Waterloo co-op student builds web game to improve children's vaccine experience

By Krista Henry, Co-operative and Experiential Education

When University of Waterloo co-op student Anthony Ilersich faced the challenge of easing vaccine-related anxiety in children, he used his love for gaming to make a difference.

The fourth-year Computing and Financial Management student in the Faculty of Mathematics, is a driving force behind the interactive web game CARD™. Developed by Immunize Canada and the University of Toronto, CARD™ (Comfort, Ask, Relax, Distract) is an evidence-based framework that teaches children how to prepare for vaccination.