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Fluxible 2021 festival set to go live starting June 7
05 May 2021 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Fluxible, Canada's user experience festival, is back with another virtual event starting June 7, 2021. Design for good is a key theme this year. Read more
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Fluxible responds to COVID-19 with Fluxible TV
26 May 2020 | By Kelly Pedro in: COVID19, Featured, News
Fluxible cancelled the Canada's UX festival in early March because of the pandemic. Only a few days later, they already had their gears turning, which has amounted to Fluxible TV, launching soon. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: When Waterloo Region helps
26 March 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, Opinion, View from the 'Loo
Locals of Waterloo region rally to tackle COVID-19 challenges together, establishing chains of command to help hospitals, liaise with government bodies and guide manufacturers. Read more
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Sorry, Bay Area, but Drake may be onto something
27 June 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Opinion, Uncategorized, View from the 'Loo
Toronto is North America’s fourth largest and fastest growing market for tech workers. It is in the position to build a new and improved global tech corridor. There are multiple factors for this, such… 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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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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Trigger warning. More GO Trains are coming
07 March 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Opinion, View from the 'Loo
Metrolinx had their first town hall delivered outside of Toronto, at the Tannery. They are seeking to ramp up services to eventually reach a goal of all-day two-way service before 2025, and provide transit… 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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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