Showing all articles in the True North category
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Corridor Demo Day puts startups in front of 180+ investors
31 May 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, True North
Corridor Demo Day is a collaboration between Corridor-based organizations including Communitech, Velocity, OneEleven, MaRS, DMZ, the Accelerator Centre, Innovation Factory, NEXT Canada, RIC Centre, Creative… Read more
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True North 2018 ends, a big conversation starts
31 May 2018 | By Communitech News Team in: Featured, News, True North
True North, conceived as an opportunity for frank talk about the direction of tech at a time when technology and tech companies have come under scrutiny and criticism, dove into big issues, amplifying… Read more
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"How amazing was that?" – True North Day 1 wraps up
30 May 2018 | By Communitech News Team in: Featured, News, True North
From discussions about fake news, to warnings about cyber security, to gender diversity, to the ethics of AI, to ending the bro culture of Silicon Valley, the stated quest of True North – to rewire tech’s… Read more
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Curtain set to rise on True North, the 'tech for good' conference
29 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: News, True North
The long-anticipated three-day conference, True North, hosted by Communitech, soft-launched Tuesday with the rollout of several events. The official True North launch is set for Wednesday morning at the… Read more
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True North, it's time to get your festival on
28 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: News, True North
The three-day True North “tech for good” conference is a deep dive into technology and its prevailing culture, but it’s also a festival, an opportunity for the wider local community to engage with the… 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
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How one CEO hardwired his company for good
24 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Opinion, True North, View from the 'Loo
Fiix, a small, cloud-based, software-as-a-service outfit from Toronto, has three stated goals: to make money, to make the environment better, and to make lives better. The company has found that 11 per… Read more
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I’m Going to True North ft Iain Klugman
15 May 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, True North, Videos
This video series features short messages from people who will be attending True North, Communitech’s biggest conference, which will be held for the first time from May 29-31, 2018. Meet Iain Klugman,… Read more
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Building emotional machines: A Q & A with Rana el Kaliouby
09 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North
Communitech News spoke with Rana el Kaliouby about her company’s mission, and about her plans for True North. Rana el Kaliouby is CEO and co-founder of Affectiva, an AI-based company that aims to bring… Read more
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On the Ground: an app in the war against 'fake news'
08 May 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North
Ground has decided to tackle one of the more vexing problems of tech: the demise of journalism and the rise of made-up stories. Ground is a news app capable of verifying stories that show up on its feed.… Read more