine appointed CBC chair

Rémi Racine, president and executive producer of Montreal’s Behaviour Interactive, has been named chairperson of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors for a five-year term, as announced by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.

Sixteen winners take home Digital Alberta Awards

The winners of the 2012 Digital Alberta Awards were revealed earlier this month to a full house. They include: Community and Education Best in Student Interactive Digital Media and Creative Design: First Generation Albertans, Giannitsos & PoonBest in E-learning: Time to Drill, Sajak & FarkiBest Digital Media Leader – Community Leader, Educator, Program Leader, or Department Head: Owen Brierley,Continue reading “Sixteen winners take home Digital Alberta Awards”

Canada’s next-gen digital sector requires new forms of capital to compete globally

Latest study unveils industry growth opportunities through more private investment (See below for a link to a PDF of the study.) (TORONTO and BANFF, June 12, 2012) Increased private capital is the missing link for building up successful interactive digital media companies in Canada, according to a new report commissioned by the Canadian Interactive AllianceContinue reading “Canada’s next-gen digital sector requires new forms of capital to compete globally”