Showing all articles in the category
Showing all articles by author:
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Smart Waterloo Region team vows to forge ahead
14 May 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
To the members of the youth panel advising the Waterloo Region Smart Cities Challenge team, it doesn’t matter that their entry didn’t win the $50-million. Waterloo Region was the smallest of the communities… Read more
-
New office, new growth for ApplyBoard
18 April 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
ApplyBoard held the official opening of its new Kitchener office space. They are a one-stop website for international students seeking admission to any of 1,000 schools in North America. Read more
-
Open data gives the edge to the consummate angler
05 April 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
FISHBUOY, a data-driven app that helps the angler crunch the numbers on where to make that record catch. Open data can turn a primal experience into the ultimate experience for the sport fisherman. Read more
-
Laurier's DRIVE conference: Cities spur innovation
21 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Urban theorist and Rotman School of Management professor Richard Florida presented at the first full day of the inaugural DRIVE conference, held at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business… Read more
-
Edtech solutions are bringing old school classrooms into the 21st century
21 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, Videos
Today's typical classroom of a teacher at the front, students at desks, and notes on the board is a place ripe for innovation. There are obstacles for tech solutions, but ed-tech startups are here to help. Read more
-
These tech leaders are helping to drive the rise of enviro-tech
15 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, Videos
Four companies from the 2017 cohort of ODX Ventures program approached the challenge of climate change from different angles. Borealis Wind, Focus 21, Surgically Clean Air, and Ukko Agro use open data… Read more
-
Grow your business by solving real-world problems with open data
04 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Chris Willsher, Director of Platforms and Data Growth Coach on the Communitech Data Driven Innovation team talks about the benefits from using open data and the applications it has in a variety of fields. Read more