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Op-Ed Canada’s AI Infrastructure: The Economic Case for Building at Home Rahul Krishnan Canada CIFAR AI Chair Vector Institute
AIClean EnergyInfrastructure
Op-Ed How AI for Patent Analysis Can Help Canada Turn Innovation into Revenue Yulia Druzhnikova CEO & Co-Founder PioneerIP
Intellectual PropertyAICommercialization
Op-Ed Fiduciary-Grade AI: Unlocking Real ROI in Professional Services David Wong Chief Product Officer Thomson Reuters
AITechWork
Op-Ed Rethinking Youth Employment in the AI Era Namir Anani President and CEO Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
AISkillsYouth
Op-Ed AI Isn’t Killing Entry-Level Jobs. It’s Rewriting the Playbook Mark Dixon CEO International Workplace Group (IWG)
AITalentWork
Op-Ed How Agentic AI Will Redefine Work by Automating Decisions, Not Just Tasks Kevin Moore CEO & Founder Vooban
AIProductivityWork
Op-Ed AI Workforce Readiness: Turning AI Adoption Into Real Business Impact Jayney Howson Senior VP, Global Workforce Skills & Talent Readiness ServiceNow
AISkillsWork
Op-Ed Canada’s AI Strategy: Did the Government’s AI Consultation Miss the Hard Trade-Offs? Michael Geist Canada Research Chair in Internet & E-Commerce Law University of Ottawa
AIGovernmentRegulations
Op-Ed Are Canadian Businesses Ready? AI and Competitiveness in a Tariff‑Driven Economy Chandrashekar LSP Managing Director Zoho Canada
AICompetitivenessProductivity
Op-Ed Budget 2025’s AI Bet: $1 Billion for Infrastructure, Zero for the Women It Will Displace Sarah Stockdale Founder Growclass
AIDiversityWork
Op-Ed Building Canada’s Future Economy Starts Before Kindergarten Arno Krug CEO CEFA Early Learning
EducationAISkills
Op-Ed Canadian Banks Must Power the Platform Economy, Not Just Participate In It Mike Cook Head, Industry Advisors Zafin
Digital TransformationAIFinance
Op-Ed AI Is Modernizing Canadian Healthcare. Legacy Tech Is Undermining It Carl Rodrigues President & CEO SOTI
AIDigital TransformationHealth
Op-Ed Canada’s AI Strategy Is Missing Its Most Important Piece: Kids Jessica Rizk Senior Research Associate, Education and Skills The Conference Board of Canada
AIEducationSkills
Op-Ed Canada’s Defence AI Procurement Gap: From Pilots to Production Harold Dumur CEO OVA
AIDefenceDigital Transformation
Op-Ed Canada’s AI Blockbuster Moment: Why the Right Infrastructure Will Make or Break it Raj Juneja President Cisco Canada
AIDigital TransformationInfrastructure
Op-Ed Kicking Off 2026: Canada’s AI Task Force Has a Rare Chance to Lead With Confidence Adam Froman Founder & CEO Delvinia
AIGovernmentIntellectual Property
Op-Ed How Legal AI Can Strengthen Canada’s Economic Competitiveness Mark Doble Founder & CEO Alexi
AICompetitivenessLegal
Op-Ed Dependable Flexibility: The Fastest Path to a Resilient Grid Farid Madhani CFO Peak Power
Grid ResilienceAIClean Energy
Op-Ed Canada’s Creative Renaissance: A Call to Action for Agentic AI Shahrzad Rafati Founder & CEO RHEI
AIDigital TransformationEntrepreneurship
Op-Ed What Does Identic AI Mean for Canada’s Future? Don Tapscott Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Blockchain Research Institute
AIDigital TransformationProductivity
Op-Ed Building Canada’s Technology Nation: The Urgency of Bold Investment Ha Nguyen Partner McRock Capital
AIInvestment AttractionTech
Op-Ed From Hidden Cost to Strategic Value: Rethinking Water in the Age of AI Soula Chronopoulos President AquaAction
Climate ResilienceAIClean Energy
Op-Ed Beyond Productivity: The Social Dividend of Canada’s Homegrown AI Romel Dhalla Corporate Director JasperVOCAL
AIInclusionProductivity
Op-Ed The Future of Robotics in Canada: How to Emerge as a Leader James Wells CEO Sanctuary AI
