SFU School of Interactive Arts + Technology
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An integrated undergraduate and graduate program that fuses technology with creativity.
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We’re excited to announce that SIAT will be attending Fan Expo 2026 from Feb 14-16, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Center! Come by Booth #1407 for goodies and a peek at the next gen of our Virtual Ambassador program! 🐦⬛🦉
For more info about Fan Expo and Gen 2, join the StudioSIAT Discord server!
For more info about Fan Expo and Gen 2, join the StudioSIAT Discord server!
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We’re excited to announce that SIAT will be attending Fan Expo 2026 from Feb 14-16, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Center! Come by Booth #1407 for goodies and a peek at the next gen of our Virtual Ambassador program! 🐦⬛🦉
For more info about Fan Expo and Gen 2, join the StudioSIAT Discord server!
For more info about Fan Expo and Gen 2, join the StudioSIAT Discord server!
The SIAT Spring Speaker Series continues this Wednesday February 4, 2026, 12:30-2pm at SFU Surrey.
Patrick Pennefather, UBC Associate Professor and founder of the Transmedia Spatial Storytelling Lab, joins us for a discussion about transforming how we learn and create with Generative AI.
Patrick Pennefather, UBC Associate Professor and founder of the Transmedia Spatial Storytelling Lab, joins us for a discussion about transforming how we learn and create with Generative AI.
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The SIAT Spring Speaker Series continues this Wednesday February 4, 2026, 12:30-2pm at SFU Surrey.
Patrick Pennefather, UBC Associate Professor and founder of the Transmedia Spatial Storytelling Lab, joins us for a discussion about transforming how we learn and create with Generative AI.
Patrick Pennefather, UBC Associate Professor and founder of the Transmedia Spatial Storytelling Lab, joins us for a discussion about transforming how we learn and create with Generative AI.
The SIAT Spring Speaker Series continues on Jan. 28, 2026 with a discussion on Generative AI, Co-Creation, and Computer-Assisted Creativity with SIAT Professor Philippe Pasquier.
Where: SRYC 5380 @ SFU's Surrey Campus
When: Jan 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Learn more: https://ow.ly/3JfF50Y3Ucb
Where: SRYC 5380 @ SFU's Surrey Campus
When: Jan 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Learn more: https://ow.ly/3JfF50Y3Ucb
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The SIAT Spring Speaker Series continues on Jan. 28, 2026 with a discussion on Generative AI, Co-Creation, and Computer-Assisted Creativity with SIAT Professor Philippe Pasquier.
Where: SRYC 5380 @ SFU's Surrey Campus
When: Jan 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Learn more: https://ow.ly/3JfF50Y3Ucb
Where: SRYC 5380 @ SFU's Surrey Campus
When: Jan 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Learn more: https://ow.ly/3JfF50Y3Ucb
Tomorrow, January 14, celebrate the launch of a new book, edited by SIAT's Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda with Analays Álvarez Hernández, and Zaira Zarza, collecting and sharing the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian cultural producers.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/AABs50XWskh
Learn more: https://ow.ly/AABs50XWskh
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January 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Tomorrow, January 14, celebrate the launch of a new book, edited by SIAT's Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda with Analays Álvarez Hernández, and Zaira Zarza, collecting and sharing the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian cultural producers.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/AABs50XWskh
Learn more: https://ow.ly/AABs50XWskh
Today is Mo Ayato’s Birthday! 🥳🎉
To celebrate, Mo alongside students from last semester’s IAT 443 course have put together something tiny but very special that we’re releasing on our YouTube channel in 30 MINUTES. 👀
GO GO GO!
youtu.be/4yAnD5TyY9A
To celebrate, Mo alongside students from last semester’s IAT 443 course have put together something tiny but very special that we’re releasing on our YouTube channel in 30 MINUTES. 👀
GO GO GO!
youtu.be/4yAnD5TyY9A
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today is Mo Ayato’s Birthday! 🥳🎉
To celebrate, Mo alongside students from last semester’s IAT 443 course have put together something tiny but very special that we’re releasing on our YouTube channel in 30 MINUTES. 👀
GO GO GO!
youtu.be/4yAnD5TyY9A
To celebrate, Mo alongside students from last semester’s IAT 443 course have put together something tiny but very special that we’re releasing on our YouTube channel in 30 MINUTES. 👀
GO GO GO!
youtu.be/4yAnD5TyY9A
As a very special Christmas gift, Faye Ayato joined forces with students from this semester’s IAT 443 class to release the FIRST EVER SIAT Virtual Ambassador music video! Here’s a sneak peek!
Go check out the full music video over on SIAT's Youtube Channel!
https://ow.ly/XGKE50XNuwh
Go check out the full music video over on SIAT's Youtube Channel!
https://ow.ly/XGKE50XNuwh
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a very special Christmas gift, Faye Ayato joined forces with students from this semester’s IAT 443 class to release the FIRST EVER SIAT Virtual Ambassador music video! Here’s a sneak peek!
