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Centennial College Students Blog ideaCity

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:36:56 +0000

This year, Centennial College students will be at Moses Znaimer’s ideaCity Conference, powering a student blog offering a uniquely student perspective on the event.

The blog will feature real-time coverage, presentation highlights and references links, exclusive presenter interviews and photos designed to capture the event and extend the ideaCity experience. ideaCity a high profile conference in Canada which in the past has featured presenters such as Justin Trudeau, Preston Manning, Robert Kennedy Jr, Peter Jennings, Ali Velshi, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, Gord Downie (Tragically Hip), Tomson Highway, Romeo Dallairre, Deepa Mehta, Robert Bateman, and Michael Ignatieff, among others.

http://ideacity.wordpress.com

Centennial College launches new Centre for Children’s Media

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:02:43 +0000

Toronto, May 18, 2010 – Toronto could soon be the newest and most important hub for children’s entertainment production in the world. Centennial College is launching its Centre for Children’s Entertainment and Media in support of the growing, multi-billion-dollar children’s entertainment industry. Designed to respond to the changing buyers’ market, the new centre will be academic-based, cross-platform and industry-driven, with an emphasis on research and innovation. Industry players will have a new resource for creating content, finding new applications for existing content, and working with teams of students who will be the next leaders in children’s media.

“Toronto is ideally situated to be a global leader in this area, and our new centre will play a pivotal role. We will lead an industry mindset shift towards research and development,” says Nate Horowitz, Dean of the Centre for Creative Communications, Centennial College.

http://www.centennialcollege.ca/thecentre/cec

Conestoga Journalism Gives Away More Than $38,000 Dollars at its Awards Gala

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:04:43 +0000

Conestoga College students got a big jump start to their broadcast journalism careers as the students took home a record number of scholarships and bursaries at the School of Media and Design’s annual Journalism Gala on March 25th. There were 33 different awards for students in the videography and journalism programs at Conestoga. Donations from local newspapers, broadcasters, online publications, and generous private citizens made it possible to give away over $38 thousand dollars in total.

http://blogs1.conestogac.on.ca/news/2010/04/conestoga_journalism_gives_awa.php

New Applied Research $15M Funding for Ontario Colleges

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:52:59 +0000

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 19, 2010) – A new pilot initiative for southern Ontario colleges and universities will provide up to $15 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses move promising products, practices and processes from the research and development stage to the marketplace. Speaking at Sheridan College in Oakville, the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, launched FedDev Ontario’s Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative.

“Our government’s Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative will create new jobs and strengthen the economy of southern Ontario,” said Minister Goodyear. “By giving businesses greater access to the research capacity of Ontario’s colleges and universities, our government is committed to supporting the people, communities and businesses of southern Ontario.”

Sheridan Students Showcase New Game at Olympics

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:45:37 +0000

Sheridan College, a leader in digital media, has created the first ever real-time auto-stereoscopic 3D game that does not require 3D glasses. The game, called “IC3D”, is a showpiece at the Ontario House Pavilion at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, and will be used to introduce some of Ontario’s most well-known tourist attractions to the world-wide audience in Vancouver. Developed in collaboration with Toronto-based company Spatial View, the Sheridan IC3D Game is an interactive real-time application where players use BlackBerry® smartphones as game controllers to assemble puzzles featuring some of Ontario’s most popular tourist attractions.audience in Vancouver.
Developed in collaboration with Toronto-based company Spatial View, the Sheridan IC3D Game is an interactive real-time application where players use BlackBerry® smartphones as game controllers to assemble puzzles featuring some of Ontario’s most popular tourist attractions.

WATERLIFE Filmmaker at Centennial College

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:02:52 +0000

WATERLIFE is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the last huge supply (20 per cent) of fresh water on Earth. The source of drinking water, fish and emotional sustenance for 35 million people, the Great Lakes are under assault by toxins, sewage, invasive species, dropping water levels and profound apathy. Some scientists believe the lakes are on the verge of ecological collapse.

“After 30 years of making documentaries, what now matters most to me is finding ways to depict the structures that form the environments we live within and which, thus, govern our lives.But figuring out how to do that is not easy.” – Kevin McMahon. Sat. Apr 24. Learn MORE.

Centennial Grad Kris Reyes opens Reel World Film Festival

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:43:09 +0000

Centennial College graduate and Citytv news reporter Kris Reyes helped launch the 2010 Reel World Film Festival in Toronto.

ReelWorld Film Festival is a five day festival that screens features, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and other multi-racial communities. This unique Canadian based film festival truly reflects the racially diverse cultures of the World around us.

http://www.reelworld.ca/

Canadian film industry mogul visits Centennial College

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:10:43 +0000

Centennial College film, TV and new media students will meet legendary film mogul Wayne Clarkson at a special session of master classes on campus.

Wayne has dedicated his career to increasing the profile of Canadian filmmakers and their films as Executive Director of Telefilm Canada, The Canadian Film Centre, The Toronto International Film Festival, and Chair and CEO of the Ontario Film Development Corporation. More…

Niagara College art and design students pitch new brand ideas for Pillitteri Icewine

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:34:49 +0000

Pillitteri Estates Winery, the world’s largest estate producer of Icewine, has called upon the expertise of Niagara College’s wine, business, and graphic design students to develop a new brand for its signature product, Icewine.

In March, five student teams pitched their innovative visions for an Icewine brand name that holds global appeal. Each team consists of four students representing the Wine Business Management Graduate Certificate, Graphic Design Production – Art and Design Fundamentals, Business Administration – Marketing and Bachelor of Applied Business and Hospitality Operations Management programs.

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SPECIAL REPORT from Haiti: Journalism grad in the front lines

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:45:27 +0000

Centennial College graduates are doing outstanding work all over the world. Isa Jeanson, a graduate of the Journalism Fast Track Program , is now a Communications Advisor with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) currently stationed in Haiti and helping with the global relief efforts. Below, is an excerpt from a Q+A, where she takes a few moments out and answers questions from the front line.

“We are already seeing the consequences in the camps of tropical downpours, where camps are turning into mud baths…Some people have tents, many others are still living under plastic sheeting… Neither of these will stand against the fury of hurricanes, or the flooding caused by the rains…It’s a really horrific situation for people living in the camps.”