Workshops

Past workshop
Oct 20, 2024
Reducing Harm in New Media: An Intersectional Exploration of Digital Community Protocols
This intro-level workshop examines how BIDJ perspectives intersect to inform harm reduction strategies in new media environments. It offers artists and arts workers both critical insights and practical tools for developing digital community protocols that prioritize accessibility, care, and equity, fostering online spaces that actively support community-building and intercultural collaboration.
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Past workshop
Oct 13, 2024
Intersectional Tech Futures: Foregrounding Black, Indigenous, and Disability Justice Perspectives on Tech Literacy & Accessibility
"Intersectional Tech Futures" offers a foundational look at why Black, Indigenous, and Disability Justice perspectives are essential in tech literacy and accessibility initiatives.
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Past workshop
Jul 20, 2024
VF24 Workshop | Digital Existence Only!
Get introduced to Blender, an open-source 3D graphics software, through the creation of abstract scenes that can only exist in a virtual world. Participants will learn software workflow, object creation, texturing, lighting, and rendering.
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Past workshop
Jul 13, 2024
VF24 Workshop | Start Where You Are: Using Worldbuilding Tactics in Serious Games for Climate Change Adaptation
Engage in a worldbuilding exercise in this “game to build a game” on the complex real-world problem of climate crisis in Toronto, working with situational and publicly available data through active group facilitation.
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Past workshop
Jul 2, 2024
forest of juxtaposition: radical disconnectedness in Kinopio
Part of our deu(s ex machina) Game Jam, this workshop challenges participants to reflect on game design structures.
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Past workshop
Jun 17, 2024
expressing ideas in the moment: haiku games with Downpour
Create brief and evocative interactive experiences in Downpour, an easy-to-use tool for making games on your phone.
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Past workshop
Jun 15, 2024
Playing the Curator: An Introductory Workshop to Digital Exhibitions
Introduce yourself to digital art exhibition development through MacKenzie Art Gallery's Digital Exhibition Builder and the Unity engine.
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Apr 20 - 27, 2024
World Building in ResoniteVR
This workshop takes participants by the avatar and teleports them into ResoniteVR. Collaborate and build an environment as a team!
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Past workshop
Mar 30, 2024
Build the VGA Loom Video Synthesizer
Build the VGA Loom, a video synthesizer that produces real time animated glitchy patterns reminiscent of woven textiles.