Welcome to the Knowledge Translation Hub
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Learn more about WE-SPARK and each of our core pillars by interacting with some of our existing modules, below.
How to Play: Each game is designed to be played in full-screen mode. Download the activity (or activities) that you're interested in, open it up, and click through the buttons to learn about the topic and play the associated game. Each game will have a "how-to-play" slide to guide you further. © 2025. All of these modules and activities are openly licensed via CC BY-NC-ND.
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| WE-SPARK |
| WE-SPARK-opoly - Travel across the board to learn about the different offerings WE-SPARK has in store for you, including our pillars, programs, grants, partners, and tools. - Created by: Krista Lucier
Game download coming soon
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| Who Is It? Partners Edition - Challenge a friend to this guessing game to learn about our partner institutions and some of our core and associate principal members.
- Created by: Krista Lucier
Game download coming soon
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Cancer
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| Cancer Trivia - Challenge a friend to our cancer trivia game to learn the basics of cancer.
- Created by: Jacob Bender
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Learn to be a Pathologist - Learn to distinguish a cancerous tissue from a healthy one by observing real tissue images under a light microscope.
- Created by: Mitchell Elliott & Marisa Market
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here OR click here to play virtually
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| Learn to be a Pulmonologist - Learn about the different stages of cancer before trying your hand at diagnosing some patients exhibiting symptoms of lung cancer. - Created by: Yousif Saqat, Andrew Basheer, Shahad Karim, & Logan Marincsak
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Replication Race - Learn the basics of DNA and how it replicates and mutates, then challenge a friend to see who can replicate their DNA strand faster with the fewest mistakes. Download the game here
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| Take Your Breast Guess - Understand some of the basics of breast cancer before trying your hand at our two activities: labelling the anatomy of the breast, and guessing each component's function. - Created by: Isabelle Hinch
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| The Price of Research - Guess the cost of important equipment and essential tools needed to conduct cancer research.
- Created by: Carlos Eid & Sami Alrashed
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| The Road to Remission - Learn about the different stages of cancer while answering questions on the road towards cancer remission.
- Created by: Selina Grado, Vanessa Riolo, Norah Tracey, & Adina Dass
- Adapted and Expanded by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Types of Cancer Trivia - Challenge a friend to this cancer trivia game to learn about different types of cancer.
- Created by: Jalyn Laliberte, Hannah Ferrasol, Marco Sladoje, & Karson Beuglet
- Adapted and Expanded by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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Behavioural and Brain Health
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| Brain Fitness - Learn about some of the basics of brain tumours before testing your own brain's fitness with some brain-teasers. - Created by: Karen Metcalfe
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| What Can My Brain Do? - Learn about the various parts of the brain and what they can do in this function matching game. - Created by: Vanessa Riolo
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Wheel of Psychology - Spin the wheel and guess letters to fill in words or phrases related to psychological concepts. - Created by: Krista Lucier
Game download coming soon |
| Who Wants to be a Psychologist? - Answer multiple choice questions and move up in the ranks to learn what it takes to have a career in psychology.
- Created by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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Community Health and Well-Being
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| A Game "Like" Life: Social Determinants of Health - Learn about the various social determinants of health while working your way across the game board. Will you be first to reach the end - and what does it mean to be successful in a game like this?
- Created by: Amal Sleiman
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here |
| Brain Battle: Health Edition - Challenge a friend to see who knows more about some of the basics of health, healthcare, and health research. - Created by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Career Matching - Understand the roles on a research team by comparing them to roles within a school.
- Created by: Selina Grado, Vanessa Riolo, Norah Tracey, & Adina Dass
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here |
| Categorical - Race the clock and try to come up with an answer for each category on the chosen card. See who has the most unique answers related to health and research. - Created by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| How Many Enzymes? - Learn about cystic fibrosis and the use of pancreatic enzymes by guessing how many enzymes are required for different food items.
- Created by: Dr. Paula van Wyk
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here |
| pH in Check, Health on Deck! - Learn about acids, bases, and neutral solutions in this game by matching the body organ/fluid to the correct pH level.
- Created by: Selina Grado
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Pursuit of Knowledge: Systems of the Body - Challenge a friend and learn about the various systems of the body - who can get a question right from each system first?
- Created by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Sun Safety: Concentration - Learn about some of the different ways to stay sun safe, then challenge a friend to a memory matching game.
- Created by: Ellary J., Maja J., & Alicia K.
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here
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| Vaccine Trivia - Challenge a friend to our vaccine trivia game to learn the basics of vaccines. - Created by: Sarah Khan
- Adapted by: Krista Lucier
Download the game here |
