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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, people of Arts, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Come and discover the interactive and immersive technologies research conducted in the Games Institute's collaborative interdisciplinary environment!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone interested in the research happening at the Games Institute (GI) is more than welcome to come and explore our space during the Open House. We especially encourage anyone considering or currently pursuing graduate school or a Postdoctoral
Fellowship at the University of Waterloo to come and learn about the work conducted at the GI over the past ten years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The GI is a 9000-square-foot interdisciplinary research center with multiple interdisciplinary lab spaces, a maker space with two 3D printers, a 30-person presentation space, and a large collaboration area. All these areas will be open
during the open house and filled with the GI's Faculty and graduate members and their projects. The GI is led by Executive Director Dr. Neil Randall (Faculty of Arts) and Associate Director Mark Hancock (Engineering) and has members from every faculty and
multiple departments on campus.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The open house will highlight a considerable array of research projects, including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Multiple Virtual Reality Experiences (with demos!)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Restorative justice and technology<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Games and interactive technologies for health<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Feminist archiving and social media activism<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Human Computer Interaction research<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Table-top role playings games<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Game Studies close readings and analysis<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Games for Change<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Publication opportunities through our Palgrave Games and Context book series and games studies publication First Person Scholar<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Partnerships and projects with Indigenous populations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Haptics Computing research and tools
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Gamification<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social Media and disinformation<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">And much, much, more!</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Anyone is welcome to attend the GI Open House from 4:30-6 pm. There is more information (including the exact address of the GI etc.) in the event: <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/games-institute-open-house-0">https://uwaterloo.ca/games-institute/events/games-institute-open-house-0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For questions about the event, please contact <a href="mailto:games.institute@uwaterloo.ca">
games.institute@uwaterloo.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Agata Antkiewicz</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">, MA<br>
</span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Administration, The Games Institute
<br>
Chair, Board of Directors, University of Waterloo Staff Association<br>
Interim Co-Chair, UW Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">University of Waterloo<br>
EC1-1331, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1<br>
<br>
<a href="games.uwaterloo.ca">games.uwaterloo.ca</a> | <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/staff-association/">
uwaterloo.ca/staff-association/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I recognize the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge, laws and philosophies of the Indigenous Peoples with whom I share this land today. As the Games
Institute facilitates researchers of games, digital spaces, and interactive technologies, we undertake to make space for Indigenous scholars, designers, commentators and creators to uplift voices that are marginalized in the academic and gaming community.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live today is the traditional land of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. I recognize
that the University of Waterloo, where I work, is situated on the Haldimand Tract – the land taken without consent and subsequently promised to the Six Nations – that includes ten kilometers on either side of the Grand River.
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