Give-a-Seat adapts charity platform to promote Quebec products during COVID-19
Montréal-based Give-a-Seat, a charity startup that sells tickets to local events, is adapting its platform to promote local…
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Report reveals widespread impact of COVID-19 on underrepresented entrepreneurs
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, eighty-five percent of underrepresented entrepreneurs in Canada have experienced…
Kanata North Business Association launches $200,000 COVID-19 fund
Tech hub Kanata North Business Association (KNBA) has established a $200,000 COVID-19 response fund, to offer new relief measures…
Sampler mobilizing consumers to sew medical masks for essential workers
Toronto-based Sampler has launched ComeTogetherTO, an initiative that aims to send 2,000 sewing kits to consumers with sewing…
SkipTheDishes commits $15 million to COVID-19 relief efforts, partners with Food Banks Canada
Online food delivery startup SkipTheDishes has committed a cumulative $15 million CAD through several initiatives aimed at…
Startup Canada Podcast: empowering by including with Darrell Schuurman
It’s never been more important to help every Canadian through times like these; just ask Darrell Schuurman, CEO of the Canadian…
Tech entrepreneurs launch donation platform to help Canadian local businesses affected by COVID-19
Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced the launch of an online donation platform created by a group of tech entrepreneurs allowing…
Shopify’s Tobi Lütke and wife Fiona McKean pivot charitable foundation, make donations to fight COVID-19
Shopify CEO and founder Tobi Lütke and his wife Fiona McKean last year started a philanthropic organization focused on technological…
Raw Signal Group launches online course to help bosses manage new COVID-19 realities
Toronto-based leadership training company Raw Signal Group is offering an online course for bosses dealing with the new work…
How counselling changed my life as a startup founder and CEO
As a startup CEO and co-founder, your drive and passion help you convey a vision in such a compelling way that audiences do…
ResQ uses platform to help service industry deliver meals to frontline workers in Toronto
ResQ, which has created a restaurant repair and maintenance app, is raising donations to buy meals from the restaurants on…
Québec organizations rally residents to buy from local startups on April 2
A group of organizations is putting together an event on April 2 that encourages Québec residents to buy a product or service…
InkSmith to hire 100 employees as it ramps up development of face shields for healthcare workers
Kitchener-based educational toy manufacturer InkSmith is creating personal protective equipment (PPE) to help healthcare workers…
Knix launches fundraising campaign to donate medical equipment to healthcare workers
Knix a Toronto-based startup that develops intimates for women, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help the startup purchase…
Grassroots Victoria group offering pro-bono tech and marketing support to local businesses
YYJLocalsForLocals, a grassroots community of software workers in Victoria, are looking to use their digital skills to help…