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MDM Spotlight Series

The MDM Spotlight Series celebrates the achievements of students, alumni and faculty from the Master of Digital Media program at TMU. Each feature highlights a recent success or experience and showcases the diverse career paths that emerge from the program. Through these stories, we shine a spotlight on the creativity, impact, and growth of our community, while reflecting on how the MDM experience supports graduates in their professional journeys.

"Person standing in front of presentation table at an outdoor conference with a poster to the left. Pink, purple, and blue gradiaent overlay. Text reads: MDM grad presents his published research paper SnapTunes: An Introductory Cross-device Application for Collaborative Music Production at the MobileHCI 2025 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt."

Alumni Spotlight: Ian Jeffery (MDM 13.0)

Research Assistant, Synaesthetic Media Lab (SynLab), Toronto Metropolitan University

Congratulations to Ian Jeffery who recently published his research paper SnapTunes: An Introductory Cross-device Application for Collaborative Music Production at the MobileHCI 2025 conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 

Read the full feature here.

Hannah Nicoletta smiles while standing in front of a colorful abstract mural with flowing shapes and lines.

Alumni Spotlight: Hannah Nicoletta (MDM 15.0)

Marketing Assistant, Habitat Learn | Game Developer & Designer Metropolitan University

Congratulations to recent MDM graduate Hannah Nicoletta on winning the Dean's Award of Excellence! Her thesis project, Gaming Beyond Words, explores inclusive game design through a 2D puzzle game, Grow Forth, which uses acoustic and emotion-based mechanics instead of text or speech to guide players.

Read the full feature here.

Nansy Khanano smiles while holding up a book titled Architecture and Videogames: Intersecting Worlds.

Alumni Spotlight: Nansy Khanano (MDM 13.0)

Unreal Engine Level Artist at Certain Affinity | Adjunct MDM Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Congratulations to Nansy Khanano, on her publication in Architecture and Videogames: Intersecting Worlds! Her chapter is titled: Unraveling the Challenges of Reimagining Historical Virtual 3D Game Environments.

Read the full feature here.

Want to be featured in our MDM Spotlight series?

We want to know what you're up to! If you have a cool project you are working on, a nice new piece of art, a publication, or even some cool tech to show off, fill out the  (google form) MDM Spotlights form (external link)  and we might reach out to you for a future spotlight feature!