Gettazine 08

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Join Sheridan in their first ever zine fair with students from Sheridan and OCAD selling their wares. The OCAD zine library will be representing our growing collection, and there will be workshops, activities, AND live music! with special guests Broken Pencil magazine. Sign up in the library or contact Alicia Nauta at aside_@hotmail.com

Venue & Address: 
Sheridan College Trafalgar Campus, (outside the Connexion) 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario
Email: 
aside_@hotmail.com
Cost: 
Free

'Zine Library Grand Opening

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:00pm

Come celebrate the opening of OCAD's 'zine collection. Special guests will include the Sheridan College Zine Group who will present a workshop on zine production. We are still accepting donations, so drop off your submissions as soon as possible at the reference desk in the library, or contact Alicia Nauta (aside_@hotmail.com) for more information.

Venue & Address: 
Dorothy H. Hoover Library 113 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

Glenn Chadwick

Glenn Chadwick
Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 4:00am to Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 5:00am

A long awaited exhibition of recent paintings by Toronto artist Glenn Chadwick will be presented at Zilberschmuck Art &
Jewellery from October 14 to November 17 2007.
The paintings are a series of close examinations of the landscape encountered during travels and closer to home.
Glenn Chadwick graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1985 and recently returned to complete his degree (BFA 2007). For many years Glenn worked as an animation artist at
Nelvana Studios in Toronto and is also a well-respected jazz guitarist in Toronto. He currently teaches art and animation at Sheridan College in Oakville and Seneca College.
Zilberschmuck Art & Jewellery is located at 1852 Queen Street East (just west of Woodbine).

Venue & Address: 
Zilberschmuck Art & Jewellery 1852 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario
Cost: 
Free

Higher Learning

Higher learning poster
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 4:00pm to 6:30pm

Presented by the Toronto International Film Festival with OCAD University and Sheridan College

Douglas Wilson on Us and the Game Industry

Post-secondary students and faculty are invited to join game developer Douglas Wilson for a screening of Us and the Game Industry, a feature documentary from director Stephanie Beth investigating design principles with contemporary computer game developers. Those profiled in the film include: Douglas Wilson of Die Gute Fabrik (Johann Sebastian Joust, Mutazione); Jenova Chen, John Edwards and Robin Hunicke of thatgamecompany (Journey); Jason Rohrer (The Castle Doctrine); Alexander Bruce (Antichamber); and Zach Gage (SpellTower).

Douglas Wilson is co-owner of Die Gute Fabrik, a small game studio based in Copenhagen and New York City. Doug has developed a number of physical and installation games including Johann Sebastian Joust, which received the Innovation Award at the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards. He is currently producing two commercial games projects, Sportsfriends and Mutazione.

Stephanie Beth is an independent documentary producer and director for Common Dreams Ltd. With decades of involvement with documentary production and teaching with and about media, she has sustained an ethnographic interest in the human condition in the modern and then contemporary world. Her films include Us and the Game Industry (2013), In Joy (1980), and I Want to be Joan (1977).

HOW TO OBTAIN TICKETS TO THE GUEST SPEAKER EVENTS:

University and college students
Same day ticket availability: Tickets for each event will be made available on a first-come, first- served, basis. Tickets are limited to one per person and are available one hour before the event's start time at the Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office on the first floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at 350 King Street West. Students must show valid college or university cards for admittance.

Faculty members and administrators
Advance bookings: Faculty members and administrators can reserve blocks of tickets for their classes, 30 tickets per professor. Please send your request to hlf@tiff.net, putting the name of the specific event in the subject heading.

Same day ticket availability: The remaining tickets for each event will be made available on a first-come, first- served basis. Tickets are limited to one per person and are available one hour before the event's start time at the Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office on the first floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at 350 King Street West. Faculty and administrators must show college or university faculty/staff cards for admittance.

Members of the game development community who would like to attend, but are not a faculty member or student, are encouraged to email hlf@tiff.net to inquire about booking a ticket.

Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub
The Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub complements our live events by providing satellite educational programming to academic communities and to the public at large, extending the Higher Learning experience beyond the walls of TIFF Bell Lightbox. These materials include filmographies and bibliographies generated from the resources of the TIFF Film Reference Library, as well as video footage of some of our past Higher Learning events. To learn more and access all Higher Learning resources, please visit tiff.net/higherlearning

Venue & Address: 
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St West Toronto, Ontario
Website: 
http://tiff.net/higherlearning
Email: 
hlf@tiff.net
Cost: 
Free