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MaRS Discovery District supports Canada’s most promising startups — helping them grow, create jobs and solve society’s greatest challenges.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined October 2007
Focus on the bright side: it’s important to be reminded of all the encouraging developments happening around the world.
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Toronto has the most female entrepreneur-focused culture in the world, according to a study
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There are endless reasons to celebrate women year-round. In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, we sat down with four female founders to hear their entrepreneurial stories and perspectives.
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A look inside the ICU during #COVID19 by Toronto physician and founder behind @TRChealth.
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Not all bad news: Here are some of the most inspiring stories from the week.
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Former CEO of MaRS, Ilse Treurnicht, is one of the great Canadians being appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province's highest honour.
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Big announcement this afternoon: @FedDevOntario is investing $52 million in MaRS, @Communitech and @Invest_Ottawa to help Canadian companies scale, growing both global tech businesses and a world-leading tech cluster.
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Not all doom and gloom: Physician and CEO of @hellobluedot Dr. Kamran Khan shares his thoughts on the trajectory of #COVID19 in Canada.
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An unprecedented influx of top-tier international talent and capital is coming into Toronto.
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Big announcement this afternoon: To support Alberta’s growing innovation economy, MaRS is in exploratory talks with the University of Calgary to create a new innovation hub in the region.
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As Toronto went into lockdown, MaRS performed the fastest pivot in its history: it became a fully digital operation in one weekend.
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Canada is the only non-European country to make it to the top 10 for attracting talent globally.
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Today we are announcing the launch of the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism. Chaired by Claudette McGowan, the coalition pledges to create pathways for BIPOC within the innovation economy and to help end systemic racism.
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Toronto is getting a visit from the one-and-only @MichelleObama this September at @ElevateTechFest. She'll be on-stage sharing her stories of grit and determination — get the full details now.
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Canada is on its way to becoming the top destination globally for talent and entrepreneurship.
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The team at Kitchener-based @InkSmith3D is fighting the #COVID19 pandemic by working to meet the need for hundreds of thousands of its laser-cut face shields.
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Toronto has been listed as one of the world’s best cities for women in entrepreneurship.
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Canada is the only non-European country to make it to the top 10 for attracting talent globally.
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Today we are launching Wired Different magazine in partnership with innovation hubs across Ontario celebrating the startups pushing Canada's entrepreneurial edge. Read the full issue online:
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Where would we be without the women of entrepreneurship? The latest edition of MaRS Magazine focuses entirely on female innovators, thinkers, and doers. Read the full issue now:
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A new $1 billion deal will help an early-stage blood cancer treatment developed by Ontario researchers get to market. The MaRS-supported drug will give leukemia patients in the province first access to the drug.
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Toronto is buzzing with the energy of young engineers and entrepreneurs.
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Every second counts in a global pandemic. The team at Toronto-based @hellobluedot Inc identified the risk of #COVID19 over a week before the @WHO — see how they did it.
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Since 2013, Toronto has added more tech jobs than any other place in North America, including Silicon Valley.
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Toronto is set up to be one of the world’s leading technology innovation hubs over the next four years.
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In September alone, Toronto drew over $1.4 billion in investment from U.S. and Canadian companies, ranging from global tech giants to local startups.
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Take a virtual tour of MaRS and get a behind-the-scenes look at some of today's leading tech companies, research labs and incubators.
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Toronto was just placed on a top 20 list of world's most innovative cities, with MaRS and the city's tech ecosystem listed as a major contributing factor.
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Our CEO @YungWu shares his optimism and insight as a serial entrepreneur into what the new year will bring for Canadian #innovation and MaRS.
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It's been a historic week for Toronto as over $750 million in tech investments were announced.
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Today MaRS announced the #MaRSxGoogle collaboration with @Googleorg to build the Employment Pathway Platform, helping workers chart a course through the changing job market. #FutureofWork
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The Toronto startup that creates brain-sensing headband @ChooseMuse is hiring — take a look at their office and learn about the perks of being on their team.
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Canadian startups brought in over $3 billion in the first half of 2019.
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Google offers $5-million prize for Canadian #nonprofits to forward ideas to change the world through tech: #GoNorth
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Sit down with Toronto innovation leaders @YungWu @asnobar @wdhopkins as they discuss what to expect for the city's tech space in 2019.
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The world’s smartest researchers have turned down jobs at Stanford and MIT to move into MaRS.
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Inspiration, meet Osra Lindo. She just completed her first university degree at 79-years-old.
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As an astronaut, an engineer and a woman, Julie Payette will make her mark as governor general #womeninSTEM @CBCNews.
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Canadian tech is growing three times faster than any other industry in the country — and startups are at the heart of it.
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MaRS CEO @YungWu celebrating the @Raptors winning the #NBAFinals. The greatest city in the world now has the greatest basketball team in the world. #WeTheNorth
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Ontario’s industrial sector is transforming. Growing small Canadian manufacturers into global companies is the best way to create jobs.
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Congratulations to all of these young geniuses for setting the @GWR for largest gathering of Einstein lookalikes today! #thenexteinstein
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To us, innovation isn’t a buzzword. It’s the ability to change the world for the better.
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Girls Who Code has announced its expansion into Canada, its first international market outside the U.S.
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Toronto’s tech scene is so hot it created more jobs than San Francisco, Seattle and D.C. combined.
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Eternally grateful for over a decade of innovation and #inspiring leadership @IlseTreurnicht.
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It takes a powerhouse of a city to create more tech jobs than D.C., Seattle and San Francisco combined.
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Shout-out to Toronto-Waterloo and Vancouver for being in the top 20 startup ecosystems in the world.
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Ontario is Canada’s largest AI hub. Now it's working to make serious commercial impact.
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Black-owned startups in Toronto that are part of the @RyersonDMZ Black Innovation Fellowship recently received additional funding from the City of Toronto.
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Doctors and researchers are more important than ever in 2020. Here are some of today's most innovative leaders working on cutting-edge — and potentially life-saving — solutions.
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Toronto and Ottawa have a momentum in the tech industry that's putting — and keeping — Canada on the map.
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Toronto's tech jobs market has grown over 50% is just five years, making it the fastest-growing market globally.
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Join @Communitech this June as they host True North, a conference for big conversations about big problems — and technology’s role in fixing them.
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Canada is increasingly being viewed as a “brilliant place” to build tech companies.
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Canada is welcoming tech talent as visa restrictions for foreign workers tighten in the United States.
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Toronto to Montreal has been picked as a finalist for the world's first #hyperloop train route.
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Yoshua Bengio on AI in 🇨🇦: "We had the wisdom to invest in something risky when it wasn't trendy. We need to keep taking risks." #ElevateAI
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Canada has given the world many innovations - here are just a few! What will the next 150 years bring? #Canada150
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Toronto is set up to be one of the world’s leading technology innovation hubs over the next four years.
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Canada has been named the best place in the world to be an entrepreneur looking to make a positive impact.
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Canada's newest Nobel Prize winner is Donna Strickland, a shining role model for young Canadians looking to pursue a career in STEM.
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Amazon is expanding in Toronto, creating 600 new jobs and a brand new office in the city’s downtown core.
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Canada is on its way to becoming the top destination globally for talent and entrepreneurship.
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From “Chief Barketing Officer” to “Rufferee,” these pups are taking over Toronto's startup scene.
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Exciting news! We are partnering with @GCTech to launch MaRS@GCT, an extension of MaRS in the heart of #NewYorkCity.
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