Canadian Nanosatellites to Provide Internet Access, IoT Connectivity from Space
by Lee Rickwood
There are several global competitors in the growing satellite services business, and one of the fastest developing companies is based in Toronto.
Tag: Canadian Innovation
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!
Face the Facts: Privacy and Security Tools Needed to Block Facial Recognition
by Lee Rickwood
Facial recognition is bringing new ways to collect demographic information about each and every one of us by linking visual imagery with existing datasets of shopping habits, personal preferences, stated opinions and more.
The Future of Small Business in Canada Needs to Focus on Women
By Christine Persaud
As the small business landscape continues to grow in Canada, the female entrepreneurial presence is rising too. A third of small businesses in Canada are headed up by women, and many of them have only been around for five years or less.
E-Commerce Fuels Small Business Growth in Canada
By Yasmin Ranade
PayPal Canada recently analyzed data from 4,000 Canadian small businesses that use its platform to reveal growth data about e-commerce by small business.
Deep Learning Challenges, Opportunities for Students, Businesses, Governments at AI Summit
by Lee Rickwood
There’s an identified need for education, awareness and informative case studies about AI and machine learning to help government (and others) understand the risks and rewards of deploying artificial intelligence.
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.
Lacking Affordable Internet, Indigenous Communities Take D.I.Y. Approach to Technology
by Lee Rickwood
Doing it for yourself in this case means setting up Internet and mobile phone access in remote rural and northern communities.