Go check out the full music video over on SIAT's Youtube Channel!
https://ow.ly/XGKE50XNuwh
Go check out the full music video over on SIAT's Youtube Channel!
https://ow.ly/XGKE50XNuwh
Happy Holidays from Mo, Faye and everyone at StudioSIAT! 🎄☃️
Keep your eyes peeled on the SIAT SFU Youtube channel tomorrow for a special gift from your SIAT Virtual Ambassadors 👀🌬️🪈
This beautiful holiday art was created by yuuki.onna over on Instagram: https://ow.ly/w8pc50XNuuG
Keep your eyes peeled on the SIAT SFU Youtube channel tomorrow for a special gift from your SIAT Virtual Ambassadors 👀🌬️🪈
This beautiful holiday art was created by yuuki.onna over on Instagram: https://ow.ly/w8pc50XNuuG
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Happy Holidays from Mo, Faye and everyone at StudioSIAT! 🎄☃️
Keep your eyes peeled on the SIAT SFU Youtube channel tomorrow for a special gift from your SIAT Virtual Ambassadors 👀🌬️🪈
This beautiful holiday art was created by yuuki.onna over on Instagram: https://ow.ly/w8pc50XNuuG
Keep your eyes peeled on the SIAT SFU Youtube channel tomorrow for a special gift from your SIAT Virtual Ambassadors 👀🌬️🪈
This beautiful holiday art was created by yuuki.onna over on Instagram: https://ow.ly/w8pc50XNuuG
🎄 Warm holiday wishes from all of us here at SIAT! 🎄
A reminder that our offices will be closed during the holiday break from December 24th to January 1st.
We'll see you again in the New Year!
A reminder that our offices will be closed during the holiday break from December 24th to January 1st.
We'll see you again in the New Year!
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🎄 Warm holiday wishes from all of us here at SIAT! 🎄
A reminder that our offices will be closed during the holiday break from December 24th to January 1st.
We'll see you again in the New Year!
A reminder that our offices will be closed during the holiday break from December 24th to January 1st.
We'll see you again in the New Year!
Celebrate Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother’s opening on Dec 4 from 6-9pm at the Museum of Anthropology.
Co-curated by SIAT's Kate Hennessy, Jaad Kuujus’s art celebrates the threads that bind across generations while imagining futures still to come.
More: moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/j...
Co-curated by SIAT's Kate Hennessy, Jaad Kuujus’s art celebrates the threads that bind across generations while imagining futures still to come.
More: moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/j...
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Celebrate Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother’s opening on Dec 4 from 6-9pm at the Museum of Anthropology.
Co-curated by SIAT's Kate Hennessy, Jaad Kuujus’s art celebrates the threads that bind across generations while imagining futures still to come.
More: moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/j...
Co-curated by SIAT's Kate Hennessy, Jaad Kuujus’s art celebrates the threads that bind across generations while imagining futures still to come.
More: moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/j...
SIAT professor and director of the Metacreation Lab for Creative AI, Philippe Pasquier, speaks with DW News' Cristina Burack about a new study from the Lab searching for human bias against AI-composed music and how music fandom is about more than just sound.
Read more: https://ow.ly/cM5050XzbkY
Read more: https://ow.ly/cM5050XzbkY
AI music creates unease as it tops the charts – DW – 11/27/2025
As AI-generated music saturates the market, people are realizing they can't distinguish it from human-made music. Many listeners, and musicians, are unsettled by this.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
SIAT professor and director of the Metacreation Lab for Creative AI, Philippe Pasquier, speaks with DW News' Cristina Burack about a new study from the Lab searching for human bias against AI-composed music and how music fandom is about more than just sound.
Read more: https://ow.ly/cM5050XzbkY
Read more: https://ow.ly/cM5050XzbkY
Join us at 11am on Friday, November 28 for Telematic Parallels, a site-specific interactive video installation linking remote locations with shared purpose. Three live video feeds connect the Simon Fraser University's three campuses into a singular tableau.
Event details: https://ow.ly/JktS50Xym8U
Event details: https://ow.ly/JktS50Xym8U
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Join us at 11am on Friday, November 28 for Telematic Parallels, a site-specific interactive video installation linking remote locations with shared purpose. Three live video feeds connect the Simon Fraser University's three campuses into a singular tableau.
Event details: https://ow.ly/JktS50Xym8U
Event details: https://ow.ly/JktS50Xym8U
Unfortunately we have had to postpone this event due to an illness.
Stay tuned for future events and talks!
Stay tuned for future events and talks!
