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Aeman Ansari

Aeman Ansari is a freelance writer who has been published in many Toronto-based publications, including Hazlitt and Torontoist. When she’s not re-watching Hitchcock movies, she’s working on her collection of short fiction inspired by stories from her grandmother, one of the few women in India to receive post-secondary education in English literature at the time.

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November 27, 2017

Shopify reports $1 million in sales per minute during Black Friday peak

Shopify said that its merchants made a record amount of Black Friday sales this year, with more than $1 million in sales going…

rotman
November 27, 2017

University of Toronto launches financial innovation hub for its students

University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has launched The Rotman Financial Innovation Hub in Advanced Analytics…

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November 24, 2017

MaRS and Canadian gov’t want to give students experience in STEM companies

MaRS Studio Y and Employment and Social Development Canada launched the Student Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Fellowship to…

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November 24, 2017

Canadian government launches smart city challenge with $50 million top prize

The government of Canada has announced the launch of the Smart City Challenge, which is meant to encourage communities to leverage…

toronto
November 24, 2017

Today in acquisitions: Solium Capital acquires Capshare, HiMama acquires DailyChildcareReport

This week, two companies have made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canada’s movers and shakers.…

office
November 24, 2017

Dentons launches seed financing document generator

Dentons has announced the launch of an automated seed financing document generator. The tool, which can be accessed through…

Code for Canada fellows. From left: Daniel Tse, Santiago Mendoza, Sophie Sengmany, Raluca Ene, Christine Lee and Leon Lukashevsky.
November 24, 2017

Code for Canada launches fellowship program to build digital government services

Code for Canada has officially launched its inaugural fellowship program to design government services. The program will send…

motive.io
November 23, 2017

Today in funding ($3.4M): Peloton Innovations, Motive.io

In the past few weeks, two Canadian startups got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…

November 23, 2017

CBRE report: Waterloo is Canada’s fastest-growing tech talent market

According to CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, Waterloo is Canada’s fastest…

dalia asterbadi
November 23, 2017

Verve.ai’s Dalia Asterbadi says innovation must build bridges, not silos

At the latest TechTO, Dalia Asterbadi, CEO of Verve.ai, talked about the disruption AI and tech in general is creating, and…

Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Patty Hajdu (left) talks with Northern Ontario Angels executive director Mary Long-Irwin at a media conference announcing FedNor funding on Thursday
November 22, 2017

Federal government gives $1.26 million to Northern Ontario Angels

The Northern Ontario Angels (NOA), a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting startups and accredited angel investors,…

radient360
November 22, 2017

radient360 raises $3.3 million to help oil and gas companies adopt data analytics

radient360, which offers data analytics platforms for the energy sector, announced that it has received $3.3 million in seed…

Bronwyn Eyre becomes minister of education and minister responsible for the Status of Women.
November 21, 2017

Saskatchewan including coding in curriculum to address labour shortage

The Saskatchewan provincial government has announced that it will introduce computer coding courses in elementary and high…

amazon
November 21, 2017

Analysts say Canadian cities fail to make top 10 for Amazon HQ2

A new list by ranking the top cities for Amazon’s HQ2 shows that none of the Canadian cities made it to the top 10. The…

toronto
November 20, 2017

Ridesharing app Facedrive launches with CO2 emissions reduction plan

Facedrive, a new Toronto-based ridesharing service, has officially launched an app that estimates the CO2 emissions for each…

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