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As British Columbia prepares to enter phase-three of the COVID-19 re-opening plan, a new Coast Capital Savings poll hosted on the Angus Reid Forum confirms the pandemic has had a significant impact on the employment and personal finances of many British Columbians. The results also highlight that, while it continues to be a challenging time […]
Ecosystem
Microsoft To Help 25 Million People Worldwide Acquire New Digital Skills
Microsoft has announced a new global skills initiative aimed at bringing more digital skills to 25 million people worldwide by the end of the year. The announcement comes in response to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft believes strongly that expanded access to digital skills is an important step in accelerating […]
New Ventures BC Announces Top 25 For 2020 Competition
The 20th annual New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, has determined their Top 25 startup ventures. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 240 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups. Earlier this month they narrowed the field, naming the 16 companies that would advance directly into […]
New Ventures BC Narrows Field for 20th Annual Competition
The 20th annual New Ventures BC Competition presented by Innovate BC is well underway. Despite the current uncertain circumstances, this year’s annual competition broke records with over 240 applications from B.C.’s early stage tech startups. 214 of those startups moved onto Round 2 and today they announced the names of 16 companies that are advancing […]
Five B.C. Companies That Have Adapted & Thrived During COVID-19
COVID-19 is forcing companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new reality. Fortunately this has brought the best out of Vancouver’s tech community. Companies have no choice but to adapt as quickly as they can during the Coronavirus pandemic. While some […]
Salesforce Offers $10K Lifelines To 62 Businesses To Recover From Downturn
Small businesses are the heart of Canadian communities and the backbone of Canada’s economy. Canadians everywhere have been supporting their local businesses throughout COVID-19, from ordering take-out to buying gift cards. Civic-minded organizations with the resources and means are also pitching in. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has announced a new program called the Canadian […]
‘League of Innovators’ Launches Platform for Youth to Discover Entrepreneurship
Vancouver’s League of Innovators (LOI) has launched a free learning and resource platform for youth and educators called Innovators Academy. The Innovators Academy is an online platform with free content on topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation organized into 12 modules filled with content, videos, and workbooks, and tackles topics such as social entrepreneurship, resilience, […]
Innovate BC Partners With Mitacs To Drive COVID-19 Business Solutions
Mitacs and Innovate BC are partnering to fast-track solutions to COVID-19 while mitigating the pandemic’s adverse economic impacts to business. The partnership support comes in the form of 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19-specific projects, funded by a $375,000 investment from Innovate BC. The funding infusion from Innovate BC coupled with Mitacs’s leveraged funds offsets the […]
BC Tech Association Announces Finalists for 2020 Technology Impact Awards
The BC Tech Association took to Zoom today to announce the finalists for the 2020 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). BC Tech President and CEO Jill Tipping joined co-host Riaz Meghji online to announce the finalists live amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the theme of the B.C.’s largest and longest-running tech awards program is “Purpose,” […]
Supercluster Commits $60 Million for Technologies to Fight Covid Crisis
The Digital Technology Supercluster is supporting Canadians in the fight against COVID-19 with $60 million committed to the biggest health and safety problems created by the crisis. Four weeks ago, the Digital Technology Supercluster invited its network of over 500 organizations to submit ideas and proposals for the funding and Canadian companies responded with over […]