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Monday, July 11, 2022

Dr. Brianna Wiens on Collaborative Feminist Research

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Brianna Wiens took an unconventional path to the GI starting as a PhD student at York University who visited the GI as part of a crew filming a documentary about qCollaborative (qLab)—a feminist design research lab with members from multiple Canadian universities, including UW.

Dr. Katja Rogers
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Dr. Katja Rogers on Serendipitous Collaborations and her New Job at the University of Amsterdam

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Katja Rogers (HCI Games Lab) first met her supervisor and GI faculty member, Dr. Lennart Nacke (Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business), at CHI Play in 2016.

Dr. Stuart Hallifax
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Dr. Stuart Hallifax on his journey from an MA in France to UX at Ubisoft Montreal

Dr. Stuart Hallifax (HCI Games Lab) would describe his life as “falling backwards into every opportunity he’s been given.” So, how did he fall backwards into joining the GI? Stuart’s journey started in Leon, France, where he studied artificial intelligence for his Master’s in Computer Science.

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Dr. Hector Perez on Innovating Interdisciplinary Research

Before coming to Waterloo, Dr. Hector Perez held positions as a research assistant at a Mathematics Research Centre, as a project manager and later as executive assistant to the Vice-President of Administration and Finance at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico. He has travelled extensively (often teaching wherever he goes) and speaks five languages, in addition to understanding a few more. 

Emma Vossen Smiling at the Impact Awards Ceremony
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Dr. Emma Vossen: The Journey There and Back Again

If Emma Vossen’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably because she is one of the earliest members of the Games Institute. She recalls the conversations in the basement of the PAS building on campus or the Rum Runner bar in downtown Kitchener (in 2013!) with Dr. Neil Randall and other graduate students about what the GI could be. After defending her dissertation in 2018 and setting out from Waterloo, she has returned to her old stomping grounds for the next stage of her career as the GI’s Research Communications Officer.  

Monday, April 22, 2019

Tina Chan speaks to the media about Mental Health

Tina Chan, M.Sc. candidate in Applied Health Sciences has been speaking with the media recently as her work on mental health support and mental health gameful design gains traction.