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To bridge the digital divide, cities tap their own infrastructure
The challenges of virtual school have pushed some cities to try new ideas for expanding internet access.
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Smart Cities Glossary
We've created a glossary of definitions to help navigate the smart city landscape, and facilitate conversations in your community.
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Welkom.U: The App that is Streamlining Settlement for Newcomers to Canada
Founded by international student Oluwatosin Ajibola, Welkom.U is an app focused on improving the relocation and settlement process of newcomers to Canada.
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How Data Is Key to Addressing Canada’s Housing Crisis
Canadian housing data is often outdated, inconsistent and not openly available. What can we do about that?
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Nationwide response to Round One of the Housing Supply Challenge
123 teams from across Canada propose solutions to tackle housing supply challenges.
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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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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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How can we build bridges between Indigenous and scientific knowledge?
This first episode of the Raccords podcast considers the challenges of combining Indigenous and scientific knowledge in order to accelerate social and ecological solutions to climate change.
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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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Will the Circular Economy Save the Planet?
The vision of industry in harmony with nature catches on with capitalists.
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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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Canada’s oil sands are best positioned to lead the energy transformation
While Canadian oil and gas will remain a significant part of the global energy mix for some time, we have to take advantage of new opportunities that offer attractive growth prospects.
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Green 50: Top business moves that helped the planet
In the 50 years since Earth Day was launched, which companies stepped up to deliver green solutions?
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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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