2023-05-16 CapCHI Student Showcase Featuring uOttawa, Carleton and Algonquin

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CapCHI invites you to a very special evening featuring 6 projects developed by 9 students from various programs at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Algonquin College. In a pitch-style format, the event will feature a short presentation by each student or team followed by questions from the audience.

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2022-05-17 Beyond The Borders: Healthcare Technologies for Sensitive Communities

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Providing equitable access to healthcare services imposes a diverse set of challenges, especially when the target population faces limited geographical accessibility, literacy, and socio-economical barriers. A plausible way forward to improve healthcare in the Global South countries is by promoting the development and use of digital technologies. New approaches such as Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D), have highlighted the need for a deepest human-centred design approach toward localized digital solutions that properly work in a resource-constrained context.

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2021-05-18 Making Virtual Wishes A Reality

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How do you get past strict hospital privacy policies and infection control requirements so you can virtually grant last wishes for end-of-life patients? How does someone with Parkinson’s select a virtual reality video if they can’t grip the controller or keep their head steady to use the head-gaze feature of a VR headset? What does Schitt’s Creek, a group of nuns, and a super-charged monster truck have in common?
 
Find the answers to these and many more real-life challenges that David Parker tackled when pioneering VR for healthcare and palliative use.

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2020-05-05 COVID-19 Design Jam

CapCHI WDO COVID-19 Design Jam, May 5, 2020 6-8 pm...

The World Design Organization (WDO) recently partnered with IBM and Design for America to create a global mobilization effort in response to COVID-19. Their 24-hour COVID-19 Design Challenge had teams from around the world tackle seven identified problem spaces. The second round will refine proposed recommendations.

You are invited to a two-hour design jam that will dovetail into the WDO COVID-19 Design Challenge. Hosted by our very own Hala Hawa and Raquel Alves, and facilitated by Kevin Grignon from IBM Ottawa, our two-hour event will further examine outcomes from the WDO initiative.

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