Toronto Mayor John Tory to speak at SXSW 2019
Mayor John Tory is set to be a keynote speaker at South by Southwest (SXSW), an annual film, music, and tech festival taking…
Events
Quantum, accelerators, venture capital: surveying Canada’s tech landscape at DRIVE
This year’s DRIVE 2019 conference, held in Waterloo for its inaugural year, set out to answer how Canada can create domestic…
Startupfest 2019 is back with new workshops
Startupfest will return to Montreal from July 8 to 12 for its ninth year, presenting five days of pitching, hacking, learning,…
TSX Venture Exchange announces top performing Canadian startups
TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) has announced its top 50 performing companies, part of its annual 2019 TSX Venture 50 event. “We…
Battlesnake returns to Victoria to give coders a chance at gaming glory
Battlesnake, a non-profit AI programming competition, will be hitting Victoria on March 2 for its fifth year. Organizers are…
Google’s Apigee headlines February #FutureMakers on APIs
The February edition of RBC’s FutureMakers Talks series is all about making connections—specifically those made through…
Collision offering $10 tickets to help students attend the conference
Collision, the major North American tech conference, is offering subsidized tickets for students at the price of $10 each,…
Nominations open for the sixth annual Startup Canada Awards
Startup Canada has opened nominations for its sixth annual Startup Canada Awards. Businesses, organizations, and individuals…
Dragons’ Den announces auditions tour across Canada for newest season
CBC’s Dragons’ Den has announced a new Canada-wide tour in search of promising startups to come pitch on their show.…
On the Elevate Main Stage: Whitney Wolfe Herd shares her journey to founding Bumble
When Whitney Wolfe Herd left Tinder in 2014, after helping to co-found the dating app, she didn’t know the journey she…
First #FutureMakers of the year explains how innovation needs to evolve in 2019
At the first RBC #FutureMakers event of 2019, speakers brought forth their visions for how innovation must evolve. Speaking…
Tech solutions looking to shake up the legal world in 2019
On Thursday, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) hosted nine tech companies for a demo day at its downtown Toronto office,…
Black Arts & Innovation Expo to celebrate Black History Month by awarding STEAM talent
Toronto-based Excelovate and First Book Canada have partnered to host the 5th Annual Black Arts & Innovation Expo (BAIE)…
Inventures 2019 announces international pitch competition
Alberta Innovates has announced an international pitch competition as part of Inventures 2019. “Inventures is a great opportunity…
#FutureMakers returns January 28 to share the innovations that will drive 2019
RBC has set the date for the first 2019 edition of its Tech Community Team’s FutureMakers Talks series. Taking place…