Foresight Canada celebrated the province’s top cleantech innovators at the fifth annual BC Cleantech Awards, held last night at a sold-out ceremony in Yaletown. The event honoured individuals and organizations driving forward climate solutions, clean technology adoption, and sustainable economic development in B.C. As environmental and economic challenges mount worldwide, British Columbia continues to shine […]
City of Vancouver
Vancouver to ‘Reshape the Way We Do Business’ via Digitization, Mayor Says
The City of Vancouver is spearheading the use of digital credentials in a bid to reduce the need for manual verification steps with regard to permitting and licencing services. This work would see digital creds used to fill out forms with trusted information, eliminating the need for manual verification, in turn saving staff time and […]
Nine Startups to Pilot Pollution Solutions at Zero-Waste Demo Site in Vancouver
Vancouver’s landfill use highlights the need to find ways to improve the city’s waste disposal system, experts say. And innovation from regional startups may be able to help. However, one major hurdles for companies aiming to commercialize and scale up their technology is a need for industrial space to demonstrate solutions. The City of Vancouver is […]
City of Vancouver Taps Local Wastewater Innovator to Boost Renewable Energy Supply
We are now just seven years away from many energy- and climate-related goalposts. Governments from the municipal to federal level have set goals for 2030, as have many Canadian companies big and small, private and public. The City of Vancouver’s False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility is one such organization continuing to make advancements toward its […]
Angels for Climate Solutions Returns to Support Eco-Forward Startups in BC
The Vancouver Economic Commission this week announced the return of Angels for Climate Solutions. The local program, launched last year, aims to increase the flow of capital investment into B.C.-based, early-stage climate technology startups. “Vancouver’s long-established environmental ethos and talent-packed tech and startup ecosystem makes our city a hub for world-leading climate tech innovation,” explains […]
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,” […]
City’s Engineering Hackathon Returns and Aims to Decode Congestion
Following up on the success of last year’s VANquish Collisions Hackathon, the City of Vancouver is hosting a second hackathon and inviting residents to develop solutions that will Decode Congestion to improve the flow of people and goods throughout the city. Event organizers are calling on strategists, designers, technologists, transportation professionals, and engaged residents to […]