Showing all articles in the True North category
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On climate change, no time left for small ideas
27 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, True North
The True North 2019 workshop "Waterloo Region: Canada’s First Carbon-Neutral Region?" asked questions such as "How could that happen? What would it look like? How would we get there?" The workshop brought… Read more
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Cybersecurity workshop delivers sobering stats
26 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, True North
A cybersecurity workshop was held on the second day of True North 2019. The workshop started with some unsettling facts to share about cybersecurity, such as the need for more talent, and more diverse… Read more
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Retooling our notions of work as tech reshapes the future
25 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, Future of Work, News, True North
At True North 2019, Manulife hosted Future of Work and Learning – Taking Community Action. This workshop focused on crowd-sourced their experience and aspirations to help shape a Communitech-inspired initiative… Read more
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Bringing values along as tech marches forward
24 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, True North
Marcel O’Gorman, professor, author and analyst of society’s uncritical acceptance of the pace of our technological present says that now is the time to be talking about the ethics of technological advances.… Read more
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Tech for good, the finale: Find your true north
20 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North
True North 2019 was an exciting event filled with thinkers and doers committed to making the world a better place. The event wrapped up with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, speaking… Read more
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Leaders Prize at True North issues $1M challenge: Fix fake news
19 June 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News, True North
The Leaders Prize at True North is hoping artificial intelligence can give truth a chance to catch up to fakes news. The problem of fake news and misinformation prevents people from making informed decisions,… Read more
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True North 2019, Day 1: A crucial conversation continues
19 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North, Uncategorized
True North 2019, the global-in-scale, two-day follow-on to last year’s conference about “tech for good,” kicked off. Attendees heard from various members of the global tech community focusing on the three… Read more
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Don't just show up, take part: How tech can help build community
06 June 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News, True North
Tech companies have the power to shape their communities. At True North, there was panel discussion about building an equitable tech community. True North set out to refocus the tech industry as a force… Read more
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Tech for Good Declaration, forged at True North, goes live
31 May 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News, True North
At the second day of True North 18, the Tech for Good Declaration went live. On day 1, delegates worked on the living document, which sets out to guide the Canadian tech industry’s future as it grapples… Read more
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#TrueNorth18 live blog
31 May 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, True North
Dispatches from the 2018 True North Conference. Read more