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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/case-paratopian-design
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West The Games Institute Wa
 terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:The Case for Paratopian Design
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:What if we could make complex social and cultural questions pla
 yable?\nAnd what if we could do so through interactions with familiar digi
 tal\ninterfaces set in alternative presents and near futures? The work I\n
 will discuss sits at the intersection between the design traditions of\nsp
 eculative and critical design on the one hand\, and the philosophies\nand 
 best practices of game design\, playful media and interaction\ndesign on t
 he other.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/workshop-building-equitable
 -and-sustainable-game-development
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West The Games Institute Wa
 terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Workshop on Building Equitable and Sustainable Game Development\nEd
 ucation
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:With recent waves of layoffs\, high-profile workplace harassmen
 t cases\,\nand a notoriously short career length for gender minorities and
  people\nof colour\, the transition of new workers into the game industry\
 ninvolves navigating a spate of barriers to equity and success that\nhave 
 been understudied in academic research. This panel talks about\n\"The Firs
 t Three Years\"\, an ongoing longitudinal study of graduates of\ngame prog
 rams in Canada and the United States\, following the journey\nof 207 stude
 nts as they move into the game industry.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/panel-emerging-voices-black
 -games-studies
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West The Games Institute Wa
 terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Panel on Emerging Voices in Black Games Studies
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:This panel highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies.\
 nPanelists will present recent and/or ongoing work\, sharing a glimpse\nof
  the emerging research questions animating the field. Topics include\nBlac
 k worldbuilding in and across games (Fletcher)\, perceptions of\nBlack mal
 e exceptionalism in gaming cultures (Dashiell)\, and the\nrelationship bet
 ween avatar representation and Black user experience\nin social VR (DeVeau
 x).
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/student-speaker-series-spee
 ch-human-agent-interaction-nima
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West The Games Institute Wa
 terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Student Speaker Series: Speech in Human-Agent Interaction with Nima
 \nZargham
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Due to technological advancements\, communicating with computer
  systems\nusing natural language has become a casual phenomenon. Speech-ba
 sed\nsystems\, like Siri or Cortana\, have become widely popular among peo
 ple\ndue to their convenience. Speech interaction encompasses a social\nco
 mponent as it reflects the fundamental human capacity for\ncommunication a
 nd enables interpersonal engagement through verbal\nexchange. This makes h
 uman-agent interaction an essential topic of\nresearch in the field of hum
 an-computer interaction.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/panel-physiological-measure
 s-games-and-vr-novel-tools-and
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West The Games Institute Wa
 terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:[PANEL] Physiological Measures for Games and VR: Novel Tools and\nA
 pproaches
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT CORRESPONDS WITH AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP. SEPARATE\nRE
 GISTRATION REQUIRED AND SEATING IS LIMITED.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/impact-genuine-and-mindful-
 inclusion-marginalized
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Ca
 nada
SUMMARY:The Impact of Genuine and Mindful Inclusion of Marginalized\nCommun
 ities in Creative Works.
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Join Elaine Gómez as she will describe the importance of\nrepr
 esentation in games and digital media. She will speak to how\ngaming has t
 he power to destroy the perpetuation of stereotypical\nperceptions and wil
 l explain how games can be designed to create\nsocial impact in meaningful
  ways.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/workshop-structures-care-an
 d-accessibility-softchaos
SUMMARY:Workshop on Structures of Care and Accessibility with SoftChaos
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS A FREE\, VIRTUAL EVENT! REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\n\nIn th
 is workshop\, members of the worker cooperative game studio\nSoftChaos wil
 l discuss how building structures of care and\naccessibility into the team
 's day-to-day working environment can\nstrengthen the creative process of 
 developing games\, and will lead\nparticipants in interactive exercises to
  inspire them to bring similar\nideas to their own work contexts. The work
 shop will take place online\nover two hours.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/panel-discussion-games-and-
 education
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 175 Columbia St W The Games Institute Waterloo
  ON N2L 5Z5 Canada
SUMMARY:A Panel Discussion on Games and Education
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the Games Institute or virtually via Teams\n[
 https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzZkMDc3MzMtNGU3Zi0
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 bd-8bc8338d7108%22%7d]\nfor a panel discussion on games and education with
  Drs. JASON\nHAWRELIAK (Brock University\, Waterloo English Language and L
 iterature\nAlum)\, KRISTINA R.
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/games-institute-open-house
LOCATION:EC1 - East Campus 1 200 University Ave West 1323 Waterloo ON N2L 3
 G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Games Institute Open House
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Come and discover the interactive and immersive technologies re
 search\nconducted in the Games Institute's collaborative interdisciplinary
 \nenvironment!\n\nAnyone interested in the research happening at the Games
  Institute\n(GI) is more than welcome to come and explore our space during
  the\nOpen House. We especially encourage anyone considering or currently\
 npursuing graduate school or a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the\nUniversity 
 of Waterloo to come and learn about the work conducted at\nthe GI over the
  past ten years.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220616T140000
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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/cap-and-trade-game-and-proj
 ect-postmortem-alex-fleck-and-dr
LOCATION:The Games Institute (East Campus 1) 175 Columbia St W\, Collaborat
 ion Space Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5 Canada
SUMMARY:Cap and Trade Game and Project \"Postmortem\" With Alex Fleck and D
 r.\nJason Grove
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Cap and Trade Simulation (CCTS) is a serious game/simu
 lation\ndesigned to teach undergraduate Chemical Engineering and Environme
 ntal\nStudies students about carbon tax and trade systems in Canada create
 d\nby PhD candidate Alex Fleck [/games-institute/node/425] and Dr. Jason\n
 Grove [/games-institute/node/1083].
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