Canadian not-for-profit organization Mitacs is helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Canada solve business challenges with research solutions from Canadian academic institutions that provide technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs
Published on: October 12th, 2021 Pragya Sehgal @itbusinessca
How important are data privacy and cybersecurity issues to four of the federal parties hoping to be the next government? Consider this: Of the four parties emailed by IT World Canada about their
Published on: September 13th, 2021 Howard Solomon @howarditwc
The Government of Canada today launched a call for applications from youth employment providers for the second stream of the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP), Boost Your Business Technology, which aims to help
Published on: August 5th, 2021 Pragya Sehgal @itbusinessca
The impact of COVID-19 has been especially hard on businesses that rely on foot traffic for their survival. Nia Bangala, owner of a coffee shop Congo Coffee & Beignets in Cabbagetown, Toronto that
Published on: August 6th, 2020 Pragya Sehgal @itbusinessca
The Government of Canada is looking for a new software solution for signature matching and it is turning to the public for proposals through the Innovative Solutions Canada Challenge Stream. In its press
Canadian health tech startups looking to scale up their companies may be getting a big helping hand, as the Government of Canada recently announced it's investing $20 million in this space. This will
The Scale AI supercluster, part of the Government of Canada’s Innovation Superclusters Initaitve has received its $230 million in funding from the federal government. Announced Thursday at the G7 Multistakeholder Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Published on: December 7th, 2018 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
Keeping track of immunizations throughout a lifetime can be difficult, it's easy to forget to write down each shot in that little yellow records booklet, but now there's an app for that; CANImmunize wants
Published on: November 30th, 2018 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
North, (formally Thalmic Labs), creator of Focals smartglasses has received a multi-million dollar investment from the Government of Canada, the same day it announced the opening of its first retail stores. Navdeep Bains, minister
Published on: November 14th, 2018 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
The Government of Canada's job searching website is taking a step into the modern age, with the announcement that Job Bank will now be available as a mobile app. "Canadians need access to
Published on: November 8th, 2018 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
Autonomous vehicles are being touted as the future of the transportation industry but a new report by the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications says Canada is “ill-prepared” for this fast approaching “new
Canadian business travellers frustrated by the ritual of fumbling for a pen to fill out their declaration cards one hour before their plane lands might be surprised to learn they have a paperless
Published on: October 23rd, 2017 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
The Canadian government is borrowing a page from the private sector with the new Information Technology Strategic Plan it revealed on June 29. In what Government of Canada CIO John Messina acknowledges is
Published on: July 5th, 2016 Eric Emin Wood @ericewood
Some of the money set aside by the Conservative government for tech startups in the 2013 budget is making its way into the eco-system, fueled by private investors that are kicking in their