RoboticsAIProductivity
Op-Ed Powering the Future: Sustainable AI Infrastructure as Canada’s Catalyst for Prosperity Marc Mondesir Managing Director Equinix Canada
AIClean EnergyInfrastructure
Op-Ed Will Canada’s New Posture Meet AI’s New Frontier? Natalie Klym VP, Strategic Initiatives Radium
AIInfrastructureInnovation
Op-Ed Can AI Help Solve the Accounting Skills Gap? Stephen Edginton CPTO Dext
AIDigital TransformationWork
Op-Ed Only a Revolution Will Solve Canada’s Healthcare Crisis Dr. Andrew Forde Partner of Technology Strategy and AI-led Digital Transformation KPMG
HealthAIDigital Transformation
Op-Ed Canada’s Innovation Moment Is Now. Here’s How We Lead It Claudia Krywiak President and CEO Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
InnovationAICommercialization
Op-Ed Laying the Digital Rails for a Prosperous Canadian Future Douglas Heintzman Chief Catalyst Blockchain Research Institute
InfrastructureAIDigital Transformation
Op-Ed The Future is Founder-Led: Canada’s Path to Global Innovation Rachel Rodrigues Program Director EY Canada Entrepreneur Of The Year
EntrepreneurshipAIESG
Op-Ed Closing Canada’s Productivity Gap: Unlocking SME Potential Through Practical AI Cinzia Bazzo Managing Director Sage Canada
EntrepreneurshipAIProductivity
Op-Ed Smarter Government Starts With AI, but Will It Better Serve Canadians? Graham Dobbs Senior Research Associate Conference Board of Canada
AIPolicyTalent
Op-Ed AI for Grid as Canada’s New Superpower Josh Wong Founder & CEO ThinkLabs AI
AISmart Grid
Op-Ed Career Literacy in the Age of AI: Empowering Youth to Navigate the Future of Work Lisa Taylor Founder and CEO Challenge Factory
YouthAISkillsWork
Op-Ed Canada’s New AI Ministry is a Bold Commitment to Sector’s Homegrown Revolution Ryan Khurana Contributor Macdonald-Laurier Institute
AICompetitivenessGovernmentTech
Op-Ed In a Volatile Economy, Marketing (and Its Adoption of AI) Isn’t Optional. It’s Survival. Bernadette Butler CEO and Co-Founder StoryTap
AIMarketing
Op-Ed Catalyzing Canada’s AI Advantage: Five Actions to Win the Global AI Race Fatih Nayebi Vice President, Data & AI ALDO Group
AICompetitivenessTech
Op-Ed Canada’s AI Moment: Time to Bet on Our Home Team Eric Duffy Senior Director of Business Development Tenstorrent
AITalentTech
Op-Ed How AI and Big Data Can Future-Proof Buildings Against Climate Risk Mike Williams President and Co-Founder ClimateFirst
AIClimate ResilienceOpen Data
Op-Ed The Next Revolution in AI Must Be an Industry-Wide Effort to Reduce Carbon Use Germain Masse Product Lead of Artificial Intelligence and Data OVHcloud
AIDecarbonizationSustainabilityTech
Op-Ed How Artificial Intelligence Enhances Efficiency and Productivity in Business Brian Veloso Managing Director SAP Concur Canada
AIProductivitySMEsWork
Op-Ed Developing Accelerated Infrastructure for AI Nizar Rida Vice President of Engineering and Country Manager Marvell Canada
AIInfrastructureTech
Op-Ed What if Generative AI Signals Decline and Stagnation, Not a Productivity Boost? Kean D. Birch Director Institute for Technoscience & Society
AITechWork
Video Interview Advancing Toward Canada’s Health AI Revolution Laurent Tillement Director Partnerships, AI & Health Mila - Quebec AI Institute Ryan MacDonald Director of Health AI Implementation Vector Institute Justin Mallet Healthcare System Partner Roche Canada
HealthAITech
Op-Ed How AI Can Usher in a New Era of Privacy and Trust Hesham Fahmy Chief Information Officer TELUS
AICybersecurityTech
Op-Ed From AI Hype to Real-World Results: 3 Steps for Canadian Leaders Brandon Roberts Group Vice President of People Analytics and AI ServiceNow
AISkillsTech
Op-Ed Canada Needs Nuclear Energy to Meet the AI Moment Joe St-Julian President of Nuclear AtkinsRéalis
