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PhD Position: Multisensory integration

Department of Kinesiology (Neuroscience)

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

One PhD position is available to Canadian resident students for a September, 2015 start to study multisensory integration (broadly defined) in the Multisensory Brain and Cognition Lab in the Department of Kinesiology (Neuroscience) at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Michael Barnett-Cowan.

On December 2nd, Drs. Brianna Wiens (English Language and Literature) and Daniel Harley (Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business) presented their work and research in areas of feminist and responsible design.

Canadian Cap and Trade Simulation (CCTS) is a serious game/simulation designed to teach undergraduate Chemical Engineering and Environmental Studies students about carbon tax and trade systems in Canada created by PhD candidate Alex Fleck and Dr. Jason Grove.

Dr. Kevin Harrigan is a founding member of the Games Institute, the director of the Knowledge Translation Stream at UWaterloo, and contact person for the Gambling Research Lab. Dr. Harrigan's present research focuses on promoting healthier gambling by developing methods to make gamblers aware of their statistical odds.

As a PhD candidate in the English department, and ongoing researcher at The Games Institute, Betsy Brey teamed up with ODScore to combine academia and industry to tackle employee engagement.

Emily West, our dedicated member, wins Co-op Student of the Year for the Faculty of Arts

Director of The Games Institute, Dr. Neil Randall, was recently featured in an article discussing credit card loyalty programs and gamification. The article written by Aaron Broverman was originally published on November 12th, 2015.

Director of The Games Institute, Neil Randall, has been featured in a recent article published by Canadian Business entitled "Should we really be turning investing into a video game?" by Bryan Borzykowski.