Grassroots group survey finds pay disparity among Victoria tech workers
YYJ Tech, a grassroots Slack community for Victoria’s tech ecosystem, recently surveyed its members in order to better understand compensation among the different roles…
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Shopify to host program for developers reentering tech industry after extended leaves
With the talent shortage reportedly being an enduring hindrance of growth in the Canadian tech ecosystem, Shopify has created a program supporting engineers and…
AI Deep Dive chooses Toronto over San Francisco for AI skills course
AI Deep Dive, a three-month, full-time, retreat-style artificial intelligence course, is closing its San Francisco program, and moving to Toronto in August. The course…
Microsoft, VCGA launch tech education lab in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Microsoft has teamed up with the Vancouver Computer Graphic Society (VCGA) to host tech programming, workshops, and mentor-led labs this summer in the Vancouver-based…
Digital skills school BrainStation expands learning platform ‘Online Live’
BrainStation, a technology skills school with five locations in North America, has expanded and updated its remote learning platform, making it more available to…
HackerYou accepted to Y Combinator on back of new tuition model
The HackerYou College of Technology has announced it has been accepted to Y Combinator’s summer 2019 batch, months after adopting a new Income Share…
National Girls Learning Code Day returning to 35 communities across Canada
On May 11, the sixth annual National Girls Learning Code Day is taking place in 35 communities across Canada, aiming to teach girls how…
Rangle chief technology officer leaves as company restructures
Long-time chief technology officer at Rangle, Yuri Takhteyev, has left the company, BetaKit has learned. Takhteyev recently left the Toronto-based product development firm, which…
Global interest in Canadian tech jobs grown 58 percent since 2015, report finds
A recent report from online job marketplace Indeed found global interest in Canadian tech jobs has increased by 58 percent since 2015. The results…
HackerYou offering students deferred-payment tuition option
HackerYou College of Technology has announced it will offer Income Share Agreements (ISAs) as a payment option to students enrolling in its Web Development…
Canada’s 2019 Developer 30 Under 30
The Developer 30 Under 30, is an initiative dedicated to recognizing developers building the infrastructure behind Canada’s companies. Established in 2017, the Developer 30…
How to interview tech talent remotely
Yousuf Khatib is the co-founder and CEO of Global Skills Hub, which helps Canadian companies find highly-skilled technical developers and engineers from around the…
Next week’s Evoke conference an evolution of Developer 30 Under 30 awards
The annual Developer 30 Under 30 awards is evolving into something bigger, Evoke, a three-day event taking place next week from April 1-5. The…