EnergyAISustainability
Op-Ed Future-Proofing Canadian Healthcare: From Discovery to Delivery Bettina Hamelin President Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC)
HealthAITech
Op-Ed The Demand for Data Centres is an Opportunity to Fuel a Sustainable AI Future Jim Kalogiros Vice President, Secure Power Schneider Electric
AIEnergySustainability
Op-Ed Invest in AI to Boost Canadian Productivity: The Why and the How Harry Blum National Managing Partner RSM Canada
AIInvestment AttractionWork
Op-Ed AI in Canada: Shifting from Innovation to Implementation Chris Walker CEO Untether AI
AIInnovationResearch
Op-Ed Unlocking Canada’s Potential: Embracing AI for a New Era of Productivity Sabrina Geremia VP & Country Managing Director Google Canada
AITechWork
Op-Ed AI General-Purpose Robots are the Future of Canada’s Workforce James Wells CEO Sanctuary AI
AITechWork
Op-Ed Generative AI Can Boost Canada’s Productivity. Responsible Adoption is Key Chris Barry President Microsoft Canada David Morgenstern President Accenture Canada
AITech AdoptionWork
Op-Ed AI and the Electric Grid: Friends or Foes? Josh Wong Founder & CEO ThinkLabs AI
AIElectricityTech
Op-Ed The Role of AI in Mining: Accelerating Critical Mineral Exploration for the Energy Transition JT Clark Chief Executive Officer Veracio
MiningAIDigital Transformation
Op-Ed The Canadian AI Arms Race: How to Battle Cybercrime in a New Era Mary Ann Yule President and CEO HP Canada
CybersecurityAITech
Op-Ed How Canada Can Win in AI: Adopting the Silicon Valley Treatment Patricia Thaine Co-Founder & CEO Private AI
AICompetitivenessTech
Op-Ed Ensuring Canada’s Leading Role in AI-Driven Biotech Petrina Kamya Head of AI Platforms and President Insilico Medicine Canada
BiotechAIResearch
Op-Ed A Loon Call for Canada to Lead in Sustainable AI Sam Ramadori CEO Brainbox AI
AISustainabilityTech
Op-Ed Canada’s Path to Global Leadership in Responsible AI Nicole Janssen Co-Founders and Co-CEO AltaML
AIEducationTalent
Op-Ed Assistive Technology: Canada’s Little-Known Opportunity Eyra Abraham Founder and CEO Lisnen
TechAIDiversity
Op-Ed AI Will Benefit Workers. Government Must Speed Up Adoption Philip Cross Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute
AIEconomyTech
Video Interview AI Adoption: Getting Canada From Laggard to Leader Eric Gales Country Manager AWS Canada
AITechWork
Op-Ed Harnessing AI to Address Canada’s Climate Transformation Laura Zizzo Co-Founder and CEO Manifest Climate
AIInnovationSustainability
Op-Ed AI’s Environmental Harm: How to Reduce AI’s Energy Consumption Arun Iyengar CEO Untether AI
AISustainabilityTech
Op-Ed Canadian Businesses Need an AI Blueprint to Increase Adoption Deb Pimentel General Manager, Technology IBM Canada
AITechWork
Op-Ed Upskilling in the Age of AI and Automation Chris Ellison Vice President and General Manager ServiceNow Canada
AIPeople EconomySkillsTech
Op-Ed Can Canada Lead in Trustworthy AI? Andy Fillmore Member of Parliament Halifax
AIEconomyFuture IndustriesTech
Video Interview How to Navigate the Risks and Rewards of the AI Revolution Sinead Bovell Founder WAYE David Birch Director of Innovation Consult Hyperion Sasha Krstic President Mastercard Canada
AIInnovationTech
Op-Ed Canada Cannot Afford to be Complacent With Generative AI Risks Ian Paterson CEO Plurilock
AIInnovationTech
Op-Ed How A Canadian Tech Myth Can Drive Innovation Bruce Qi Founder and CEO Launchpad Technologies
TechAIEconomyInvestment Attraction
Video Interview Tech Modernization: AI, Cybersecurity, and Sustainability Dave McCann President IBM Canada
TechAICybersecuritySustainability
Op-Ed The Future of AI in Canada: Strategies for Our Governments and Companies Abhay Gupta CEO Lunge Systems
