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Women-in-tech group gets boost from a Nobel winner
25 April 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) launched its Waterloo Region chapter at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Wednesday with a talk entitled “Curiosity Drives Innovation,” delivered… Read more
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Embrace discomfort and challenge yourselves, tech leaders tell students
07 March 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Seven leaders in tech spoke in a panel to about 60 college and university women students at the Women In Tech Power Panel. Each leader spoke about their different journey and the goal of the night was… Read more
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A master's every 10 years: How workers will adapt to change
29 January 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, Future of Work, News
How technology is changing the way businesses think about their future and the talent needed to achieve it. Read more
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Banknotes: Calculating the cost of capital
09 January 2019 | By Ryan McCartney in: Banknotes, Opinion
What really is the cost of capital? The price is only part of the sale, and the same is true when financing a company. Read more
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Pitch In! taps power of personal stories to boost local volunteerism
27 September 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
KW Habilitation president Jeff Collins has been running the Pitch In! program, which is helping would-be volunteers find organizations within the tech community that can offer employment to them and need… Read more
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Banknotes: Tamping down the risk
06 July 2018 | By Ryan McCartney in: Banknotes, Opinion
Banks use a “risk grid” that looks at several categories in order to assign a risk factor to your business, to price accordingly and decide whether to invest or not. They both sell money and evaluate risk,… Read more
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From police probes to transparent government: True North charts how open data is being used for good
20 June 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Data driven innovation
True North 2018 was a conference to untangle how to use tech for good, also it looked at how open data was contributing to the conversation. True North hosted various talks from members of the tech community… 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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How Canadians feel about tech, AI and the future as True North approaches
28 May 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News, True North
Canadians worry that when it comes to technological advances, things will get worse before they get better. Job loss and work transitions may lead to a greater inequity before technology navigates us to… Read more