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Google announces 10 finalists splitting $5 million in first-ever Canadian Impact Challenge

Amira Zubairi March 6, 2017

Ten projects from Canadian non-profit organizations have been selected as the finalists for Canada’s first-ever Google.org…

Lauren Jane Heller March 1, 2017

Notman House has a mission to get more people into technology and make entrepreneurship and innovation more approachable. A…

Gabrielle Drouin February 27, 2017

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Queer Tech MTL‘s latest event invited participants to discuss the role…

Drew Ogryzek February 27, 2017

Our special guest this week is Chad Leaman of the Neil Squire Society. We talk about how technology helped Neil Squire back…

Amira Zubairi February 23, 2017

Hypergive, a Halifax-based startup that uses blockchain technology to fight hunger, was the recipient of the 2017 Year of Giving…

Startup Canada February 21, 2017

Kylie Toh is an incendiary social entrepreneur igniting the Calgary tech, social entrepreneurship, and women-in-business community.…

Amira Zubairi February 16, 2017

A recent poll conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the Deutsche Bank, UnLtd, and the Global Social…

Amira Zubairi February 8, 2017

This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…

Franco Varriano February 8, 2017

Allison Esposito is the founder of Tech Ladies, a community that connects women with the best jobs and opportunities in tech;…

Lauren Jane Heller February 8, 2017

When the Trump Administration passed an executive order barring entry from seven Muslim-majority countries, it made immigration…

Jessica Galang February 7, 2017

C100 has officially announced that Calgary native Laura Buhler will act as C100’s executive director. For the past few…

Startup Canada February 7, 2017

Shyra Barberstock is the founder, CEO, and president of Okwaho International, a global Indigenous communications and consulting…

Jessica Galang February 3, 2017

In the past few days, the Canadian tech community has rallied behind those affected by the recent executive order in the US,…

Jessica Galang January 30, 2017

Today, Helpful.com CEO Dan Debow has become the first Canadian tech CEO to match Canadian donations to non-profit, the American…

Jessica Galang January 30, 2017

Yesterday, BetaKit published an open letter from Canada’s tech community affirming its support for people of all races,…