On November 19 at 12:45pm, join Tom Cummins, Director of Exhibits, and Dave Malcom, Interactive Media Designer, for a behind-the-scenes look at Science World’s Creative Technology Gallery.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Unfortunately we have had to postpone this event due to an illness.
Stay tuned for future events and talks!
Stay tuned for future events and talks!
Experience how play can shift perspectives, spark empathy, and connect us more deeply.
Join us for the IAT 312 student showcase "Play with Purpose" on Thursday, November 20th in the SFU Surrey Mezzanine.
Try the games. Meet the designers. Be transformed.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/vJ8050Xtcmc
Join us for the IAT 312 student showcase "Play with Purpose" on Thursday, November 20th in the SFU Surrey Mezzanine.
Try the games. Meet the designers. Be transformed.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/vJ8050Xtcmc
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Experience how play can shift perspectives, spark empathy, and connect us more deeply.
Join us for the IAT 312 student showcase "Play with Purpose" on Thursday, November 20th in the SFU Surrey Mezzanine.
Try the games. Meet the designers. Be transformed.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/vJ8050Xtcmc
Join us for the IAT 312 student showcase "Play with Purpose" on Thursday, November 20th in the SFU Surrey Mezzanine.
Try the games. Meet the designers. Be transformed.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/vJ8050Xtcmc
On November 19 at 12:45pm, join Tom Cummins, Director of Exhibits, and Dave Malcom, Interactive Media Designer, for a behind-the-scenes look at Science World’s Creative Technology Gallery.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On November 19 at 12:45pm, join Tom Cummins, Director of Exhibits, and Dave Malcom, Interactive Media Designer, for a behind-the-scenes look at Science World’s Creative Technology Gallery.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
Learn more: https://ow.ly/aniI50Xta3v
SIAT Associate Professor Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda is premiering a new experimental video exhibition titled "Diasporic Worldings" on the Libby Leshgold Gallery's Urban Screen at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Nov 18.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TF4E50XqIWE
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TF4E50XqIWE
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
SIAT Associate Professor Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda is premiering a new experimental video exhibition titled "Diasporic Worldings" on the Libby Leshgold Gallery's Urban Screen at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Nov 18.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TF4E50XqIWE
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TF4E50XqIWE
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How do teens feel about their phones? @siatsfu.bsky.social Homeware Lab worked with Grade 9s to explore tech, data and emotion. Their award-winning research reveals teens’ deep connections to devices as well as the need for better data literacy. 📱
Dreams, desires and the digital world: Developing critical data literacy in teens
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November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How do teens feel about their phones? @siatsfu.bsky.social Homeware Lab worked with Grade 9s to explore tech, data and emotion. Their award-winning research reveals teens’ deep connections to devices as well as the need for better data literacy. 📱
Software art is widely accepted, but can programming languages themselves be art?
You are invited to join the SIAT Graduate Colloquium on November 12 for our guest speaker Daniel Temkin, presenting his new book "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code”.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TSX650XpzYM
You are invited to join the SIAT Graduate Colloquium on November 12 for our guest speaker Daniel Temkin, presenting his new book "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code”.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TSX650XpzYM
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Software art is widely accepted, but can programming languages themselves be art?
You are invited to join the SIAT Graduate Colloquium on November 12 for our guest speaker Daniel Temkin, presenting his new book "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code”.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TSX650XpzYM
You are invited to join the SIAT Graduate Colloquium on November 12 for our guest speaker Daniel Temkin, presenting his new book "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code”.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/TSX650XpzYM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology Palashi Vaghela! She was named Canada Research Chair in Technological Change for Inclusion earlier this fall.
Read more: ow.ly/zGNY50XngAJ
Read more: ow.ly/zGNY50XngAJ
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Congratulations to Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology Palashi Vaghela! She was named Canada Research Chair in Technological Change for Inclusion earlier this fall.
Read more: ow.ly/zGNY50XngAJ
Read more: ow.ly/zGNY50XngAJ
Do you dream of making films, developing games and becoming a master of design?
If you answered yes, we invite you to learn more about SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology at one of our online info sessions!
Our next session is Nov 6, 5:30pm PST!
RSVP now: https://ow.ly/I6Ol50XiLLq
If you answered yes, we invite you to learn more about SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology at one of our online info sessions!
Our next session is Nov 6, 5:30pm PST!
RSVP now: https://ow.ly/I6Ol50XiLLq
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Do you dream of making films, developing games and becoming a master of design?
If you answered yes, we invite you to learn more about SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology at one of our online info sessions!
Our next session is Nov 6, 5:30pm PST!
RSVP now: https://ow.ly/I6Ol50XiLLq
If you answered yes, we invite you to learn more about SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology at one of our online info sessions!
Our next session is Nov 6, 5:30pm PST!
