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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
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On guard for "fake news": Q & A with Craig Silverman
25 April 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, True North
Communitech News sat down with Craig Silverman, Canadian journalist who coined "fake news", to discuss this phenomenon and True North. Read more
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I’m Going to True North ft Lizzy Azuya
24 April 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, True North, Videos
This video series features short messages from people who will be attending True North. Elizabeth (Lizzy) Azuya is a Digital Marketer at Kiiah, an e-gifting platform that encourages meaningful gifting,… Read more
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True North: An opportunity to slow down and fix things
12 April 2018 | By Iain Klugman in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, True North
Startup entrepreneurs are changing the world through innovation, but there is value in slowing down and fixing what is broken, from business models, to public trust. Success is not just dollars, but also… Read more