New government supported software teaches kids to code in Ojibwe
Students across Canada can now learn coding and computational skills, while also developing their knowledge of the Ojibwe language through a new version of…
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Code Create Teach brings coding education to remote communities in the Canadian North
Non-profit Kids Code Jeunesse, in collaboration with coding bootcamp Lighthouse Labs, is venturing to Northern Canada to conduct its most remotely-taught workshops to date…
Why Canadian developers are pissed at Facebook (CanCon ep. 138)
When BetaKit hosted a group of prominent thought leaders for a podcast on coding education in Canada, the conversation invariably led to a debate…
Report: bootcamp-trained devs make less than the average Canadian developer (but the gap should close)
Is Canada’s tech sector greasing the wheels for those without a post-secondary degree? For developers, the old markers of success seem to be falling…
Jobooh Expands Its Startup Job Board to Canada
Geneva-based Jobooh, a free job platform for startups around the world, has expanded its website to Canada, displaying startup jobs up for grabs in the…
Applications are now open for the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge
The MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge, Canada’s first hackathon specifically dedicated to mobile payments, is back for the second year and is encouraging enterprising developers to…
Vancouver’s CodeCore is Creating a New Wave of Developers
Demand for software developers in BC today is robust. Looking no further than T-Net which is showing almost 850 job openings in engineering software…
NIMJA, winner of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge, launches its mobile point of sale app
At the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge in September it was The Coyotes, a team of 5 high-schoolers, that took home the $10,000 (People’s Choice…
Hackernest’s Mind & Motion Hackathon Next Month Focuses on Wearable Tech
Hackernest, a Toronto-based non-profit movement focused on building “supportive Silicon Valley-like tech communities” in different cities, is ready to host its Mind & Motion hackathon…
Lighthouse Labs to Teach 500 People to Code At Huge Free Event Next Month
February sure seems like a future historic month for Canadian tech events. The #HTML500 will likely be one of the biggest learn-to-code events in…
McGill Student Group Gears Up for Largest Hackathon Ever in Canada
The student organizers at HackMcgill, a student group at McGill University, are ready to throw the McHacks Hackathon, February 23-24. With 500 developers it’s…
Vancouver’s Harp.io Makes Web Publishing Open and Easy
From cave paintings and papyrus, Gutenberg to Edison, and from smoke signals to the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, communicating is in our DNA.Yet the history…
Rob Ford’s Antics Pushes Back Planned Update for Hilarious App Game “Stay Mayor!”
It was only a matter of time before some clever developers came out with a new mobile game that mimics the real life charades…