Civic hacknight #398 - How Games can Inspire Civic Change (IN-PERSON)

*This is the in-person registration for this event. To attend virtually via Zoom, please RSVP here.

Topic: People, Politics, and Interactivity: How Games can Inspire Civic Change

• A discussion of production methodologies of the PeoPoli project and how games and other media can be designed to inspire civic and social change.

Speaker: Jordan Sparks

• Jordan Sparks is a Black-Canadian Multimedia Artist, Designer, and Educator born and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that uses art and digital experiences to explore how media can entertain and inspire social change and make the world a better place. Jordan is President of Shining Spark Entertainment Ltd. and a known Educator that has taught over 10,000 people around the world.
• Follow Jordan on Twitter: @supersparkplugs

Join us in person:

• We're meeting in Room 480 of the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto (55 St. George Street, north of College St.). There will be signs!

Agenda:

• 7:00-7:20 = Welcome and Introductions
• 7:20-7:50 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
• 7:50-9:00 = Breakout groups

Code of Conduct:

• http://civictech.ca/about-us

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:

• https://link.civictech.ca/chat

Accessibility:

• We're exploring ways to make our hybrid hacknights more accessible. At the moment we provide video and audio of the presentation through Zoom and automated closed captioning.

About Us:

• Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data. Come and be part of it!

For more info:

• http://civictech.ca