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Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh – NanoCnet

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Jackie Gill

A hundred people were watching as Hadi Hosseinzadeh Khaligh took the stage. His challenge: to explain his materials science PhD

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Shauna Lynn Simon – Beyond The Stage Homes

March 8, 2018 Jackie Gill

Shauna Lynn Simon had some pretty strict requirements when she was shopping for her first house. “I wanted an older

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Community Content 

Dinah Davis – Code Like A Girl

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Jackie Gill

Before Dinah Davis graduated high school, she went to her guidance counsellor for some advice. “I said, ‘what careers could

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Accessibility Hardware 

Michael Lai – Avra

February 22, 2018 Jackie Gill

Imagine if you couldn’t type or use a mouse. If it took you 20 minutes to complete a single action

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Community 

Roman Hatashita – One King North

February 8, 2018 Jackie Gill

You may know him as a four-time national judo champion and member of Canada’s Olympic judo team in 1992. Or

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Employment 

Annette Rossel and Angela Hill – Vellicorp

January 25, 2018 Jackie Gill

Annette Rossel and Angela Hill are two peas in a pod. They go way back, too. As young adults, they

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Crowdsourcing Logistics 

Maarij Rehman and Jamal Mehdi – Envoi

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Jackie Gill

If you have 100 packages to send to 100 different addresses, what’s the best way to deliver them? It’s classic

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Family Hardware Internet 

Kris Braun – KidsWifi

December 28, 2017January 15, 2018 Jackie Gill

KidsWifi launched the same day Kris Braun’s middle child turned five. “Yeah, it was a crazy day. We had CTV

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Fashion 

Mallory McKewen – BridesMade

November 23, 2017January 15, 2018 Jackie Gill

When she was crowned queen of the American Quarter Horse Association in Ontario, Mallory McKewen was the grown-up that little

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Education 

William Zhou – Chalk

October 25, 2017January 15, 2018 Jackie Gill

In grade 10, William Zhou royally pissed off his teachers. He and some friends created an online forum where students

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