AIInnovation
Video Interview Alberta and Canada’s AI-Driven Future Nicole Janssen Co-Founders and Co-CEO AltaML Cory Janssen Co-Founders and Co-CEO AltaML
AIInnovationTechWomen Leaders
Video Interview The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Reinforcement Learning Richard Sutton Chief Scientific Advisor and Professor Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and University of Alberta
AIAcademiaScienceTech
Video Interview AI-Assisted Genomic Modelling: Simulations in Bioengineering Dr. Radhakrishnan Mahadevan Professor University of Toronto
BiotechAIHealthInnovationScience
Video Interview Montreal as a Global Hub for Investment Stéphane Paquet President & CEO Montréal International
Investment AttractionAITech
Spotlight Interview Investing in AI to Improve Healthcare Geralyn Ochab CEO Imagia
AIHealthInvestment Attraction
Spotlight Interview Montreal’s Health and AI Talent Daniel Cohen Co-Founder & CEO Valence Discovery
TalentAIHealth
Spotlight Interview Montreal as a Hub for Health AI Christian Macher Country President and Oncology General Manager Novartis Canada
HealthAI
Spotlight Interview Montreal Researchers Accelerating AI in Health Irina Rish Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research / Core Member Université de Montreal / Mila – Quebec AI Institute
HealthAIInvestment Attraction
Video Interview Lessons for Canada’s AI Scale-Ups Alexander Wong Co-Founder DarwinAI
AIEntrepreneurship
Spotlight Interview The Importance of Partnerships for Scaling AI Startups Pape Wade CEO & Co-Founder Airudi
EntrepreneurshipAI
Spotlight Interview The Lean Startup Mentality for Canada’s AI Scale-Ups Naysan Saran Co-Founder & CEO CANN Forecast
AIEntrepreneurship
Video Interview Continual Skills Development for Canadian Competitiveness in AI Garth Gibson President & CEO Vector Institute
WorkAI
Spotlight Interview Skills for the AI Generation Eirene Seiradaki Director of Research Partnerships Borealis AI & RBC Institute of Research
WorkAITalent
Spotlight Interview Machine Learning’s Impact on the Future of Canada’s Workforce Cory Janssen Co-Founders and Co-CEO AltaML
WorkAIHealthTech
Spotlight Interview AI’s Impact on the Future of Canada’s Workforce Prasad Garigipati Head of Global AI Accelerator in Montreal Ericsson
WorkAITech
Spotlight Interview Cybersecurity: Both a Huge Risk and Opportunity Benoît Dupont Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Université de Montréal
Investment AttractionAICompetitivenessCybersecurityTalentTech
Interview Industry-Academia Collaboration for SMEs’ Successful Implementation of AI Debbie McKee Demczyk Dean of the Office of Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Durham College
AIAcademiaEducationTechTech Adoption
Spotlight Interview Canada Must Produce More AI-focused Students Joe Ritacca Director of R&D Precise ParkLink
AIEntrepreneurshipTech Adoption
Spotlight Interview The Opportunity for Academia-Industry AI Collaboration Ali Hirji Project Manager The AI Hub at Durham College
AIEducationTech
Spotlight Interview Government’s Role in Driving AI Implementation Jodie Wallis Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence Accenture
AIEntrepreneurshipTech
Spotlight Interview Canadian AI Tech: From R&D to Commercialization Claudia Krywiak President & CEO OCE
AIPolicyTech
Interview Canadian Competitiveness: How Businesses and Governments Must Adapt John Weigelt National Technology Officer Microsoft Canada
TechAICompetitivenessCybersecurity
Spotlight Interview AI and Blockchain: Transforming the Canadian mining industry Fraser Buchan Co-Founder Tradewind Markets
AIBlockchain

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