News archive - August 2019

Monday, August 26, 2019

Chris Lawrence published in Unwinnable discussing queerness in Mortal Kombat

Chris Lawrence, PhD candidate in English and Editor-in-Chief at First Person Scholar, published an article in Unwinnable about Mortal Kombat characters Scorpion and Sub-Zero.

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Dr. Aynur Kadir joins the Games Institute

The Games Institute is thrilled to welcome a new faculty member to our community, Dr. Aynur Kadir. Dr. Kadir is an incoming Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts in the department of Communication Arts with plans to advance her research in mobilizing the knowledge and cultures of Indigenous heritages through interactive and immersive technologies.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Prof. Steven Bednarski Receives SSHRC PG for Medieval History and Climate Change Project

Dr. Steven Bednarski, GI faculty member and Professor of Medieval History at St. Jerome’s University was recently awarded a multi-million-dollar grant to support an interdisciplinary project that illuminates the relationship between climate and culture in the late Middle Ages.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Dr. Oliver Schneider receives CFI funding to launch the Haptic Computing Lab

Dr. Oliver Schneider, GI faculty member and Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, was awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help establish his Haptic Computing Lab.