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Great Place to Work has released their 2022 lists, which in total represent the voices of over 500,000 Canadian employees. At the average Canadian workplace, roughly 60% of employees consider where they work to be “great.” However, this figure rises to 90% among the “Best Workplaces in Canada.” There are four categories based on size […]
As Tech Work Goes Remote, Will Canada Win or Lose?
Technology was always held up as the thing to release us from the shackles of factory and cubicle life. It didn’t really. The advent of mass-market laptops certainly increased the mobility of a freelancer, but it was ultimately a shift in company culture that made work a more tolerable place to spend time. Turns out […]
Ranking Canada’s Best Companies to Work For at Every Size
Where you work matters. At the average Canadian workplace, roughly 60% of employees consider where they work to be “great.” However, this figure rises to 90% for those among the “Best Workplaces in Canada.” That’s quite a difference. Great Place to Work this month released their 2022 lists, which in total represent the voices of […]
Victoria’s Certn to Bolster Workforce Following Series B Round
Background screening solutions leader Certn continues its expansion unabated. The Victoria-based company announced this week that it has raised a sizeable round of Series B funding. This is a notable follow-up to last year, when Certn raised a large Series A. With these injections of capital, Certn has already made “a number of strategic hires.” However, […]
Inspired by Ant Colonies, Attabotics Deploys 3D Robots to Fix Supply Chain
In recent months much of the world has experienced what headlines have dubbed a “global supply chain crisis”—one which many experts anticipate lasting for at least a couple more years. Among the companies in Canada navigating the complexity of modern supply chains is Attabotics. The Calgary-born automated logistics firm leverages robotics technology to future-proof warehouses. […]
Calgary Fintech Startup Makes Investing Automatic and Easy
There was a time when retail investing was quite cumbersome. Minimum investment amounts locked out the poorer among us, while convoluted processes involving giant banking institutions and too many middlemen created several points of friction between having some money and properly investing it. And let’s not forget about the robbery-like fees charged on every transaction. […]
Rogers, Shaw, TELUS Among More Than Three Dozen Companies Hiring at Free Job Fair
Tech Talent Canada is hosting its next virtual job fair this Wednesday, February 23rd— and it might just be the best one yet. Companies hiring at the event will be representing an exciting range of industries and a broad spectrum of technologies. For example, Blackline Safety uses wearable technology to improve workplace safety. Meanwhile, Attabotics draws inspiration from ant colonies to reimagine […]
Blackline Uses Wearable Cloud Technology to Keep Workers Safe
Safety in the workplace, while very important, is not something many of us ponder deeply or often. Thankfully, companies such as Blackline Safety do take workplace safety seriously on our behalf. Blackline Safety, founded in 2004, utilizes connected safety technologies to improve workplace conditions. For example, they equip workers with cloud-connected gas monitors and hazardous […]
Within the AI Cluster of Toronto, Canvass is One to Watch
Canada has become one of the world’s leading hubs of activity for artificial intelligence companies, ranking 4th out of 62 countries for its AI ecosystem, according to a study released late last year by digital intelligence firm MiQ Digital. Part of this is because the Canadian government implemented the world’s first national AI strategy to […]
Portfolio+ Growing as Open Banking Emerges in Canada
A form of open banking is coming to Canada. Called “consumer-directed finance,” the concept aims to wrest some of the control banks seem to have over their customers and other service providers. In essence, a client of a curmudgeonly financial institution could authorize access to their data, at which point a third-party provider may leverage […]