Canada is falling behind on cleantech as capital and companies flee south
Report: nearly 83 percent of Canadian private investment in climate tech leaves the country.
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Vector Institute, Ontario Centre of Innovation secure combined $77-million provincial funding
OCI received $50 million from Ontario’s $107-million Critical Technology Initiative.
Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
Work permits will be prioritized for entrepreneurs backed by VCs or angels.
Canada invests $25 million in a new program to address barriers for 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneurs
The initiative will provide capital, business advice, resources, and mentorship.
Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program
Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics.
Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year
Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.”
The Collision conversation is a microcosm for Canadian tech
People across Canada are asking questions about Collision. The answers say a lot about Canadian tech.
Pick up the pace: federal agencies form new body aimed at collaborating on issues related to tech innovations
Competition Bureau, CRTC, and OPC to collaborate on digital markets, AI, data portability through the Canadian Digital Regulators…
BC regulator suspends ex-Blok Technologies CEO, CFO from investment market for misrepresenting 2018 share sale
The suspensions come in response to how a past Blok private placement was publicly communicated.
PacifiCan invests over $4 million into Indigenous-led clean energy, tech upskilling projects
First Nations Technology Council, BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative secure funding.
With Collision nearing a one-year Toronto extension, efforts are mounting for a West Coast alternative
Vancouver group advocates for Collision, as SAAS NORTH organizers look to offer a locally run alternative.
Evaluating UCP and NDP plans for tech as Alberta’s election day approaches
What’s on the table for the province’s tech sector?
Code for Canada ED: Laid-off tech employees are overlooking opportunities in public service
Dorothy Eng argues tech professionals would enjoy the challenge of designing solutions for everyone in Canada, not just those…
AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus
The $701-million project aims to build a “state-of-the-art” campus, add 400 jobs.
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others.