Meet the Designer
Candide
Uyanze
Digital Media Production
“Candide Uyanze is is a multimedia, multidisciplinary, and multi-hyphenate doer of things based in Tkaronto and Anishinābe Akì territory.”
Candide Uyanze is a multimedia, multidisciplinary, and multi-hyphenate doer of things based in Tkaronto and Anishinābe Akì territory. She's been described as a producer, digital artist, video editor, photographer, designer, researcher, teacher, daughter, sister, and friend. Her practice explores diasporic storytelling, immersive web experiences, open source tools, accessible media production, African languages, and speech recognition. Candide holds an MDes in Digital Futures from OCAD University and an Honours BA in Communication and Digital Humanities from the University of Ottawa.You can connect with Candide at www.candide.xyz.
University of Ottawa
Honours BA in Communication
Major Completed, 2020
University of Ottawa
Minor in Digital Humanities
Minor Completed, 2020
Media Production Video Editing Workshop Facilitation Web Design and Development Event Planning Support Academic Research
2022, OCAD U Medal winner for Digital Futures
OCAD University | School of Graduate Studies
2022, Graduate Student Project and Travel Grant
OCAD University | School of Graduate Studies
2021, Graduate Studies First Year Award
OCAD University | School of Graduate Studies
2021, Teaching Assistant Award
OCAD University | School of Graduate Studies
2021, Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master's (CGS M)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2021, Black Futures Learning Grant
OPIRG Carleton (Ontario Public Interest Research Group at Carleton University)
2020, OCAD U Dean’s Scholarship
OCAD University
2020, Class President for the Faculty of Arts
University of Ottawa
2020, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
Government of Ontario and OCAD University
2018, CO-OP Student of the Year Award
University of Ottawa Coop Office
2017, Research Poster Winner
University of Ottawa's Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
2016, Laureate of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Award
University of Ottawa
2015, President Scholarship Finalist
University of Ottawa
2014, Admission Scholarship
University of Ottawa
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