by Lee Rickwood
A new public art activation in Toronto makes use of interactive technology to spotlight issues faced by women – including the challenges of homelessness, but also the obstacles of chauvinism.
By Yasmin Ranade
The books bridge technology, whimsy, representation. We roll by the motto: ‘Childhood is magical, technology is whimsical, representation is monumental!’
By Yasmin Ranade
IBM Canada, along with its ten partners, delivered its first national Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) virtual summer camp for students entering grades 7 – 12 this fall. Access was free and more than 3,000 teens participated from 9 provinces, which demonstrates a good appetite for STEM learning in Canada.
By Yasmin Ranade
After beating out students from all over Canada to win the national championship, Ghalia Aamer, a University of Alberta undergraduate student will be representing Canada with her start-up, TalkMaze, at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA).
By Yasmin Ranade
The James Dyson Award invites entrants to design something that solves a problem. Its goal is to celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers.
by Lee Rickwood
Canadian technologists and researchers are among those developing techniques and technologies to sample the air for signs of disease, infection, even endangered animal species.
by Lee Rickwood
As important as Canadian women entrepreneurs are important to the country’s economic success, women still face unique and systemic barriers to starting and growing a business, and they remain underrepresented in the economy – pandemic or not.
by Lee Rickwood
“What the North lacks in IT, we make up in potential waiting to be discovered,” said Rob Penner, project leader on a new high tech installation at the University College of the North, where Penner is Associate Vice‐President of Community and Industry Solutions.