Oakville's Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning was recently awarded a $2.3 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) College and Community Innovation Program to establish a new research centre for screen-based industries.

The mission of the Digital Media Centre for Real-time Production is to conduct world-class research into film, digital cinema and high definition imaging technologies in a wide variety of areas from capture to delivery and archiving. It was conceived and launched by Sheridan and will operate in partnership with creative industries and three levels of government.

Sheridan will also be adding a film and digital media studies component, making the first such initiative to establish a permanent educational campus within a studio complex in the heart of Canada's filmmaking industry. This educational component will serve both full-time students and industry professionals through facilitating technology and knowledge transfers that foster improvements in creative collaboration and economic efficiency, innovation, and commercialization. By involving students in technology research, it will ensure that the next generation of digital media professionals is both technologically adept and able to respond proactively to the changing needs of industry.

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