With a keen eye for gaps in the market, natural health expert Dr. Julie Durnan leveraged her 15 years of industry experience to found Ginger Desk after observing how practitioners grappled with admin tasks, especially when clinics closed due to the pandemic in 2020. Ginger Desk sprouted from the understanding that practitioners’ job satisfaction was closely tied […]
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B.C. Marine-Tech Innovators Join Forces to Enhance Canada’s Blue Economy
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster this week announced the Canadian Electric Propulsion Acceleration Coalition Project to expedite the development and commercialization of electric propulsion systems through collaboration among marine industry stakeholders. Since its creation in 2018, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster aims to accelerate made-in-Canada ocean solutions in energy, food security, and transportation, while also growing companies, creating jobs, […]
Simon Fraser University Upgrades Capacity for Tech and Science Learning
Simon Fraser University to set to train more students for a technology-sector career, the B.C.-based institution revealed this week. Powered by provincial funding, 500 new student spaces will open up at SFU, according to the school. The government committed $75 million over three years through its “StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan,” which accelerates talent development […]
Novartis Partners with Clarius Mobile Health to Enhance Early Detection of Psoriatic Arthritis
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada has announced a partnership with Vancouver’s Clarius Mobile Health as part of a dedicated effort to aid in early detection of psoriatic arthritis in Canada. Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease form of arthritis that causes joint inflammation (swelling, pain, stiffness) and occurs with skin condition psoriasis. It can also affect the spine […]
BC Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy Awards $75K to VulcanX Energy and Curat Innovations
The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has awarded the first two recipients of a new non-dilutive investment avenue for emerging B.C.-based ventures that have recently graduated from university entrepreneurship programs. Vancouver-based VulcanX Energy and Victoria-based Curat Innovations have each been awarded $75,000. Many innovative ideas, including clean energy and climate solutions spun […]
Government Orders Burnaby Tech Firms to ‘Cease All Operations in Canada’
Multiple technology-oriented businesses based in British Columbia were recently ordered to cease operations by the Canadian government. The two companies, Bluevec Technologies and Pegauni Technology, were ordered to cease operations on grounds of national security concerns, according to a statement from the Government of Canada. “In accordance with the Investment Canada Act, foreign investments are […]
HTEC and Canada Infrastructure Bank Partner to Transform Hydrogen Fuel Landscape with $337 Million Investment
Vancouver’s HTEC, Canada’s leading clean hydrogen solutions company, announced today that they are partnering with the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen production and refuelling infrastructure. A $337 million investment from CIB will contribute to the implementation of HTEC’s full-service, sustainable fuel supply chain focused on reducing emissions in the transportation sector, called […]
DIGITAL Reveals $26 Million Targeting Healthcare Tech, Innovation in Canada
Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for Digital Technologies recently unveiled more than $20 million worth of investment toward projects leveraging artificial intelligence in healthcare. Since launching in Vancouver in 2018, DIGITAL aims to help grow local businesses through the development and adoption of Canadian-made technologies and by working with industry to develop a digitally skilled workforce. […]
Wishpond Reports Rise in Revenue, Profit as Firm Launches AI Sales Tech
A publicly traded provider of marketing-focused online business solutions this week reported quarterly earnings following the launch of a major product. Serving more than 4,000 small-to-medium businesses, Vancouver’s Wishpond Technologies offers companies marketing, promotion, lead generation, ad management, referral marketing, sales conversion, and outbound sales automation capabilities in one integrated platform. Wishpond’s first quarter of […]
Canada Invests in Firstline to Combat Drug-Resistant Infections
In Canada and across the world, microbes that cause infections are becoming increasingly resistant to the drugs designed to treat them. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top ten public health threat facing humanity and a leading cause of death worldwide. Canada’s Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Heath, has announced funding of up to $843,225 over […]