Showing all articles in the Ecosystem category
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New federal program will fund jobs for post-secondary tech students
31 August 2017 | By Samantha Clark in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Featured, News
The Career Ready Program aims to create work-related learning opportunities for post-secondary students by providing up to 50 percent of a student’s pay in wage subsidies. Read more
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Ontario unveils $25.8-million fund to help clean-tech companies
29 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Featured, News
The Province of Ontario lanches the "Low Carbon Innovation Fund" to foster research and new technologies to face climate change before it's too late. Read more
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Two firms share $100,000 at Fierce Founders pitch competition
24 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
Furnishr.com, a Toronto-based home decorating platform, and SomaDetect, a Fredericton, each earn $50,000 and a guaranteed place in this fall’s Fierce Founders Accelerator. Read more
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Thinking big at Lot 42, home venue for True North Waterloo
18 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Lot 42 will throw open its oversized doors later this autumn, officially launching a 17-acre, multi-use site destined, surely, to shift the axis of what is possible. Read more
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Fire-plagued BC breathes easier thanks to Waterloo Region startup
10 August 2017 | By Chuck Howitt in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
O2 Canada, co-founded by RIch Szasz and Peter Whitby distributes masks to help combat the wildfires that erupted in the B.C. interior. Read more
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Ontario government launches lab at Communitech to transform digital services
09 August 2017 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The new Ontario Digital Service Lab at the Communitech Hub will focus on developing the way the province designs and delivers its services. Read more
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Emmetros: Where everyone, including employees, feel the love
04 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Emmetros, a Waterloo region start-up that helps people suffering from dementia manage their lives, tailors employee's workweeks to suit their personal needs. Read more
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New Waterloo Region group plans Ethereum-based hackathon
31 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The hackathon, aiming to push on the boundaries of blockchain technology, runs from Oct. 13-15 in Waterloo at CIGI, the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Read more
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TECNA Summer Conference 2017: Q&A with Chairman Skip Newberry
25 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
An interview with Skip Newberry, Chairman of TECNA, an umbrella organization for more than 50 tech associations in North America, in regards to the organization, their work, and plan's for this week's… Read more
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At TextNow, make a hiring referral, earn a $13K bonus
24 July 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
TextNow, a Waterloo-based company that offers mobile phone and Internet service, know how difficult it is to find talent in the Waterloo region. Therefore, they are offering $13,000 to employees who make… Read more