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Data & tech to make post-secondary campuses safer
REES, a new online platform for reporting sexual violence launches this fall on campuses across Manitoba.
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Cree hunters get new phone app to report harvest
Data will be important for wildlife management, ice safety and keeping track of changes in climate. The association representing hunters and trappers in northern Quebec Cree communities is turning to technology to help land users better report what they harvest and what they see out on the land.
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Could co-operative housing be a solution for greener, sustainable living?
See examples of co-operative, intentional living working in urban and rural communities.
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CUG+R and NAIMA Launch Online Training for Construction Industry
In partnership with the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association of Canada (NAIMA Canada), the Centre for Urban Growth + Renewal has developed an online training resource to help workers in the construction industry become more familiar with retrofitting in occupied buildings.
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New initiative designed to build net-zero housing will help meet nutritional needs in remote communities as well
Besides drastically improving the affordability of living in remote communities, the initiative is also expected to provide numerous jobs for community members.
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British Columbia First Nation addresses digital divide
A new broadband network established by the Klemtu First Nation in Klemtu, B.C. aims to connect residents, generate social, professional and economic opportunities, and foster community resilience.
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Civic-Indigenous 7.0
On October 9, 2019, 16 people from diverse expertises and worldviews gathered in Toronto to explore socio-ecological pathways that weave civic and Indigenous imaginations to better support current and future generations.
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Using canoes and virtual reality, local project explores Indigenous traditions
A project funded by the provost's Grand Challenges Research brings Indigenous communities together while advancing science and technology.
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Access and analyze trusted COVID-19 (Coronavirus) global data
With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 respiratory illness around the world, data and facts are essential for public understanding and an organized response.
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Newly-launched COVID-19 Monitor reveals Canadians largely heeding public health advice, though confidence in government response varies
Data scientists at Vox Pop Labs have launched the COVID-19 Monitor.
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Innovation in times of pandemic: initiatives of the Community and Social Health Cluster in Montréal-Nord
How can we keep our focus on social innovation projects when the proximity necessary for their successful implementation is contrary to the sanitary measures in force?
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How Okotoks became North America’s role-model for water consumption
Okotoks water infrastructure was wearing out and the city favoured a water infrastructure modernization project to revamp the way it manages its supply.3 Manitoba municipalities create their own fibre optic internet service
In Southwestern Manitoba, communities’ low debit internet resulted in poor quality phone calls and almost impossible to stream videos.In New Brunswick, Open Data Keeps the River on Watch
In New-Brunswick, a group of civic tech leaders created an app to monitor and forecast river levels in their province.Image: Floating houses
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City dilemma: Making smart tech work citywide with limited funds
Cities and tech companies are eager to make the leap to larger-scale smart-city technology projects. But can they work with limited funds?
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Indigenous Women in Tech
Most of the time Indigenous women in the tech industry are the only woman in the room and almost always the only Indigenous woman. As they are under-represented in the tech industry Animikii made a list of women who are changing the field.
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Circularity in cities is about equity, too
Getting to design cities of the future will go through equity thinking too. Sharing could be the key to a more climate friendly and inclusive city growth.
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Resilient Cities, Post COVID-19
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Innovation in times of pandemic: initiatives of the Community and Social Health Cluster in Montréal-Nord
How can we keep our focus on social innovation projects when the proximity necessary for their successful implementation is contrary to the sanitary measures in force?
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What Does The Next Generation Of Smart Cities Look Like?
How do we build a world ready for the future, today? Smart cities are an emerging solution to this question.
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City of Markham continues its digital strategy with Your Voice Markham
The online engagement platform is a new avenue for the city to unveil project plans as well as for citizens to voice their opinions and ideas for projects, submitting opinions and ideas to be viewed publicly.
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Smart Cities Improve The Health Of Their Citizens
This article intends to explore two questions: how can Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and systems engineering enable people to address the area of health in cities and what are the business implications of these?
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Inuit Food Insecurity in Canada
Addressing food insecurity in Inuit communities is a complex challenge.
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How Smart Cities are Making their Citizens Healthier
If the power of technology in the transformation of transportation and infrastructure systems in cities is a given, it can also tackle health and environmental challenges associated with city living.
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Artificial Intelligence at the service of smart cities v2.0
How conversational artificial intelligence platforms will make cities smarter? This article explores the idea of integrating these new technologies in an ethical way, in order to improve and simplify the life of citizens.
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Learning uninterrupted
As technology is making its way in the classroom, networks have to allow learning to go uninterrupted.
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Smart cities can’t exist while there’s a digital divide
How digital inclusion has to be placed at the center of smart cities strategies. Providing equal access to service and digital tools is the solution to benefiting all citizens and making the smart city a truly equitable place.
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Solving the mobility puzzle: Portland tests analysis tool based on cell phone data
Using data in order to know how people actually move around the city.
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Looking for the next battery breakthrough? Think small
As more and more interest is shown in Electric Vehicles (EVs) the full potential of the technology is not quite there yet. A battery still takes an hour to recharge, but this could change in the near future.
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How self-driving cars will make our cities more charming
As autonomous vehicles are getting a reality, how will they shape our cities ?
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Fighting extreme heat in cities with urban design
To adapt to climate change, we need to build cities like we did in the past – moving toward a climate-responsive urban design, centered on people.
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Tree cover is not enough: Keeping cities cool calls for a commons-based climate response
With climate change, urban heat is a major issue. Trees are usually presented as the solution, but are they?
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How AI and data turn city water management from an art to a science
More cities are looking to drones and other equipment for preventive maintenance, but it is uphill work in a sector that has traditionally resisted change.
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The Future (of City Building) is Female
Women are now more than ever leading, collaborating and driving change in their communities. Here are seven women who are inspiring us.
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Disruption is opportunity: Innovative ideas & Unexpected solutions from across Canada during COVID-19
When some doors close, others open.
Read about the innovative ideas & Unexpected solutions from across Canada during COVID-19
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