Hacking Health Hamilton Cafe #3
When: Thursday July 16th 2015 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Where: McMaster University, ETB 124 (Engineering Technology Building) @ 1280 Main Street West
Organizer: Hacking Health Hamilton
Register: meetup.com/Hacking-Health-Hamilton/events/222566985
Healthcare workers, technologists and designers unite! Hacking Health is a Canada-wide movement to improve healthcare by bringing together these groups to collaborate, learn from each other, and create better health technology. Our evening Café series brings in cool presenters and hosts information discussions. We will be holding a full weekend hackathon in the winter.
Location: ETB 124. This is the new all-glass building at the front of McMaster on Main St. If you’re driving, consider parking in Lot I.
We’re back with more healthcare and tech connections!
Sarah Drew from Every1Games will show how autistic children can improve their health by creating video games. Sarah graduated from Brock University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in digital humanities. She has been working with the autism community for more than 10 years and has collaborated with multiple game studios, assisting with production and business development.
Every1Games helps participants explore the inside of the video game industry in a low-anxiety and collaborative learning environment. The program builds valuable life skills through individual and team-based game development, social learning activities and networking guidance. Autism is experienced differently by everyone, and Every1Games empowers each participant to define what their diagnosis means to them and what they want to achieve. Upon completing the program, learners are equipped to accomplish what they most desire: meaningful employment and independence. Every1Games also works with game developers to facilitate low-anxiety beta testing for video games.
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Update from Shift Alerts: Shift Alerts has some great news updates. We’ll hear from Leo Godreault about what they’ve been up to in Hamilton and Toronto recently.