Earlier this year Indian multinational technology consultancy Wipro announced the opening of its newest Wipro-AWS Launch Pad Center in Toronto. Joining a global network of Wipro-AWS Launch Pad Centers, the Toronto location will enable customers in Canada to accelerate their move to the cloud and build industry leading solutions leveraging Wipro and AWS expertise. Techtalent.ca […]
Mentimeter Announces Expansion of North American HQ in Toronto
Leading audience engagement platform Mentimeter has announced the expansion of its North American headquarters based in Toronto with the appointment of Tobias Porseurd to the role of North American General Manager. The news comes on the heels of the company’s successful Series C funding round in 2022, which aimed to support its growing organizational adoption in […]
Q+A with Canadian STEM Leader and Female Empowerment Advocate Jennifer Flanagan
Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day (IWD). This year, the United Nations Observance of IWD is calling special attention to #DigitalALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, with a focus on the importance of ensuring women have internet connection to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). We spoke with Canadian STEM […]
Europe’s Largest Private Artificial Intelligence Lab Expands to Canada
One of Europe’s largest private artificial intelligence labs is expanding to Canada and opening an office in Vancouver. Silo AI is planning to build a strong presence in Canada with a team of 50 PhD-level AI experts, and will open another AI hub later in 2023. The experts in applied AI were attracted to Vancouver […]
Palette Skills Named Delivery Partner For $250 Million Upskilling for Industry Initiative
A competitive workforce is key to ensuring Canada’s economic growth, but as global and domestic labour trends accelerate, gaps are appearing between the demands of industry and the skillset of available workers. The Government of Canada is taking action to align the skills ecosystem with new industry demands. Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, […]
Lighthouse Labs Secures $21 Million To Equip Over 1,700 Canadians With ICT Skills
Tech education leader Lighthouse Labs is launching a new initiative named ICT Boost with some serious financial backing from the Federal Government. Funded in part by Canada’s Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program (SWSP), Lighthouse Labs will receive just over $21 million to lead a consortium of partner post-secondary institutions, as well as industry and community organizations, […]
Garmin Canada Announces Major Expansion in Cochrane, Alberta
Garmin Canada is expanding their Canadian headquarters in Cochrane, Alberta. Together with the Town of Cochrane and alongside the Government of Alberta, the company unveiled plans for the addition of a third floor to its existing building, which will make room for 200 new local science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs. The expansion will […]
Silicon Valley’s Fivetran To Grow Product & Engineering Team at New Canadian R&D Hub
Fivetran is on a mission to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. The Silicon Valley headquartered company recently ranked #99 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Fivetran grew 1,591% between 2018 and 2021. Now valued at over $5.6 billion, Fivetran is growing its […]
To Avoid Burnout, Resist Information Overload
Amid turbulence across regions and markets, employee morale is unstable. TechTalent.ca has actively reported on several of the factors at play, from the shift to remote work and wariness surrounding recent layoffs to an ongoing global economic downshift afflicting supply chains, labour pools, and more. But that still is not everything. Today humans consume far […]
Seattle Unicorn Highspot Expands Global Footprint With Canadian Office
Seattle unicorn Highspot announced that they’re expanding into Canada with their fifth international office in Vancouver. Highspot is a sales enablement platform that increases sales team productivity. The company raised a $248 million Series F last year and has since been recognized across leading industry awards such as Forbes’s Cloud 100, Forbes’s America’s Best Startup Employers, and PEOPLE’s […]