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CIRA’s $1.25 million Net Good Grants investment empowers youth and underserved groups to make Canada’s internet a better place
Ottawa, ON—July 25, 2024— Today, CIRA is proud to announce $1.25 million in grant funding as part of its Net Good program, going towards supporting 15 new community-led internet initiatives that improve the lives of Canadians. Net Good Grants recipients are advancing community internet infrastructure, implementing solutions to combat online harm and ensuring the internet […]
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Cambridge company refurbishes electronics for Indigenous-run businesses and schools – CambridgeToday.ca
Partnership with Makhos to bridge the gap between industry and Indigenous communities Greentec, a Cambridge based IT Asset Disposal Company, has joined forces with Makhos Solutions Inc. to bridge the gap between industry and Indigenous communities by providing refurbished electronics to Indigenous-run businesses and schools across Ontario. In addition to filling technology gaps by supplying […]
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Nonprofit tech workers earn 33 per cent less than tech workers in other industries
TORONTO, July 16, 2024 – New research on the tech workforce in Canada’s nonprofit sector shows there is a significant gap in the skill sets needed for workers to succeed in an increasingly digital world. Our research shows that significant pay disparities exist in this sector and is likely a major contributor to the tech […]
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kama.ai Delivers Release 3 of its Responsible Agentic AI Platform
Coincident with opening day of Collision 24 in Toronto, kama.ai announced Release 3 of our Designed Experiential Intelligence®. Large Language Models have provided fantastic tools and ‘virtual co-workers’ where the task is to assist human workers to gather, summarize, or otherwise draft information for human review or completion. However, the goal of virtual employees that can […]
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PomeGran Awarded $172 Million FTTH Project to Provide Gigabit Broadband Connectivity to Rural and Indigenous Communities in Northern Ontario
TORONTO, June 24, 2024 – PomeGran Inc. (PomeGran), Canada’s fastest growing fibre-centric rural broadband provider, through its subsidiary ROCK Networks, has received $97 million in federal and provincial government funding to build new fibre broadband infrastructure in rural and Indigenous communities in Northern Ontario. The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Canada’s Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, […]
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AI-generated Indigenous art spurs new ethics rules at Canada’s Telus – BNN Bloomberg
June 18, 2024 Canadian telecommunications firm Telus Corp. is promising not to use artificial intelligence to make or copy Indigenous art, following complaints from some communities that the technology misappropriates their culture. The announcement by Vancouver-based Telus — which sells internet, mobile phone and cable television services — underscores how businesses are seeking to maintain […]
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kama.ai Delivers Release 3 of its Responsible Agentic AI Platform
TORONTO, June 18, 2024– kama.ai announces Release 3 of its graph-based Responsible AI platform powered by human experience and human values. kama.ai’s Designed Experiential Intelligence® platform, kama DEI Release 3 includes new advanced intelligence capabilities with human-like reasoning, chain of thought, and automated two-way user conversations detecting and validating contextual situations users may be facing. […]
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TELUS declares it will not use AI to create or replicate art or imagery of Indigenous Peoples
JUNE 18, 2024 TORONTO – TELUS is proud to uphold its commitment to reconciliation by declaring that it will not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create or replicate the art or imagery of Indigenous Peoples. TELUS released its Reconciliation Commitment in 2021, which states TELUS is committed to progressing the path of Reconciliation in […]
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Improved Cell Service Now Available in 21 Eastern Ontario Communities
June 03, 2024 (Peterborough, ON) – The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and Rogers Communications announced today that Rogers 5G mobile services are now available in 21 communities across Eastern Ontario. Forty-two new cell towers and four additional upgrades to existing sites are completed, and now offer […]
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Media Advisory – Media technical briefing on the ongoing implementation of the Online Streaming Act (formerly Bill C-11)
May 31, 2024 OTTAWA, ON and GATINEAU, QC, Event: Technical briefing via Microsoft TeamsDate: Tuesday, June 4, 2024Time: 8:30 a.m. EDT Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) officials will hold a virtual technical briefing to discuss the ongoing implementation of the Online Streaming Act (formerly Bill C-11) and the CRTC’s decision on base contributions from online streaming services to […]
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