News and Events

DFP is an active and engaging community. We have bi-monthly seminars and an annual Design Showcase. You can learn more about the types of events we host on our Series Descriptions page. Subscribe to our calendar and read our newsletter here.

Latest News

DFP EDI Workshop Series

July 23rd, 2020

Join DFP for an EDI workshop series centered around the topics of ethics, diversity and inclusion in post-secondary teaching and research. 

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DFP Design Showcase 2020

July 13th, 2020

The 2020 Design Showcase, held online, had an amazing turnout with imaginative and intriguing student submissions adapted to the online forum. 

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Strike for Black Lives

June 9th, 2020

Talking about racism isn’t enough. We need to hold ourselves accountable, and commit to taking action. 

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Upcoming Events

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Designing AI-Powered Interactive Systems

Juho Kim
Associate Professor, School of Computing
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
DFP Seminar
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Emotional robots and magical objects

Karon MacLean
Professor, Computer Science
University of British Columbia
DFP Event
DFP Seminar

DFP Project Stimulus Update

DFP Event
DFP Seminar

Featuring 4 Talks: Personal Health Records; Research in Virtual Reality; CoPilot Training System Video Demonstration and Market Assessment; CanHaptics Network Planning Workshop

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