Showing all articles by author: Alex Kinsella
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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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Food. Shelter. WiFi. Slack.
31 March 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Future of Work, Opinion
Waterloo Region's Future of Work and Learning Coalition came together in 2019. They looked at what employers, employees, education, and government can do to future-proof the workplace. Read more
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Food. Shelter. WiFi. Slack.
31 March 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
The Future of Work has come sooner than expected, a few companies share their experiences and tips on how they were able to transition from their office culture to working from home. 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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Taking a risk for the Future of Work & Learning
03 March 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
This is the second instalment of "the secondment diaries." Communitech News followed up with Lindsay Tayler to see how she is finding splitting her time in this Future of Work and Learning Coalition experiment. 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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The Secondment Diaries
20 January 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
There is growing interest to try other professions, but not enough options to do so. Communitech partnered with Wilfrid Laurier University to see if secondment could be a stepping stone to the gig economy.… Read more