Author: Veronica Silva

Preeti Malik

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Preeti Malik will join TribalScale Venture Studios as executive-in-residence for its financial services program. She will advise and oversee budding startups and eager entrepreneurs on ideation, strategy, development, and growth in the Venture Studios program. Malik served as the Canada National Practice Lead for Risk and Compliance at Accenture. She also assumed senior management roles…

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Univ of Waterloo joins international research teams on blockchain, cryptocurrency

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The Univ of Waterloo will be the only Canadian university in the University Blockchain Research Initiative, an international research effort spearheaded by Ripple, a San Francisco-based technology company specializing in digital payments and blockchain. The university will join the world’s top universities to spur research and innovation in blockchain, cryptography and digital payment systems. Ripple…

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Quebec tools company gets federal, provincial support to acquire equipment

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Clortech Tools, a small and mid-sized family-owned company in Quebec, has received a total of $812,500 from the federal and provincial governments to add to their project investment to acquire equipment that will increase their production capacity. A repayable contribution of $250,000 will come  from the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. The Quebec government…

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Toronto hosts Samsung’s second AI centre in North America

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Samsung Research America (SRA) will establish an AI centre in Toronto’s downtown core at MaRS Discovery District. The AI centre seeks to hasten the adoption of AI using machine-learning technology on multiple devices — ranging from household gadgets and appliances to vehicles — with the goal of reducing friction between the user and the device.…

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Independent Expert Panel on Aquaculture

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Twelve members of the science and research community have been named to the independent expert panel on aquaculture science. They will join Chief Science Advisor Dr Mona Nemer to advise the federal government about how to protect the country’s marine environment for a more responsible and sustainable aquaculture sector. The creation of the independent panel…

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Sue Paish

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Sue Paish has been appointed CEO of the Digital Technology Supercluster (DTS), one of five industry-led groups funded by the federal government under the Innovation Superclusters Initiative. She will take on the responsibility of building and leading the supercluster that will put BC and Canada in the global forefront of the digital economy. Paish served as…

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BC invests $125M in tech, innovation opportunities

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The provincial government of British Columbia is investing more than $125.1 million in the next three years to support its technology and innovation sectors, primarily through talent development for research, entrepreneurship and job opportunities. The biggest investment — at $102.6 million through the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) — will support 75 post-secondary research projects.…

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Innovate BC’s new board of directors

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Innovate BC, British Columbia’s primary technology agency, has a new Board of Directors, whose members were announced last week at the #BCTECH Summit. The board will become the province’s new innovation commission, chaired by Thompson Rivers Univ president and vice-chancellor, Alan Shaver. He will be assisted by 11 members and one ex-officio member, Alan Winter, BC’s…

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