Corporate
  • CFC Media Lab

    Created in 2012
  • Social networks

    6,341 1,023
  • Sectors

  • Location

    2489 Bayview Ave, North York, ON M2L 1A8, Canada

    Toronto

    Canada

  • Engaged entities

    306
    76 218
  • Added in Motherbase

    18 Oct 2019, 4:20 p.m.
Description
  • Value proposition

    Production think-tank, accelerator & training for emerging digital & interactive creators, entrepreneurs & companies.

    About CFC Media Lab

    The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) is an internationally acclaimed digital media think tank and award-winning production facility. It provides a unique research, training and production environment for digital media content developers and practitioners, as well as acceleration programs and services for digital entertainment start-ups and related SMEs. Program participants have emerged as leaders in the world of digital media, producing groundbreaking projects and innovative, sustainable companies for the digital and virtual age. CFC Media Lab is funded in part by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. www.cfccreates.com.

    The Fifth Wave Initiative is a year-round program offered by CFC Media Lab and its partners to support the growth and development of women entrepreneurs in the digital media sector in southern Ontario. All participants in Fifth Wave Initiative must first apply to join Fifth Wave Connect, a prerequisite for eligibility for Fifth Wave Labs and Fifth Wave Outreach.

    Fifth Wave Labs is a nonresidential four-month intensive bootcamp-style program for 10 companies per cohort each year through 2023. Sessions are customized to capitalize on the expertise of diverse world-class faculty, mentors, advisors, partners and staff. Fifth Wave companies receive bespoke coaching in business development, market, sales, strategy, partner development, business modeling, financing, planning for scale, staffing, company culture and wellness, and/or various forms of fundraising. All programming is delivered through a feminist lens, focusing on topics such as community impact, ecosystem mapping and engagement, thoughtful disruption and unintended consequences.

    digital media training, research and production think-tank environment, focus on interactive content, interactive narratives, interactive storytelling, business acceleration, prototyping, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and startups

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School of International Futures (SOIF) School of International Futures (SOIF)
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23 Apr 2020


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Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff
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Higher Education, edtech
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20 Aug 2021


Peabody Awards Peabody Awards
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10 May 2018


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