By Yasmin Ranade
Startup Genome, which supports forward-looking regions to catalyze their startup ecosystems, has released its 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report. Vancouver’s rank in the global tech startup ecosystem has dropped by nine spots, now at 21.
By Yasmin Ranade
The Stratics Networks’ LGTBQ Scholarship is funded to a maximum of $10,000. It will be awarded for the Fall 2019 academic year.
By Yasmin Ranade
Investment in AI applications is giving Vancouver a boost with the creation of jobs and R&D in the city, I understand. With that in mind, I asked two technology leaders about the cautions and benefits of Vancouver’s growing AI scene.
By Yasmin Ranade
Canada has a strong tech economy, and an abundance of college and university programs for aspiring techies, but are there other factors at play in building up the tech talent pool in Canada?
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.
By Christine Persaud
There’s a big push towards STEM tech, with the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math becoming of greater and greater importance. You’re never too young to start understanding the basic concepts of these subjects, and things like coding
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!
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.