Innovation

VANCOUVER – In partnership with lululemon, Wysdom.AI, Queen’s University, Microsoft and Mitacs, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster is proud to announce the launch of Wellbeing.ai, a collaborative project focused on developing a new approach for personalized health and wellbeing. Read More

MONTREAL – The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal held its first Hackathon Blitz for healthcare in June, organized in partnership with the City of Montreal and Hacking Health Montreal. For 12 hours, seven teams developed projects from idea to design, accompanied by experienced coaches and mentors from our partners at Ubisoft, Ivado, Hacking Health and engaged citizens. Read More

TORONTO – AGE-WELL has announced AgeTech Innovation Week, a unique new event for anyone with an interest in technology and aging, to be held October 4-8, 2021. This free virtual event will feature curated public panels, workshops, networking opportunities and catalytic conversations that connect people and create change. Read More

TORONTO – Trillium Health Partners and Mackenzie Health were award winners in the healthcare category at the annual Digital Transformation Awards, held by IT World Canada as part of its Digital Transformation Week. Trillium won in the Small Public Sector category for synthesizing thousands of pieces of COVID-19 data to create the website How’s My Flattening. Read More

TORONTO – Microsoft Canada has recognized Dapasoft, a Calian company, with the 2021 Healthcare Impact Award. Dapasoft was selected for Corolar Virtual Care (CVC), an integrated virtual care and patient engagement solution adopted by five healthcare networks serving more than five million people in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – The Accelerator Centre (AC) and Grand River Hospital (GRH) are pleased to announce the launch of a new, collaborative program aimed at improving patient care, and helping Canadian innovators test and enhance their technologies in partnership with the healthcare sector. Read More

MONTREAL – Aifred Health, a Montreal-based startup that uses machine learning to treat depression, has earned second spot and $1 million from the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition. At the start of the international event five years ago, Aifred Health was one of more than 150 registered teams – all using artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle challenges facing humanity. Read More

CALGARY – A Calgary company founded by an ICU physician is being recognized with an international Red Dot Design Award for creating a medical device that allows a single ventilator to be safely used by up to four patients at once. Read More

MONTREAL – By using video over very fast networks, and assisted by Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, surgeons at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal are sharing the operating room with experts in Toronto and potentially any city around the world. It is allowing them to bring in sources of expertise to assist with new operations and technologies, or to add expertise if and when the hospital is short-handed. Read More