RSVP now: https://ow.ly/I6Ol50XiLLq
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SFU is Canada’s top comprehensive university! 🍁
Continuing a tradition of excellence, Maclean's has ranked SFU in the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years, describing it as a "contemporary, inventive, and forward thinking" institution.
Learn more at the link below.
Continuing a tradition of excellence, Maclean's has ranked SFU in the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years, describing it as a "contemporary, inventive, and forward thinking" institution.
Learn more at the link below.
SFU tops national rankings again as Canada’s leading comprehensive university
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October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
SFU is Canada’s top comprehensive university! 🍁
Continuing a tradition of excellence, Maclean's has ranked SFU in the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years, describing it as a "contemporary, inventive, and forward thinking" institution.
Learn more at the link below.
Continuing a tradition of excellence, Maclean's has ranked SFU in the top spot for 17 of the last 18 years, describing it as a "contemporary, inventive, and forward thinking" institution.
Learn more at the link below.
This Friday Oct 24, SIAT’s virtual ambassador Faye Ayato will be joining SIAT alumni Jun Kakeru, part of the team behind Yet Another Killing Game, for a special stream!
Tune in to https://ow.ly/vKOp50XfWUI @ 6:00pm PST to take learnnwhat it takes to make an indie game!
Tune in to https://ow.ly/vKOp50XfWUI @ 6:00pm PST to take learnnwhat it takes to make an indie game!
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Friday Oct 24, SIAT’s virtual ambassador Faye Ayato will be joining SIAT alumni Jun Kakeru, part of the team behind Yet Another Killing Game, for a special stream!
Tune in to https://ow.ly/vKOp50XfWUI @ 6:00pm PST to take learnnwhat it takes to make an indie game!
Tune in to https://ow.ly/vKOp50XfWUI @ 6:00pm PST to take learnnwhat it takes to make an indie game!
FCAT Dean Carman Neustaedter and SIAT researchers show off glove tech that puts 'touch' into long-distance relationships!
Check out this story from tech brief featuring a pair of interconnected gloves called 'Flex-N-Feel' designed by researchers from our school.
https://ow.ly/7IRP50XfabV
Check out this story from tech brief featuring a pair of interconnected gloves called 'Flex-N-Feel' designed by researchers from our school.
https://ow.ly/7IRP50XfabV
Remote Valentine: Glove Tech Puts 'Touch' into Long-Distance Relationships
Researchers from Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) have designed a pair of interconnected gloves called 'Flex-N-Feel.' When a user's fingers flex in one glove, the actions are transmitted to a remote partner wearing the other. The glove's tactile sensors allow the wearer to 'feel' the movements.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
FCAT Dean Carman Neustaedter and SIAT researchers show off glove tech that puts 'touch' into long-distance relationships!
Check out this story from tech brief featuring a pair of interconnected gloves called 'Flex-N-Feel' designed by researchers from our school.
https://ow.ly/7IRP50XfabV
Check out this story from tech brief featuring a pair of interconnected gloves called 'Flex-N-Feel' designed by researchers from our school.
https://ow.ly/7IRP50XfabV
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SFU’s new School of Medicine, the first in Western Canada in nearly 60 years, is now officially accepting applications for its first cohort of future physicians! The inaugural class will begin the program in August 2026.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
October 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
SFU’s new School of Medicine, the first in Western Canada in nearly 60 years, is now officially accepting applications for its first cohort of future physicians! The inaugural class will begin the program in August 2026.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Congratulations to SIAT Assistant Professor Ö. Nilay Yalçin, and each of SFU's JELF awarded researchers!
Eight SFU researchers have received over $1.4M through the John R. Evans Leadership Fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. From advancing clean energy and trustworthy AI to Indigenous sovereignty and more, these projects are driving research that benefits communities across Canada.
Eight outstanding SFU researchers awarded over $1.4 million from John R. Evans Leadership Fund
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October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Congratulations to SIAT Assistant Professor Ö. Nilay Yalçin, and each of SFU's JELF awarded researchers!
Higher education is evolving.
We've ben working with DigiBC to develop skill-focused, modular micro-credentials. Now you can get 50% OFF our latest collaboration – a micro-credential in Human Centred AI and Creative Technology.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/nlbk50X8SEA
We've ben working with DigiBC to develop skill-focused, modular micro-credentials. Now you can get 50% OFF our latest collaboration – a micro-credential in Human Centred AI and Creative Technology.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/nlbk50X8SEA
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Higher education is evolving.
We've ben working with DigiBC to develop skill-focused, modular micro-credentials. Now you can get 50% OFF our latest collaboration – a micro-credential in Human Centred AI and Creative Technology.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/nlbk50X8SEA
We've ben working with DigiBC to develop skill-focused, modular micro-credentials. Now you can get 50% OFF our latest collaboration – a micro-credential in Human Centred AI and Creative Technology.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/nlbk50X8SEA