Media and Technology Studies UAlberta

Interested in digital media production, creative practice, and hands-on media work?

MST 299 introduces students to foundational tools, concepts, and workflows in digital media production, including audio, video, image editing, platforms, accessibility, copyright, and project development.

This course is also expected to provide a foundation for advanced digital media practice courses anticipated to roll out over the next three years. Students interested in those future courses are encouraged to consider taking MST 299 in Winter 2027.

When: Mondays, 1:00–3:50 p.m.
Where: BUS 3-06
Term: Winter 2027
Instructor: TBA

Interested in digital media production, creative practice, and hands-on media work?

MST 299 introduces students to foundational tools, concepts, and workflows in digital media production, including audio, video, image editing, platforms, accessibility, copyright, and project development.

This course is also expected to provide a foundation for advanced digital media practice courses anticipated to roll out over the next three years. Students interested in those future courses are encouraged to consider taking MST 299 in Winter 2027.

When: Mondays, 13:00–15:50
Where: BUS 3-06
Term: Winter 2027
Instructor: TBA

Join Gordon Gow, Director of the Media and Technology Studies Unit, and Nicola DiNicola, MACT Graduate Advisor, for an online information session on Tuesday, August 11 from 12-1 p.m. MDT.

During the session you will learn more about the program and have the opportunity to ask questions. We hope to see you there!

Register here: https://ow.ly/ptZZ50Zqc1r

In MST 350 - Understanding Video Games, offered in Fall 2026, we'll embark on an exploration of contemporary games and gaming culture. As this is an intermediate-level course, we'll be diving into complex subjects, from narrative design to contemporary issues in gaming.

Some things to know:
- This course will involve a mix of reading about, playing, and making games.
- Over the course of the term, you’ll develop six small game "experiments" using a variety of tools and formats.
- This course is structured as a quest-based adventure game: you will have lots of flexibility in choosing which assignments to complete!

For more information or to request manual enrollment, email the instructor, Dr. PB Berge ([email protected]).

Master’s grad builds an AI-powered bridge for neurodivergent students Digital humanities master’s graduate Francerlândio Macena da Cruz created an app based on his own research journey called NeuroBridge, designed to help neurodivergent students cut through distraction to overcome executive paralysis.

Congratulations to all the Arts grads walking the stage at Spring Convocation today! 🎓

Your dedication, creativity, and hard work have brought you here, and we can’t wait to see where they take you next! ✨

of 2026

Leading up to Arts Convocation tomorrow, we're proud to share stories from the 2026 graduating class 🎓

Media and Technology Studies UAlberta grad Kaetlyn Osmond’s journey to the convocation stage was anything but linear. Following a successful figure skating career — highlighted by three Olympic medals, two World Championship medals and three Canadian national championships — the now retired athlete traded the ice for the chance to take her lifelong passion for the media industry, and turn it into a career.

Read more: https://bit.ly/49J5okZ

Congratulations, Kaetlyn!

The Media and Technology Studies Salon Series presents:

Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multi-Media Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada
A book launch at Audreys Books

Tuesday, June 9
7-8:30 p.m.
Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave. Edmonton

Join us for the book launch of Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multi-Media Activism and Gender Based Violence in Canada on Tuesday, June 9 at 7:00 p.m. with author Nicolette Little, in discussion with Dr. PB Berge.

Nicolette Little teaches in the Media and Technology Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies programs at the University of Alberta, and directs its Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre. She advises the Canadian government, national media, law enforcement, and not-for-profit organizations regarding media and gender-based violence.

Book signing and light refreshments following the launch.

Event link: https://audreys.ca/events/4961020260609

This National Indigenous History Month, we invite you to go beyond the land acknowledgement and take some time to understand your relationship to the land, treaties, and to the Indigenous communities near you.

Across the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, along with FNS, we take our commitment to treaty and to the 94 Calls to Action seriously and make it a priority not just in June, but year-round.

This , we're amplifying First Nations, Inuit and Métis voices and taking some time to ground ourselves on the land in which we're situated.

From backlot tours to backing up hard drives How U of A digital humanities and computing science researchers are helping preserve Japanese film history and a cherished film landmark in Kyoto.