Showing all articles in the Tech About Town category
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Grand (Re)Opening
12 June 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
As bars, restaurants, barbershops and other small businesses reopen across Waterloo Region, local businesses want to ensure that they're still taking the proper precautions to keep customers and staff… Read more
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Stay home, stay safe, stay local
11 May 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Local tech-workers working in conjunction with TD lab create HeartLocal, a platform that helps local businesses setup an online presence and connect with and be discovered by customers. Read more
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Connecting the community with art during COVID-19
22 April 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Connecting with art can be invaluable during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it is photos, movies, or music. There are many ways that you and the community can connect with art. Read more
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Curbside pickup is the new farm to table
09 April 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
The pandemic has affected almost every business in the country. Local restaurants and bakeries have turned to curbside pickup to deliver food. Read more
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Keeping the human connection during COVID-19
18 March 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Waterloo Region Charities, YMCAs of Cambridge & Kitchener-Waterloo and Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region are committed to serving their communities during COVID-19. CEOs of these organizations… Read more
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Inaugural Femme Folks Fest puts women centre stage
04 March 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Lisa O'Connell and her team at Pat the Dog are hosting the first-ever Femme Folks Fest across venues in Kitchener and Waterloo. This is the celebrate fem-centric work and folks. It is almost a month long… Read more
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Stories of resilience lead to overcoming challenges
26 February 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Woke Women's Movement and Juici Yoga Studio collaborate to have a "Woke Men's event" hoping to help change the landscape around diversity and inclusivity in Waterloo Region, by including diverse voices… Read more
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These pictures are worth a thousand words
13 February 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Community member Aaron Francis curated a photographic exhibition titled "Documenting Black Families". They seek to correct assumptions about culture and identity placed on people of colour. Read more
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And we all shine on
29 January 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Art can be very influential, and creating art can be very inspiring. Local startup, Artshine, has created "Artshine in a Box" to make art more accessible to all. Read more
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Helping others with a great fit of time and talent
15 January 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Athena made a donation to KidsAbility, who provide a range of services for children. Athena has been giving back since the start, but with growth, their leaders realized that they needed to get their team… Read more