Halifax’s Virtira Consulting has released the results of its latest workplace study, “The Webcam Survey: Exhausted or Engaged?” Not surprisingly the report reveals the negative impact on employees as they navigate excessive time in front of webcams in an effort to continue business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the revelations is that nearly […]
EPAM Expands Canadian Presence With New Office In Waterloo
Newtown, Pennsylvania’s EPAM, a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, is opening an in Waterloo. EPAM was one of only four technology companies to appear on Forbes 25 Fastest Growing Public Tech Companies list every year of publication since 2013 and ranked as the top IT services company on Fortune’s 100 […]
Harvest’s New Fintech Companies To Add Over 300 New Jobs In Calgary
Calgary venture studio Harvest Builders has added two new companies to their studio’s growing financial technology portfolio – One Wealth and Propra. Building off of the momentum of Harvest’s first studio venture Neo Financial, who recently announced $50 million in Series A financing, Harvest’s new fintech companies are set to add over 300 new jobs in Calgary’s downtown over the next […]
Uber Plans To Double The Size Of Toronto Tech Hub Team
Uber plans to double the size of its Toronto technical team by the end of the year. The San Francisco ride-hailing and food delivery company says it will hire about 60 people in engineering, design, data science and product management roles. With the hires, Uber is also planning to create two new teams operating out […]
Clio Named Third on Elpha’s Top 10 Workplaces for Women
Vancouver’s Clio has placed third on Elpha’s Top 10 Workplaces for Women. Clio was recognized for prioritizing learning and development and creating a space where women feel empowered to grow their careers. Elpha is a popular women’s technology professionals network with over 35,000 members, offering a variety of resources to make it easier for women in […]
More than Half of Canadians Would Reskill Into A New Career If Given the Opportunity
Canadian tech education leader Lighthouse Labs has released the results of a new survey that gives surprising insight into the career outlook of employed Canadians. The survey shows us that more than half of Canadians want to reskill into a new career, but the majority feel prohibited from doing so due to fear of starting […]
Reddit To Open First Canadian Office In Toronto
Reddit is opening its doors in Canada, officially launching in the market with dedicated Management, Sales, Community and Engineering teams and ambitious plans for growth. Canada is Reddit’s third largest user base after the U.S. and U.K., and growing by 40% year-over-year, making it the natural next place for Reddit to establish a new, on-the-ground […]
HCL Technologies Launches Digital Acceleration Centre in Canada
India’s HCL Technologies is expanding its footprint in Canada with the unveiling of its new global delivery centre (GDC) in Mississauga. This GDC continues HCL’s’ 12 years of successful growth in Canada, which includes the first office launched in Toronto in 2009, the first GDC launched in New Brunswick in 2019 and the planned expansion […]
CDMN Rebrands to Canada’s Tech Network
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has rebranded and is officially changing its name to ‘Canada’s Tech Network’. This new name better captures the network’s mission of supporting Canadian tech-driven companies with opportunities to help bring more tech-enabled solutions to market, creating jobs and wealth throughout the entire country. “Over the last ten years, Canada’s […]
Rogers, Salesforce, & IBM To Participate In Virtual Job Fair for People with Autism
Dozens of Canada’s top employers are coming together virtually for the annual Spectrum Works job fair, a national initiative that seeks to find meaningful work for people with autism. According to the Canadian Survey on Disability 2017, 77% of Canadian autistic adults are unemployed. Since its first event in 2017, more than 1,500 participants with autism have participated in the […]