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Associate lecturer, Masters of Digital Media Program, and Senior Scholar in the field of Aging and Technology, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
My current interests are in the use of virtual reality and gameworlds in professional training. I am currently working with the United Nations World Food Programme (winners of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize), the World Health Organization, the Insurance Institute of Canada and Baycrest Health Sciences. I am a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Professional Communications supervising graduate students in the field of immersive technology and serious game design.
My interests are focused on how to deploy immersive technologies such as open world games and mixed reality across professional settings.
Examples of thesis’ I have supervised over the past year
A Game on Death and Dying Conversations for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom
A Game for Adolescent Girls to Develop Leadership Capacity
Creating at Therapeutic Virtual Reality LSD Experience in Unity Software
The Use of Procedural Generation to Display Data Related to Social Media Use
Examples of thesis’ I am currently supervising
A 3D Immersive Game for the United Nations World Food Programme to Address Food Scarcity
A Combat-Based Video Game for Learning for Adults
Designing an Interface for Seniors with Speech Disorders to Communicate
A Virtual Reality Game System for Children with Psychiatric Disorders and Speech Pathology
Professor of Gamification & Mixed Reality
David Chandross holds masters degrees in both cognitive neuroscience and higher education and a doctorate in curriculum design. As one of the founders of the field of gamification he has not only developed numerous games for training in industry and universities, but also participated in broad research projects in this field.
His original work was on neuroscience, pharmacology, and the role of attention in the brain. This transformed into an interest in education for the health professions, where he held the rank of Dean, Assistant Dean, and Program Coordinator across sectors like medical technology management, medical education and allied health professions training. He developed an interest in the use of simulations in medical education which then focused on the design of games to use simulations effectively in undergraduates. After participating as a researcher in the $3 million dollar SAGE gamification grant at Simon Fraser University he worked with organizations across many sectors to improve learning through serious game design.
Since that time Dr. Chandross has designed game systems for improving memory in seniors, training health professionals for management of the frail elderly, the design of instruction for the financial sector, cyber-security professionals, Elections Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto, Baycrest Health Sciences, Ryerson University, the National University of Health Sciences, ARC Business Solutions, the energy sector, the College of Family Physicians, Ontario and Humber College.
His current research focus is in two areas: (1) The treatment of memory loss in seniors with dementia using streaming digital technology and (2) the optimization of virtual reality and immersive technology in learning. He is the program coordinator for seniors’ off campus education at Ryerson University and is active in the development of advanced systems for training health professionals as part of the E-Campus and Contact North initiatives for the province of Ontario.
January
Guy Chartrand, President & CEO, CGMH.
February
Ken Lucyshyn, Walker Aggregates, Duntroon
March
Captain Brad Moore, Marine Simulation Developer
April
Diana Bishop, Author ,Television journalist and
reporter
May
Carol Lambie, CEO, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health
June
Martin Rydlo, Marketing,Business Mgmt, Town of Collingwood
July
Brett Dixon, RPF, Forestry Department, County of Simcoe
August
Charlie Tatham, Collingwood Regional Airport
September
Dave Chambers, All about Hockey October
Terry Reardon, Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King
November
Jeff Shearer, On the Bay Magazine
December
Alan Mallory, The Family That Conquered Everest
January
Jeff McInnis, Northwest Passage by Catamaran
February
Glad Bryce, RCAF Women’s Division, WW11
March
Jeff and Susan Potts, Hull 192, Collingwood Shipyard Disaster
April
Professor Basil Kalymon, Crisis in Ukraine
May
Brock Godfrey, Canadian Anti-fraud for seniors
June
Dean Collver, Director, Parks, Recreation and Culture, Town of Collingwood.
July
Gord Canning, CEO Blue Mountain Resorts, Retired
August
Andy Barrie, Radio Personality and Talk Show host.
September
Elizabeth Klinck, Visual Researcher
October
Dr. Tom Stiff, Canadian Space Agency, NASA
November
Dr. George Soleas, CEO, LCBO
December
John Carswell, Canada’s High Arctic
January
Nicole Moore & Peter Jennings, Shark Attack
February
Dr.Bob Galway, Early Airfields of Toronto
March
Diana Bishop, Author,International news reporter
April
Dr. Tom Stiff, All about asteroids
May
Melissa Shaw, Collingwood at Confederation
June
Fred Dobbs, Nottawa Valley Conservation Authority
July
Marjorie Medley, Seniors Health
August
Ross Parr, Chief, Collingwood Fire Department
September
Mary Shannon, OPP Commander , Collingwood
Detachment
October
Capt. Peter Lang, Air Canada Ret’d, Safe Flight
November
Ted Barris, The ‘Canadian’ Great Escape
December
Tanh Campbell, Author, Orphan 32
January
Cecily Ross, Author,‘Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie’
February
Janet Peters, Author,‘The Reluctant Sailor’
March
Brent Preston, ‘The New Farm’
April
Dr. John Fernandes, Forensic pathologist
May
Chris Allum and Allister Field, Ontario Securities Commission
June
Tom Bell, Cycling the length of South America
July
Dr. Karl Schiefer, Georgian Bay Ecosystem
August
Mauro Ferrioli, Trent Campbell, Firefighters Toronto Pearson Emergency Services
September
Ted Barris, The Dam Busters, The Canadian Story
October
Robert Burcher, Environmentalist John Muir
November
Dr. Wilma DeGroot, Hercules crash and rescue High Arctic
December
Dr. Karin Euler, MedicalMissions to Tanzania
January: Nancy Ferrer, Town Planner Collingwood
February: Mary Kocher, Simcoe County Health Nurse, Use of Cannabis
March: Michael Treuman, Bruce Trail
April: Marci Janecek, Physiotherapist
May: Ted Barris, Juno Beach
June: David Bourque, Professional Musician
July: Dr.Richard Hawkins, Orthopedic Surgeon
August: Tim Burrows, Electric Vehicles
September: Kim Oxley, Paramedic Trainer
October: Norah Holder, CEO Collingwood Hospital
November: Roger Litwiller, History Royal Canadian Navy
December: Dr. Amy Barron, Agatha Christie, Archaeology
January: Erika Engel, Editor, Reporter, Collingwood Today
February: Erin Churchill, RN Nurse Practitioner, Men’sHealth
March: Dr Bob Galway, ‘Richard Sterling Finnie, Arctic Explorer and Film maker’.
November: Dr Bob Galway, COVID 19 Pandemic, Virtual Meeting
December: Dr. Amy Barrron, Adventures of a female Archaeologist
Speakers 2021
January: Terry Fallis, Author and Humourist
February: Terry Fitzgerald, All your Questions About Electric Cars Answered
March: John Boyko, Author, ‘Canada’s Shadow War in Vietnam’
April: Jim Henderson, Adventures of a Geophysicist
May: David T Chapman, Photographer and weather authority
June: Bob MacNair, President Probus, Canada
July 8: Chris Pilsworth, Illusionist
August 5: Shelby Worts, Covid Stranded in the ‘Eternal City”, Rome
September 2: Jennifer Megarry, Office of the Future
October 4: Dr. Bob Galway, Covid; Separating Myth from Fact
November 4: Alex Fitzgerald-Black; Canadian Soldiers Morale, D Day, Normandy
December 2: Andrew Promaine; Georgian Bay Islands National Park
January: WO Nicole Laidlaw, Military Service in Afghanistan
Upcoming Events
Meetings
Meetings are the first Thursday of every month, starting at 0945 am. They are held at The Royal Canadian Legion, 490 Ontario Street, Collingwood.
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