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From Ottawa to Orbit: Two Views on Canada’s Big Day

The season finale of Disruptors features Michael Sabia, Canada’s top public servant, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen

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Articles

The End of Anonymity? Ensuring Facial Recognition Is Used for Good

While facial recognition technology surges and businesses lean into its data to power growth, restrictions on its usage remain ambiguous.

How to make Canada a more self-reliant country in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic

RBC CEO David McKay says we’ll need to work together and think about offence as well as defence while we plan for “the next normal.”

How Vancouver Hit its AI Stride

Vancouver is bringing west coast savvy to the AI race with 130 AI startups, 4 major investor groups, 4 incubators and 4 public AI labs.

Beyond Sidney Crosby: Eight Amazing Things to Come Out of Nova Scotia

RBC is marking its 150th anniversary at this week’s AGM in Halifax, Nova Scotia – a province that’s home to some impressive innovations.

The Case for Canada (and the Cold)

How can Canada harness our strengths in a rapidly changing world? Read the takeaways from our chat with a (Canadian) Silicon Valley star at the recent…

Where Ingenuity is the Uber of Survival: Innovation Lessons from the North

Policy makers, business executives, academics and community leaders all came together at the recent Banff Forum in Yellowknife. Here’s some of what…

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Disruptors Podcast

Disruptors, hosted by John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, is our flagship podcast that explores how technology and innovation is reshaping the economy.

Street Smarts: The Waterloo company tackling global gridlock

How Miovision transforms intersection data into an AI-powered real-time operating system.

AI’s Power, Pitfalls and Potential

A discussion that connects AI safety with AI sovereignty, cloud dependence, governance, and Canada’s policy choices ahead.

Trust at Scale: Lessons from Wikipedia

Jimmy Wales joins John Stackhouse to discuss Wikipedia, trust, neutrality, AI and what one of the internet’s most durable platforms can teach…

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