10/06/2026
BEHIND THE SCREEN is TOMORROW! 🎮
Esports Symposium | Wed, Oct 7 | 10:00AM – 3:30PM | Student Centre Building
Three panels, a lineup of industry pros, and a day to learn how your passion for games can become a career. Swipe to meet the panelists 👉
PANEL 1: Student Leaders to Program Leaders
Esports leads from DCSA, OTSU and Humber Polytechnic share how they turned a passion for esports into a career, plus how to get engaged as a student, lessons learned, and why esports is more than a hobby.
🎤 Alex Estrela: Esports Coordinator, DCSA. Esports Business Management grad (Class of 2021).
🎤 Sinthuyan Uthayanan: Led the OTSU Esports Club as a student and helped turn it into one of Canada's first funded collegiate esports programs. Now Esports & Engagement Coordinator at OTSU.
🎤 Bernard Mafei: Senior Administrator of Esports at Humber Polytechnic, which became the first Canadian institution to earn NACE's Emerging Program of the Year. A 15-year mainstay in Canadian esports, formerly ranked #1 in Canada for Super Smash Bros. Melee, and former chair of the Post-Secondary division of Esport Canada's Board of Directors.
PANEL 2: Content Creation
Learn from Twitch streamers, a pro esports video editor and more as they break down the pathways into content creation.
🎤 Juan Buitrago (Snipeshot5000): Started on Ontario Tech's Rocket League A team. Now EA FC player for the Columbus Crew, Team Canada Esports Nations Cup player, two-time Toronto FC esports champ, eMLS Amateur Cup champ, and a full-time creator with 23,000+ followers on Twitch and YouTube.
🎤 Michael Cameron (GamerDadTV): Former gaming journalist, anti-virus security specialist who worked with John McAfee, and Durham College IT professor who helped bring a full-sized Esports Arena to campus. Streams on Twitch.
PANEL 3: From Sketch to Screen (Game Art/Game Dev)
A careers panel on how they broke into the industry, plus advice on applying and building your portfolio.
🎤 Jessica Le: Technical Artist at Ubisoft Toronto.
🎤 Alexander Ahilov: Part-time faculty in Durham College's Faculty of Media, Art and Design. Has worked on Battlefield, BioShock, Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs and Far Cry.
🎤 Darryl Malloy: 14 years in animation, games and film, including Mr. Pickles, PAW Patrol (TV and film), Scooby-Doo and Maya and the Three.
🎤 Marcus Vine: Co-founder of indie studio Jampacked Interactive, working at the crossroads of tech, research and art.
🔗 To register head to the link in our bio
Presented by Esports powered by DCSA with OTSU Esports and Humber Esports.
