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Tech-driven solutions for supply chain challenges
09 May 2024 | By Rosie Del Campo in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Six Canadian companies were selected to pitch their solutions to supply chain challenges, including last mile delivery, labour shortages and visibility, at the Communitech Fast Track Cities Showcase event… Read more
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Serving up IP for breakfast
17 April 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Events, Featured, News
The community joined together at the Communitech for a breakfast session delving into the dynamic realm of intellectual property in the digital age. Led by experts Jim Hinton and Alexis Conrad, explore… Read more
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AI on the menu at Communitech CEO Dinner
07 March 2024 | By Suhani Saigal in: Events, Featured, Featured news
The historic walls of The Walper Hotel pulsated with the spirit of collaboration and innovation as the tech community gathered for an AI Workshop, followed by the annual Communitech CEO Dinner on Tuesday. Read more
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Innovation is an act of building trust
01 March 2024 | By Alex Kinsella in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, Featured news, News
Finding innovative ways to reduce burnout for health-care providers was the theme at the Communitech Fast Track Health Showcase on Feb. 27, 2024. Six of Canada’s leading technology companies were selected… Read more
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A year of learning in the future of work
22 April 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
The final part of our series following a Laurier employee during her partial secondment to Communitech in the longest year ever Read more
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Working from home times two
01 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
Part 3 of a series following Lindsay Tayler, a Wilfrid Laurier University employee on a one year partial secondment with the Talent team at Communitech this time taking a look at her unique perspective… 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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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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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