Centre for Digital Media

Another great night with Vancouver’s design community! 🎉

Thanks to Friends of Figma Vancouver for hosting another Config Watch Party at CDM.

It was awesome to see students, designers, developers, founders, and creative professionals all in one room networking, sharing ideas, and exploring Figma’s latest updates together.

Looking forward to the next one!

[Friends of Figma, CDM, Vancouver, Watch Party, Design, UX, UI]

When your users finally meet your product. 🎮❤️

Yesterday was a big milestone for our Master of Digital Media students!

After months of research, collaboration, design, and development, they welcomed industry professionals to test their digital products for the very first time.

From AI-powered tools and games to immersive VR experiences, every conversation, question, and piece of feedback helps shape the next iteration. It’s all part of learning how great digital products are built.

We’re incredibly proud of the creativity, teamwork, and dedication our students have brought to these projects. 😃

Curious to see what they created? Explore this year’s student projects through the link in our bio.

[product testing, Vancouver tech, digital media, masters, student life]

Hey CDM fam! 👋 

We recently hosted our Agentic AI for Product Designers workshop, where students, creatives, and professionals explored how to use AI effectively in product design, creative development, rapid prototyping, and decision-making in today’s evolving creative and tech industries. 🤖 

Led by Kat Moynahan with Ryan Smith and David Gratton from 021 Events, participants explored how AI is being used across real product workflows: 

• Turning ideas into clear Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and accelerating product discovery through user and problem research 🔍 

• Building early no-code prototypes to quickly test, validate, and communicate ideas 💡 

• Using design systems and AI-powered insights to create scalable products and support better design decisions 🚀 

Participants left with hands-on experience, practical tools they can apply immediately, and a CDM certificate recognizing their learning. 

Big thank you to our instructors and participants for making it such a strong session 👏 

Missed this one? Turn on post notifications for upcoming workshops and events 🔔 

Want to keep learning? Explore CDM microcredentials for professional development via the link in bio. 

[CDM, Centre For Digital Media, Agentic AI, Creative Technology]

Global investors, government leaders, and creative-tech industry partners gathered at CDM this week as part of the Creative Technology Tour led by Invest Vancouver to kick off Web Summit Vancouver 2026.

Hosted at the Centre for Digital Media within Vancouver’s Creative District, the afternoon highlighted how BC’s connected ecosystem of talent, education, industry, infrastructure, and innovation continues to attract global attention and investment.

The event featured remarks from BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, Anne Kang, Vancouver City Councillor Mike Klassen, DigiBC CEO Loc Dao, CDM Board Chair Bill Tam, LowTide Properties’ Matthew Dixon, alongside CDM leadership Ted Gervan and Mary Lim (she/her).

“CDM is an anchor institution, where talent is not just trained, but tested, as students work on real-world problems with industry partners from day one. This helps position B.C. talent among the best in the world and strengthens our creative economy,” shared Minister Kang.

Visitors explored the newly launched CDM Innovation Gallery, interactive student-industry projects with Vancouver Community College (VCC) and Metro Vancouver and the Canadian Video Game Museum, a student venture and experiences developed through the Master of Digital Media (MDM) program - as well a studio visit to recently nominated for a Canadian Video Game Award for Best Indie Game for Fresh Tracks, Buffalo Buffalo.

The afternoon highlighted:

🎮 Real industry collaboration
💡 Hands-on multidisciplinary product developments
🚀 Direct access to leaders shaping BC’s creative-tech sector
🌎 Opportunities connecting talent, innovation, and industry

As Councillor Mike Klassen shared: “CDM helps create the conditions investors look for: access to high-quality talent, strong industry collaboration, and a direct connection between innovation and commercialization.”

The afternoon reinforced CDM’s growing role within BC’s creative-tech sector and the increasing international interest in Vancouver’s innovation ecosystem.

Read more about the visit, partnerships, projects, and conversations shaping BC’s creative-tech future: https://lnkd.in/gu8DCpb9

Big extra thanks to: Patrick Owens, Gordon Inglis, Ryan Dunnison, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia and City of Vancouver as well as the whole CDM team for making this happen!

Trying to make sense of where AI fits into your product workflow?

Join Agentic AI for Product Designers with Kat Moynahan, a one-day, hands-on workshop focused on helping you bring AI into real product development and design work as the space evolves.

This workshop is built with CDM alumni and working professionals in mind and is grounded in real production environments.

You’ll explore how agentic AI can support your process, where it creates the most value, and how to move ideas from concept through to deployment with more clarity.

You’ll leave with a practical approach you can apply right away, and continue building on in your role.

📅 May 8
⏰ 8:45 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Centre for Digital Media, Vancouver

Register now: https://luma.com/tpbwetwj

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Know someone exploring digital media or thinking about their next step in their career? 😄

The Technical Communication Bundle (TCB), part of the Master of Digital Media at the Centre for Digital Media, offers optional support for students who want to strengthen how they communicate ideas, tell their stories, and build portfolios that reflect their work. 💪

This term, students explored STAR storytelling with Ted Gervan, job search strategies with Ryan Dunnison, portfolio development with Christine Kuo and Thelma Wiegert, and new ways of thinking about transmedia IP with Arthur Protasio.

It’s one of the ways students build confidence and prepare for real-world opportunities within a creative-tech community.

To learn more about TCB and the MDM program, visit the link: https://bit.ly/mdm-tcb

Learn how CDM's Master of Digital Media program can transform your career.
Join us on May 6 for a free live webinar on the Master of Digital Media program at CDM. We’ll walk through how the program combines hands-on, industry projects with real-world experience, and what that actually looks like for students.

Our admissions team will also be live to answer questions on applications, scholarships, and program fit.

May 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM PT
Register: https://bit.ly/4tGVNTL