AccelerateAB announces 2016 lineup of speakers, including Google Canada executive
AccelerateAB, Alberta’s flagship technology event, has announced its latest lineup of speakers for its 2016 conference,…
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Wearable Wednesday gets a reboot in Canada
Last week’s Wearable Wednesday event at the Imperial in Vancouver also marked the official relaunch of Wearable Wednesday…
TiEQuest hosting top five business ventures to compete for $50,000
TiE Toronto, a Toronto-based nonprofit which supports entrepreneurs, is hosting its annual TiEQuest business competition. On…
#AfterSchoolWR connects students to tech ecosystem in #WaterlooRegion
The departure of Canada’s student talent to places like Silicon Valley has been a hot-button topic for ages. Why are they…
Slack Amazing Teams Tour making stop in Toronto on March 31
With a mission to reach both Slack users and the “Slack-curious”, Slack is making a stop in Toronto for its Amazing…
Telus Small Business Challenge accepting applications for $100,000 grand prize
Telus and The Globe and Mail have announced the return of their annual Small Business Challenge, which offers entrepreneurs…
Interzone intersecting tech talk with bleeding-edge politics
Interzone aims to put on this planet’s ‘most thought-provoking technology conference’ – and it’s happening this April…
Shopify hosting first-ever Shopify Partner and Developer conference
Between March 22 and 23, Shopify is hosting its first-ever Unite conference for Shopify partners and developers in San Francisco.…
Young Women in Business launches in Toronto with conference March 26
Vancouver-based Young Women in Business, a nonprofit with the mission of supporting the personal and professional development…
MaRS Studio Y holding first National Youth Leadership and Innovation Strategy Summit
MaRS Studio Y, which supports young people between 18-29 build entrepreneurial skills, is spearheading the first-ever National…
Flybits hosting hackathon to push mobile personalization
Between April 8th and April 10th, Flybits is hosting the Context Camp 2016 hackathon in Toronto with the goal of “pushing…
Thalmic’s Stephen Lake challenges federal government to better define Canada’s innovation agenda
Just a few months ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrapped the title of industry minister and appointed MP Navdeep Bains…
DMZ and TechGirls Canada panel tackling STEM’s diversity problem says ‘get the hell out of the way’
There’s a mythology surrounding many of the world’s best-known CEOs and entrepreneurs — stories of living in parents’…
Why startups need to raise less and hustle more
If there’s one story that Ron Spreeuwenberg wants startups to remember, it’s the stories of Flooz and Beenz. The…
PwC, Uber, City of Toronto, and Metrolinx partnering to host hackathon
After announcing its StartUpHere initiative, it seems that the City of Toronto is making good on its promise to support the…