Issue 17: Celebrating Innovation: Taking Bold Steps to Drive Success and Make the World a Better Place

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  • Martha White: Getting reinforcement learning ready for the real world

    MARTHA WHITE: GETTING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING READY FOR THE WORLD

    MARTHA WHITE WANTS TO KNOW HOW THINGS WORK. It could be the “elegant complexity” of mathematical functions which grabbed her attention as a young student…

  • Profit with a Purpose

    PROFIT WITH A PURPOSE

    For Telus, purpose and profit go hand in hand. It’s why the company launched the Telus Pollinator Fund…

  • Women Making a Difference

    WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE

    While the gender imbalance in fintech remains a persistent challenge, as the industry itself grows, the ranks of women occupying leadership roles is growing…

  • Showcasing Albert'a AI Excellence

    SHOWCASING ALBERTA’S AI EXCELLENCE

    Now, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) wants to shine a spotlight on the expertise flourishing across the province with the inaugural AI week in Edmon- ton, from May 24 to 27.

  •  Alona Fyshe: How to talk to a machine

    ALONA FYSHE: HOW TO TALK TO A MACHINE

    ALONA FYSHE STILL REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME SHE DISCOVERED THAT MACHINES CAN LEARN. She is well-versed in the subject now, as a Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)…

  • Hurdle Jumping

    HURDLE JUMPING

    Since launching her business in 2014, entrepreneur Connie Stacey has come up against roadblock after roadblock that her male counterparts rarely, if ever, had to contend with.

  • Hub350

    HUB350

    A new hub where professionals can connect in an environment that inspires is now open in Canada’s largest technology park, where some of the world’s most established tech companies and burgeoning start-ups call each other neighbours.

  • Supporting founders on their journey with CWN's resident experts

    SUPPORTING FOUNDERS ON THEIR JOURNEY WITH CWN'S RESIDENT EXPERTS

    The Canadian Women’s Network (CWN) launched in 2017 to give Canadian women founders a community of like-minded peers and the opportunity to tap into the expertise and experience necessary to help them navigate their new business terrain.

  • Creating Better Patient Outcomes Through the Power of Innovation

    CREATING BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES THROUGH THE POWER OF INNOVATION

    When I became President and CEO of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation in 2020, I was excited for the opportunity to support the hos- pital’s leading-edge, technology-en- abled care supporting the thousands of patients who rely on it every year.

  • The Last Word

    THE LAST WORD

    Giving People the Power to Choose Blockchain and Bitcoin have the power to disrupt our economies and financial systems in a big way — and that’s a good thing