Meet the president of SET University, Ukraine's newest tech-focused higher educational institute, Iryna Volnytska. It isn't often that a group decides to create a higher educational…
Embracing Her Roots, Nathalie Kelley Argues For More Organic Alternative Approaches To Environmental Sustainability, In The Face Of Endless Growth And Modern-Day Technology As A Cure-All
Arriving in Toronto for one of tech's meccas, an impassioned Nathalie Kelley shares her thoughts on biodiversity and community-focused approaches in implementing alternative technologies. As I…
Skyworker’s Co-Founder, CEO on War, Ukraine, Guilt, and the Startup Dream
Imagine creating a startup and then a war breaks out in your home country. Then you move to an underground shelter, only to move to another…
Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet at Collision Conference; Corporate Empathy and the Secret Sauce to Mentoring Startups
I’m guided around a black curtain by a Techstars rep who tells me Maëlle Gavet is now free for her interview. I see Gavet sitting in a…
Various National Flags At Toronto Protest Shows Emotional Reach Of The War In Ukraine (Lithuania, Georgia, Belarus, Poland, Estonia, Taiwan, Netherlands, et al.)
On the way into the downtown core, a gentleman driving a black Mercedes had two flags rolled up on his dash. One was the Ukrainian flag,…
Why Toronto (And Surrounding Regions) Might Be The Next Silicon Valley
Invest in Toronto, invest in Ottawa, invest in Waterloo, invest, invest, invest.
For Sidewalk Labs and its CEO Daniel Doctoroff, ‘It Takes A Village To Build A City’ (Collision Conference 2019)
The headline projected on the screen reads: ’It takes a village to build a city’; and so describes Daniel Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, on stage…
ProteinQure, AI and the Future of Drug Design
Protein Origami CRISPR is all the rage these days in the Biosciences, for its ability to edit DNA and to potentially treat and/or cure a host…
One Man’s Complaint To The Toronto Ombudsman Regarding King Street Pilot Proposal Prompts Admission Of Data Misrepresentation From Transportation Services
A query from an Ombudsman Investigator reveals that the King Street Pilot proposal to council misled with a false comparison and a lack of vehicle data.With…