Successful Mobile Apps That Were Developed by Women
By Christine Persaud
March is Women’s History Month, and the perfect time to celebrate the impact of influential women on the world of tech.
Category: Women & Tech
Women, AI and Mining in Canada: Revolutionary But No Magic Bullet
by Lee Rickwood
Whether as chief data scientists or machine learning project leaders, women in Canada are using artificial intelligence tools and techniques to revolutionize the country’s mining industry.
Female Tech Entrepreneurs, AI Programs Tackle Canadian Immigration Policy
by Lee Rickwood
As more and more immigration applications are processed by artificial intelligence systems, the technology can predict who will be accepted as a successful applicant and why.
Lighthouse Labs Offers Scholarships for Underrepresented Groups in Tech
By Yasmin Ranade
Canadian coding bootcamp, Lighthouse Labs, has committed to making 2019 a year of action with the launch of a scholarship program dedicated to supporting underrepresented individuals pursuing careers in tech.
CES 2019 Keynotes and Panels Featured More Women Than Ever
By Christine Persaud
Last year, CES, the largest North American trade show for consumer tech, which takes place in Las Vegas every January, was criticized for not having any female keynote speakers
Canadian Educators Get Coding: Whitehorse is Next
By Yasmin Ranade
Since April, the Kids Code Jeunesse’s (KCJ) / Code Create Teach (CCT) initiative has brought digital skills and computational thinking to over 1,000 Canadian educators through 20 workshops in 8 provinces, from province capitals such as Edmonton, Fredericton, and Quebec City, to rural areas including Prince Rupert, Rocky Mountain House, and Gander!
Children’s book, ‘Ara the Star Engineer,’ Shows STEM is for Everyone
By Yasmin Ranade
On International Day of the Girl a couple of weeks ago I read about a first-of-its-kind illustrated book for kids about engineering. The book, titled Ara the Star Engineer, follows a 6-year old girl, Ara, on a quest to build an algorithm to solve a big problem.
Canadian Tech Entrepreneur Working with G20 to Empower Women
by Lee Rickwood
Equal pay for equal work isn’t just the right thing to do; the benefits of operating a gender-balanced work environment contribute directly to our bottom line, says a Canadian tech leader working to empower women in business.