Mike Robertson: Photographer & Painter

Mike Robertson is a BCIT student in the video production and editing associate certificate program. He is also a full time Graphic Artist and Art Director for Roots of Fight (rootsoffight.com). Mike Robertson is an avid skier, a dog lover, and a lifelong resident of Vancouver, who grew up on the North Shore. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget]

De-Extinction: What A Species?

Let’s face it, we’re killing the planet. Right at home in BC, we’ve lost the Island Large Marble, the Sei Whale and the Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard. More recently, many populations of Chinook Salmon are now considered endangered throughout the province. In Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction, author Britt Wray…

Can You Virtually Enhance Empathy?

The Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society is using virtual reality technology (VR) to help enable people to empathize with children who have autism. As part of the Autism Demystification® program, the organization aims to foster peer social relationships One in 66 Canadian children have autism , or what is more appropriately termed autism spectrum…