Rangle.io chooses winner of Angular U conference contest for female coders
byAfter holding a contest, Rangle.io, a Toronto-based Javascript and HTML5 consultancy firm, has decided to send a Seattle woman…
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Shopify to Debut ‘Beyond the Code’ Event, Will Celebrate Women in Tech
byShopify is hosting an event in September that will celebrate women in technology. The event, called Beyond the Code, is an…
Are We Finally Turning the Corner? Tech Sector “Slowly Changing” Gender Diversity
byThe Canadian Press took to tech journalism’s longstanding recent tradition of talking about how few women currently possess…
MIT PhD’s Wearable Toy for Kids Wins Second Annual N100 Competition
byLyssa Neel, an MIT PhD who developed a wearable toy for kids, has won the 2014 N100 Startup Competition. Her invention- called…
Why Do Fewer Women Have STEM Jobs? Online Panel Discussion Points to Childhood Education
byToronto-based venture capital firm Georgian Partners and ScribbleLive, a content engagement platform, held a live online chat…
GIRLsmarts Program is Fostering the Girl Geeks
byThere’s a huge disconnect. According Statscan, women represented the majority of university graduates in 2011, yet for only…
Young Canadian Women Are Facing Barriers at the Workplace (Yep, This is Still a Thing)
byCanadian organizations are unintentionally underestimating young women as being too young or not ready to assume increasingly…
Women Are Starting the Most Crowdfunding Campaigns According to FundRazr’s 2013 Data
byWomen are creating the majority of the crowdfunding projects listed on FundRazr‘s crowdfunding platform, and the majority…
Here’s the Tech Winners from the 2013 Canada’s Most Powerful Women Awards
byThe 2013 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners were announced this morning and a few women in tech were…
Women Are Breaking the Boardroom Gender Barrier Through Specialized Skills
byA new study by Brock University professor Paul Dunn (Goodman School of Business) indicates that the rising numbers of women…
Startup Weekend Comes to Canada Eight Times this Month
byStartup Weekend, the weekend-long, hands-on experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs find out if startup…
RBC: Female Entrepreneurs are a “Relatively Untapped Resource” for Economic Growth
byAccording to a new RBC Economics report, female entrepreneurs are “relatively untapped resource” for economic growth,…
Startup Weekend Calgary Looks to Promote Women in Design
byStartup Weekend Calgary had an encouraging past 10 months, throwing two successful events while attracting over 200 participants.…
MasterCard Wants Female Developers to “Master the Code” for $10,000
byMasterCard is throwing a party and they want as many ladies as possible to attend. Just a few days we reported on several initiatives…
Canadian Girl-Coders Can Apply to Square’s College Code Camp
bySeveral coding initiatives geared towards women have garnered media attention during the past few weeks and one more has launched…