Cancon and Beyond - How Wattpad Is Becoming a Global Content Destination and Distributor
COVID lockdown restrictions have boosted the desire to consume creative content higher than ever. What’s new about this era is where the content is coming from -- a diversity of voices from around the...
15 Syys 202030min
Genomics and the Bio-Revolution: A roadmap for Canada's economic recovery.
It's a branch of molecular biology that humans have been harnessing for centuries, but has come to carry a negative connotation for many Canadians due to concerns about genetically modified organisms:...
8 Syys 202036min
Concrete: An unlikely hero in the climate crisis
The world is on track to add as many people to cities in the next 40 years as we have in the last 40 centuries. Those new buildings and roads will require a lot of concrete, which historically was an ...
25 Elo 202031min
Disruptors Revisited: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurship
Following last week’s International Youth Day, Canadian youth might feel like they have few things to celebrate. As one of the hardest-hit groups in the COVID-induced economic decline, they’re faced w...
18 Elo 202041min
Open Oceans, Open Opportunity: Mapping Canada’s Role in the Blue Economy
Oceans provide safety, a way of life, economic sustainability, and food for the entire planet, yet over 80% of the world’s oceans are unmapped and unexplored. Now, we have the tools and technology to ...
11 Elo 202028min
Beyond Silicon Valley: Why We Need a Global Playbook For Innovation
Nearly 10 years ago, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously claimed that “software is eating the world.” But today, a new crop of “frontier innovators” are straying away from disrupting existing ...
4 Elo 202027min
Disruptors Revisited: Data is Bigger than Oil
To succeed in the post-COVID economy, businesses will need more than just a pivot to digital – they’ll need to lean into and harness data to gain an advantage. As the COVID crisis disrupts traditional...
28 Heinä 202036min
App-to-Table: How Tech Can Help Restaurants Rebound
Building a successful company takes a community, and SkipTheDishes is no different. A Winnipeg success story, the food delivery platform has over 25,000 restaurants in its community. John Stackhouse s...
21 Heinä 202024min
