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22nd November 2011

CYBF Announces YOU Innovate Canada Tournament National Champion

Canadian Youth Business FoundationThe Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) announced yesterday that four students from Brandon University in Manitoba – Stephanie Fung, Jeanette Hudon, Stephen Chychota and Kayvon Razzaghi – have been selected as the national champions of the YOU Innovate Canada tournament held in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Their team, The Grow Mug Project, was selected as the national champion from among the 13 regional champions. The team will receive a total cash award of $5,500, a trip to Liverpool, England to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, and the title of “Most Innovative Mind in Canada.” Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd November 2011

Submissions Open For Canadian Business Journal 2011 Company of the Year Awards

Canadian Business JournalThe Canadian Business Journal has announced that nominations are open for the 2011 Company of the Year Awards. This year’s distinguished judging panel will include Arlene Dickinson, CEO of Venture Communications and co-star of CBC’s Gemini award-winning Dragons’ Den, and Michel Barsalou, Executive Vice President, Communications and Services at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd November 2011

Perplexus Original By PlaSmart Nominated As Educational Toy Of The Year

plasmartPerplexus Original, the first-ever 3D marble maze game and world-wide break-out hit, has been nominated by the Toy Industry Association (TIA) as Educational Toy of the Year (TOTY). The TOTY nomination is the latest in a series of awards and accolades won by Perplexus this fall which has also included a Disney Family Fun Top Toy Award, a Toy Insider Hot 20 award and a National Parenting Publications Award among many others. Read the rest of this entry »

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18th November 2011

Brother Canada Recognized For World Class Customer Service

brother canadaBrother Canada was recognized as a world-class leader in customer service at a gala awards ceremony held in Toronto last evening. The business machine and home appliance company earned multiple distinctions from the SQM Group, which benchmarks over 450 leading call centres across North America every year. Read the rest of this entry »

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18th November 2011

Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning Announced

stlheThe Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Desire2Learn Incorporated desire2learnhave announced the 2012 inaugural Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. This Award, which is now open for submissions, celebrates and recognizes innovative approaches that promote learning in new ways at post-secondary institutions. Read the rest of this entry »

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15th November 2011

marblemedia and Corus Entertainment Announce 2011 Innovative Storytellers Award Winner

Corus EntertainmentCorus Entertainment and marblemedia has just announced that Peter-Julian Lee is the winner of the 2011 Innovative Storytellers Award. The $20,000, five-year educational initiative was marblemediacreated in 2008 by marblemedia and Corus in conjunction with Ryerson University’s Master of Arts in Media Production program. The award celebrates an outstanding Ryerson graduate student whose thesis explores the connection between content, new technologies and audiences. Read the rest of this entry »

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14th November 2011

FuEL Awards Names Top Young Entrepreneurs of the Year

Fuel AwardsToronto’s Alexander Levy never planned to start a business, but while working as a student researcher at the University of Toronto, he developed a prototype mobile application that allows people with communication disorders, such as those caused by stroke, autism and ALS, to make themselves understood audibly – at a tiny fraction of the cost of existing hardware systems. Read the rest of this entry »

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12th November 2011

OpenText BPS Reveals 2011 GlobalStar Enterprise Award Winners and Finalists

Open TextOpenText has name the winners and finalists of its 2011 GlobalStar Enterprise Awards. The awards, presented by the recently formed OpenText Business Process Solutions (BPS) Group, showcase organizations around the world dedicated to achieving real business value and competitive advantage using OpenText’s business process management (BPM), business process analysis (BPA), business architecture, and case management solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

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11th November 2011

Quest For Smartest IT Shines A Light On Canadian Productivity And IT Innovation

Info-TechInfo-Tech Research Group’s 2ndAnnual Quest for Canada’s Smartest IT campaign celebrates the work of mid-market IT departments whose smart use of technology has impacted innovation and productivity in Canada at their gala event this month. While countless reports point to threats to Canadian productivity and innovation, The Quest has once again gone coast to coast to recognize organizations that serve as a model for technology use that rewards businesses, communities and the planet.  Read the rest of this entry »

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9th November 2011

8th International Mobile Game Awards Open For Entries

imgaThe International Mobile Game Awards (IMGA), a competition that brings together the key players in the mobile gaming industry for a celebration of creativity and innovation, is now open for entries. Now in its 8th year, the IMGA is the longest-running and most prestigious competition for the mobile entertainment industry. Over the last seven years the IMGA has reviewed more than 1,500 mobile games from over 52 countries. Participants include PhD students, researchers, artists, individual developers and the top 10 mobile games publishers and developers. Entrants can register and submit their game on the IMGA website. Read the rest of this entry »

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