Immigration, hives, and life under NAFTA
I came to Canada on a weird little carve out of NAFTA — a small provision for Management Consultants. This allowed me…
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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Google is just happy to be nominated
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
An Open Letter from the Canadian Tech Community: Diversity is our Strength
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The Canadian tech community comprises many different nationalities,…
Ask an Investor: How do I maximize optionality around an M&A offer?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
Report: As on-demand economy expands, almost half of Canada’s workforce will be freelancers by 2020
A recent study by Intuit Canada and consultancy firm Emergent Research revealed that 45 percent of Canada’s workforce will…
Ryerson University partners with startup StayBillety to address student housing shortage
Finding roommates and affordable accommodations can be a challenge when starting out at a university. To help university students…
Diagram closes $25 million fund from Portag3 and 50-plus angels to build Canadian FinTech from the ground up
After a year operating in stealth, a new VC firm is ready to show its face to the Canadian tech community. Diagram today announced…
Pason acquires Verdazo as oil and gas companies drill for better data
Pipeline protests and green manifestos notwithstanding, Canada’s oil and gas sector is doing a fair bit better in 2017 than…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Facebook betting billions on virtual reality
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Global survey ranks Toronto as one of the top FinTech centres of the world
A global survey on trends and innovations in financial services ranked Toronto as one of the top FinTech centres in the world.…
Report: One in three cyberattacks on Canadian companies in 2016 resulted in a security breach
A recent global cybersecurity survey by Accenture has found that roughly one in three targeted cyberattacks have resulted in…
CIBC Mellon wants students to collaborate with employees at Ryerson-based innovation hub
Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) and CIBC Mellon, a company that focuses on the asset servicing…
RBC launches machine learning lab in U of A, announces Dr. Richard Sutton as head academic advisor
RBC Research, which was first established at the University of Toronto’s Banting Institute to publish new research in…
CIRA investing $1 million towards projects that improve internet access
There are currently more than 2.5 million registered .ca domain names, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)…
CES comes to Toronto in the first #WWTO of 2017
We Are Wearables is back for its first #WWTO event of 2017, and it’s bringing CES to the city of Toronto. The team is…