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:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74c7e18 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231031T150000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231031T160000 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. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74c9890 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231023T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231023T123000 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. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74ca99c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230920T123000 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). DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74cbeca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230810T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230810T153000 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. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74cd2f9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221122T130000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221122T143000 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 0ZmFkLTkzN2YtZWYzMmFlOGRhMmJk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22723a 5a87-f39a-4a22-9247-3fc240c01396%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ed5f99c7-a8d7-4e46-8f 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. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74ce9bc DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220705T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220705T133000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/discussion-health-and-games LOCATION:The Games Institute (East Campus 1) 200 University Avenue West Col laboration Space Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:A Discussion on Health and Games CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us on July 5th at 1:30 for a panel discussion with three G ames\nInstitute (GI) faculty members about their work in games and health. \nThis event will be held both online and in-person and the GI. The\npanel will feature Dean of Health Dr. Lili Liu\, Associate Professor\nDr. Micha el Barnett-Cowan and SYDE Instructor Dr. John Muñoz. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74d01dc DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220616T140000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220616T140000 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]. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74d196e DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220216T173000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220216T190000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/speaker-series-session-2-ne tworked-digital-identities-and SUMMARY:Speaker Series Session 2: Networked Digital Identities and Communit ies CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Hi everyone! Join Feminist Think Tank this Wednesday (February 16th)\nat 5:30pm for the second event in their ♀️Networked Feminisms\n Speaker Series: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices♀️ DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74d2713 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220127T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220127T123000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/networked-feminisms-activis t-assemblies-and-digital SUMMARY:Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join Feminist Think Tank this Thursday\, January 27th at 11:00 am for\nthe first event in their NETWORKED FEMINISMS SPEAKER SERIES: ACTIV IST\nASSEMBLIES AND DIGITAL PRACTICES. DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4db74d3665 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211202T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211202T143000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/guest-lecture-prof-matt-par ker-nyu-game-centre SUMMARY:Guest Lecture: Prof. Matt Parker\, NYU Game Centre CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:BIO: DTSTAMP:20260501T165724Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR