The Waterloo Stratford Campus is a satellite campus of the University of Waterloo in the City of Stratford, Ontario

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, Canada

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. It is part of the Faculty of Arts

University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts

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. The central areas of study include digital media

Digital media

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 and global enterprise – a study of business on the international stage covering the disciplines of political science, economics, history and culture.

The Waterloo Stratford Campus is currently found at 6 Wellington St., Stratford. In 2012, the Campus will move to a new building on Patrick St., Stratford.

History

• May 2006 - Work began on a memorandum of agreement between the City of Stratford, the University of Waterloo and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
• October 2006 - The memorandum of agreement was signed by the City of Stratford, the University of Waterloo and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
• March 2008 - Province of Ontario
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   grants $10 million to the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus. Open Text
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   also partners with the University of Waterloo and pledges $10 million to the project
• October 2008 - Apply to the federal government for $12 million for the University of Waterloo and Digital Media Convergence Centre with the City of Stratford and Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN)
• December 2008 - Deloitte and Touche study estimates that eventually, the direct and indirect annual impact of the campus will be worth $43 million
• January 2009 - Federal government announces $10.7 million in funding
• January 2009 - City of Stratford finalized acquisition of the “Cooper site” downtown Stratford to become the home of the Waterloo Stratford Campus
• June 2009 – 1st ever Canada 3.0
  Canada 3.0
  The initial Canada 3.0 forum was held in Stratford, Ontario, Canada on June 8–9, 2009. Over 1500 attendees gathered in Stratford to begin discussions on making Canada a world leader in the digital economy. Canada 3.0 brought together industry leaders, researchers and students to discuss digital...
  
   in Stratford, ON hosted by the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus and Canadian Digital Media. The event was the official launch of University of Waterloo Stratford
• November 2009 – University of Waterloo and The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario signed a memorandum of understanding with plans to work together
• May 2010 – Waterloo Stratford Campus hosts officials from Zambia
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  , Africa
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  . The campus will be the research arm of a program that will see the first auto-disable safety syringe factory in Zambia
• May 2010 – 2nd annual Canada 3.0 in Stratford, ON with a call for a “moon shot”: everyone can do anything online anywhere in Canada by 2017
• September 2010 – Official opening of the Waterloo Stratford Campus at 6 Wellington St., Stratford, ON
• September 2010 - Waterloo Stratford Campus signs an agreement with Chiba University in Japan
• October 2010 – Waterloo Stratford Campus and the Stratford|Perth Centre for Business announces a partnership to open a Digital Media Incubator
• February 2011 - Waterloo Stratford Campus unveils designs for new campus building

Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI)

The first program at the Waterloo Stratford Campus begins in the fall of 2011. The Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI) is an interdisciplinary, professional full-year program. Combining creativity, technology and business, students have the opportunity to work on projects with students, faculty and industry partners. MDEI offers project based courses in business strategy that deal with innovation and digital media scope and design over three consecutive terms. Whether students backgrounds and previous degrees are in Arts, Engineering, Math or Business, the MDEI program is able to mold a students career path in the fast paced ever changing digital industry.
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• Create

Unique teaching models, project-based and client driven assignments within a creatively intense atmosphere will help students create digital innovations.

• Collaborate

MDEI students will work directly with faculty and industry experts on projects throughout the year

• Connect

By connecting students with industry partners, students are prepared for the jobs that await them in the dynamic and innovative digital future.

Global Business and Digital Arts (GBDA)

The Global Business and Digital Arts (GBDA)program begins in the fall of 2012. This undergraduate program allows students to engage in studies of globalization, cultural issues, business ethics, economics and marketing while immersed in a project-based and problem-driven learning environment. Students will interact with leading academics, businesses, industry researchers, and policy makers in the digital media field. Through in-class projects students will develop project management, leadership, team collaboration and digital design skills that are in high demand.

• Identify

Students will explore global business and digital design opportunities, develop solutions to social problems, and discover new forms of cultural expressions.

• Invent

Working in teams with an assigned coach, students will learn to manage design projects from start to delivery, developing skills that range from critical conceptualization and technical troubleshooting, to cross-cultural communication and global marketing.

• Inspire

From challenges arising within cross-cultural communication, business ethics, emerging digital media technologies, global economies, and marketing, students will be given the opportunity to propose innovative solutions and test them.

Activities

The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus hosts many events in Stratford, including the largest one, Canada 3.0

Canada 3.0

The initial Canada 3.0 forum was held in Stratford, Ontario, Canada on June 8–9, 2009. Over 1500 attendees gathered in Stratford to begin discussions on making Canada a world leader in the digital economy. Canada 3.0 brought together industry leaders, researchers and students to discuss digital...

with the Canadian Digital Media Network. Based on the findings of the first annual Canada 3.0, a Digital Declaration was delivered to Ottawa