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Tech leaders help promote new federal fund for communities
11 December 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
A new federal fund, the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative will support communities with $31 million. Read more
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Medtech startup raises US$9M Series A round for rapid allergy testing
09 December 2020 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News
Waterloo Region medtech startup Kenota Health Inc has raised a US$9-million Series A investment from Draper Associates. Their technology brings lab testing to allergy clinics, allowing for a result in… Read more
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Startup uses augmented reality to support local businesses
26 November 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
London, Ontario based startup brings the world around us to life with their new Engage ARt platform. Their app allows users to use augmented reality to enhance things such as local murals, statues, and… Read more
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Waterloo Region home to Canada's fastest-growing tech job market
18 November 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
CBRE ranks Waterloo Region among the top tech talent markets in Canada. Read more
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Ontario 'seizing the moment’ to digitize government services
12 November 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Motivated by the urgent need to fight the spread of COVID-19, the government of Ontario is ramping up efforts to digitize and modernize provincial services and programs. Read more
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Waterloo Region could lead the world in 'peacetech'
10 November 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Paul Heidebrecht, a University of Waterloo engineering alumni is an expert in "peacetech" which stands at the nexus of technology, peacebuilding, entrepreneurship and social innovation. He believes the… Read more
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Veterans have right stuff to fill tech talent shortage
04 November 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
A new non-profit is trying to create a pipeline of tech talent by providing former Canadian military people with basic and advanced training in software programming. The goal of the program is to fill… Read more
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A codebreaker's legacy: Waterloo's world-class cybersecurity cluster
29 October 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, Pin-Top-Main-Page
The story of William Tutte, a crucial codebreaker that helped save the world from Nazi tyranny in the second world war and the founding father of the cyber security industry in Waterloo region. Read more
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Using technology to understand ourselves
27 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Dr. Poppy Crum, Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, shares her insights on the relationship between human evolution and technological innovation. Read more
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Wholesale platform Faire raises another US$170M
27 October 2020 | By Kevin Crowley in: Featured, News
Waterloo Region and San Francisco based Faire, a wholesale platform, has recently completed a US$170 million series E investment round that has doubled its valuation to US$2.5 billion. Read more