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Edmonton tech experts build low-cost network of sensors, make data accessible to residents

Data & Technology

Success Stories

How Okotoks became North America’s role-model for water consumption

Data & Technology

Success Stories

Small Alberta city adopts ambitious new urban technologies

Data & Technology

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Group will use $10M prize to teach tech skills across Nunavut

Pinnguaq partnership to create a network of makerspace hubs in communities.

Economic Development

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Animikii Raises $1M to Scale Social Impact Through Indigenous Technology

Largest investment of its kind into an Indigenous technology social enterprise. Investment led by Raven Indigenous Capital Partners with additional financing from BDC.

Economic Development

Opinion

Indigenous Innovation

The Indigenous Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE) aims to spark an eventual Indigenous business and cultural district: the first of its kind in Canada.

Economic Development

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Opinion

5 Questions Canadian Businesses Need To Ask About The Internet Of Things

To help understand the impact IoT can have on their industries, here are five questions that every Canadian business should be asking.

Opinion

How Canada got so smart on artificial intelligence

When the robots take over, lots of strange things are going to happen. Possibly the strangest thing of all will be where the robots will be invented. High on the list of likely birthplaces is Toronto.

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A right to the digital city

To help understand the impact IoT can have on their industries, here are five questions that every Canadian business should be asking.

Opinion

We Are Already Experiencing The Rise Of Artificial Intelligence

The more information the computer is given, the better it can learn.It's no coincidence that Facebook suggests which friends to tag in photos, or Amazon recommends the products you'll like.

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Monetizing Smart Cities: Framing the debate

A debate is developing in Canada about who will control and profit from the massive volume of data generated by smart cities in the future. The stakes are high for two reasons: this data holds large financial value and it will have a huge impact on citizen life in cities.

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Winners announcement

The four winners of the Canadian Smart Cities Challenge were announced on May 14, 2019 in Ottawa.

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Group will use $10M prize to teach tech skills across Nunavut

Pinnguaq partnership to create a network of makerspace hubs in communities

Article

Animikii Raises $1M to Scale Social Impact Through Indigenous Technology

Largest investment of its kind into an Indigenous technology social enterprise. Investment led by Raven Indigenous Capital Partners with additional financing from BDC.

Opinion

Indigenous Innovation

Largest investment of its kind into an Indigenous technology social enterprise. Investment led by Raven Indigenous Capital Partners with additional financing from BDC.

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How will Ottawa build a successful digital government?

If the government of Canada is going to reimagine its service relationship with citizens, it has to make key changes to how the public service works.

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Without a critical approach to big data it risks becoming an increasingly sophisticated paradigm for coercion

A central issue in knowledge creation today is the pervasiveness of quantification. The ability to quantify has become so embedded in the discourse of “innovative knowledge production” as to constitute an epistemic virtue.

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City of Markham continues its digital strategy with Your Voice Markham

The online engagement portal for citizens 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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Winning the smart cities challenge with equity, inclusion

The winner of the Smart Cities Challenge will receive the top prize of $50 million and with it the prestige of being named Canada’s “smartest.” It will likely be the city that best aligns technology, efficiency and equity, while not losing sight of residents.

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Improve Government With Algorithms - Without Politicians

Algorithmic governance is a radical, digital reimagining of government centred on computerized processes. Algorithmic government may sound far-fetched, but it is already happening in smaller, more localized ways.

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Innovation Nation: How smart cities may be too smart for their own good

In the next few decades, powerful technological forces will transform the global economy. Large multinational companies have jumped out to a headstart in the race to succeed, and Canada runs the risk of falling behind.