Communitech reveals first cohort of new program to support minority female, non-binary founders
Kitchener-based tech hub Communitech has unveiled the first cohort of its Fierce Founders Uplift program, selecting 10 promising…
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Feds invest $660,000 in cybersecurity training for young displaced workers in Peel Region
Through FedDev Ontario, the Government of Canada has earmarked nearly $660,000 CAD to fund the creation of a new cybersecurity…
Benevity receives investment from leading impact and sustainability funds as part of Hg deal
Calgary-based corporate social responsibility platform Benevity has received new investments from The Rise Fund and Generation…
Proof that entrepreneurs really do think different
This is your brain. This is your brain on entrepreneurship. Any questions? “There’s this risk of being consumed…
Volta, Black Business Initiative, Ulnooweg team up to support Black and Indigenous entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada
Innovation hub Volta, the Black Business Initiative (BBI), and Indigenous business lender Ulnooweg have joined forces to provide…
Applications for Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator’s first virtual cohort close Feb. 1
A United States accelerator is currently accepting applications for its first cohort, from Black-led startups globally, and…
Shopify, Technovation take women in STEM partnership global
With the help of global tech education non-profit Technovation, Shopify has increased its young women in science, technology,…
Amazon invests $3 million CAD, partners with Canada Learning Code, Kids Code Jeunesse, TakingITGlobal on computer science education
Amazon has partnered with Canada Learning Code, Kids Code Jeunesse, and TakingITGlobal to help equip Canadians to navigate…
Canadian tech CEOs pledge to increase vaccine awareness
A group of Canadian tech CEOs are making a pledge to increase awareness around COVID-19 vaccination and encourage workers to…
Pandemic, floorspace expansion delay opening of Toronto’s Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship until 2022
Toronto’s Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE) is now expected to open in 2022, following delays…
As accessibility compliance deadline looms, CNIB, Ottawa firm partner to offer website audits to businesses
An Ottawa-based web design firm, Craft&Crew, has partnered with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) to…
Hopeful raises $400,000 to help nonprofits harness data
The nonprofit sector contributes billions of dollars to communities across Canada and to the country’s economy as a whole.…
The perils of bad design
We’ve all experienced it at some point in the pandemic. COVID-19 has forced us to change our way of doing things, and that…
Virtual events provide opportunity for minority-focused organizations, underserved communities
The COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person events to seek out virtual venues. Not that virtual event platforms didn’t exist before,…
Minister Bains says orgs committed to diversity will get “preferential access to government programming”
As part of a new diversity initiative rollout Thursday, Minister Navdeep Bains committed to using both carrots and sticks to…