Day 1 of VRTO - Speaker Nimrod Shanit, CEO of Blimey VR Studios Inc., renewed the company’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) by swearing to uphold a “Vow of Tolerance” in all the XR work that Blimey creates 🙌
Interactive Ontario
Online Audio and Video Media
Toronto, Ontario 2,723 followers
Our Mission: To inspire, unite, and enable Ontario’s Video Game/IDM community to achieve long-term growth and prosperity
About us
Interactive Ontario (IO) is the trade association representing the video game and interactive digital media (IDM) sector in Ontario. IO’s members produce, commercialize and export interactive digital entertainment and edutainment such as video games, extended reality applications (VR, AR, MR) and eLearning content. IO’s mission is to inspire, unite and enable Ontario’s IDM industry to achieve long-term growth and prosperity. Through advocacy, connections, insights, resources, programs, and building meaningful partnerships with the industry and its stakeholders, IO is dedicated to positioning Ontario as a leader on the world stage.
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https://interactiveontario.com/
External link for Interactive Ontario
- Industry
- Online Audio and Video Media
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2001
- Specialties
- Interactive digital media, e-learning, video games, and mobile applications
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Primary
298 Queen St W
Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A1, CA
Employees at Interactive Ontario
Updates
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Interested in all things games, simulations, and XR? Join us on Aug 12 - 14 for the Serious Play Conference 2024. Check out the 150+ speakers, jam packed program, hands-on workshops, esports demo, arcade, and gamified theatre. Network, play, and learn at one of the summer’s biggest game events 🎮🕹️🥽 25% discount for IO members: https://lnkd.in/dxEzFZE
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We need your insight now more than ever! ESAC/CIAIC is currently undertaking its 2023/2024 Economic Profile survey, which aims to build a comprehensive portrait of the Canadian video game/IDM industry today; this portrait allows stakeholders to make important decisions in the interest of the sector. By completing this short survey, you will be contributing to the long-term sustainability of the industry. No contribution is too small! Fill out the survey before it closes on July 12th. https://bit.ly/ciaic-2024 https://bit.ly/esac-2024
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You still have time to register for our next ISB this Thursday, July 11th 👀 Jenny Windom, Communications & Community Director at Ivy Road, joins us to discuss how to navigate community building for your game IO/CIAIC Members attend FREE Register: http://bit.ly/isb-jenny
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Interactive Ontario congratulates Michael Schmalz on his appointment as Chair of the Board of Directors at the Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada 🎉 With over two decades of experience working in the video game industry, Dr. Schmalz’s passion and remarkable expertise will provide invaluable contributions to the important work done by the CMF. As fellow champions of video game and XR content and innovation, we look forward to working together to foster the growth of the Canadian and Ontario techno-creative industry.
The CMF announced today a new chair and a new appointment to our board of directors. Dr. Michael Schmalz will succeed outgoing chair Alain Cousineau, who left the board of directors after a 13-year tenure, as chair of the board. 👏 We also welcome the appointment of new director René Guimond by the Canadian Coalition for Cultural Expression. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMJMuQae
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Mark your calendars, our next Indie Superboost is ONE week away on July 11th 🚀 Jenny Windom, Communications & Community Director at Ivy Road, joins us to discuss how to navigate community building for your game IO/CIAIC Members attend FREE Register: https://bit.ly/isb-jenny
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We’d like to extend a thank you to all the fantastic publishers who joined Interactive Ontario/CIAIC’s inbound mission to #XPGAMESUMMIT, and meeting with many talented studios from across Canada 🤝
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With another astonishing #XPGAMESUMMIT wrapped for this year, we wanted to acknowledge all the talent, hard work, and dedication that was completed by those who participated in the Indie SuperBoost track at this year’s conference. ICYMI - with the generous support of Ontario Creates and Ubisoft Toronto, we showcased 14 Indie Superboost panels over the course of XP Game Summit 2024. Featuring over 30 different speakers, these talks covered a range of pressing topics relevant for anyone in the video game and XR industry, with a special focus on issues commonly faced by independent studios. And a special thank you to the ISB Committee for your continued dedication to our industry. Please look forward to more from Indie Superboost coming soon! 🚀 Ryan Miller Trang Nguyen 🌱 Zina Rahman Agusia Krzywinska Tony Howard-Arias Matthew W. Lucie Lalumière Kristian Roberts Jean-Jacques Hermans
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This year’s IO Connect also had the chance to feature exclusive demos from Honour Bound Game Studios Inc., Alientrap Games, Numizmatic Games Corporation, Antonio Miceli (Mega Power Games), and Idiom Loop! Thank you to these studios for allowing our members to get hands on with your incredible work. We look forward to seeing what comes next for your teams in the near future 👀
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IO Connect: Summer Mixer 2024 was only made possible with the collaboration of all our partners. We’d like to personally thank XP Gaming Inc., Jim Munroe, Marie LeBlanc Flanagan, Ontario Creates, Ubisoft Toronto, City of Toronto, Toronto Film School, Xsolla, London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), FITC, JALI Research Inc., Lucky VR, Triple Dragon Limited, Pierre Moisan, Insert Coin Accounting, i3D.net, AMD DJXL and Vickram Kaura (Vito's Pizza). You made this year’s event a huge success - we couldn’t have done it without you 🎉
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