digital tech

Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova, Co-Founders of DressX, join Randi Zuckerberg in the Crypto Café to talk about Web3 fashion trends and ways in which they are disrupting fashion with digital technology. 

Today, we welcome back Jennifer Angel, CEO of Evergreen, to chat about building sustainable futures. We discuss her Future Cities programs, why challenging communities to solve problems is important, what's required for sustainable living, and Indigenous co-governance.

Jennifer Angel is a builder of community, momentum and places people love. As CEO of Evergreen, Jen leads the creation of inclusive public spaces that foster connection and are sustainable at their core. At Evergreen Brick Works, the organization’s headquarters and community hub in Toronto, and through national partnerships like Future Cities Canada, Jen and her collaborators are building resilience in schools, public spaces, housing and communities as a whole. Prior to Evergreen, Jen contributed to creating some of Nova Scotia’s best loved places by land and sea. Her professional portfolio includes real estate, infrastructure and program development, participatory planning and design. She was recognized in Atlantic Business Magazine's Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada in 2021 and as one of the Most Powerful Women in Atlantic Canada in 2022. She recently received the Inaugural Wije’winen Allyship Award 2022 – Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre.

For more information:
https://www.evergreen.ca/
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Our guest today is Jennifer Angel, CEO of Evergreen, a builder of community, momentum, and places people love. Together with partners, Jen builds inclusive, sustainable places that attract people and investment, enhance resilience, and contribute to well-being for all.

Jennifer Angel is a builder of community, momentum and places people love. As CEO of Evergreen, Jen leads the creation of inclusive public spaces that foster connection and are sustainable at their core. At Evergreen Brick Works, the organization’s headquarters and community hub in Toronto, and through national partnerships like Future Cities Canada, Jen and her collaborators are building resilience in schools, public spaces, housing and communities as a whole. Prior to Evergreen, Jen contributed to creating some of Nova Scotia’s best loved places by land and sea. Her professional portfolio includes real estate, infrastructure and program development, participatory planning and design. She was recognized in Atlantic Business Magazine's Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada in 2021 and as one of the Most Powerful Women in Atlantic Canada in 2022. She recently received the Inaugural Wije’winen Allyship Award 2022 – Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre. 

For more information:
https://www.evergreen.ca/
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Drinkable is the world’s first accurate, affordable, and easy to use handheld water testing device that strives to make water testing accurate, easy, and affordable.  In this episode, we're taking a look at the journey to create a climate adaptive technology company here in Nova Scotia.

Our guest  is Matt Mizzi, founder and CEO of Drinkable. Matt has a degree in Environmental Science from Acadia University. Raised by electrical engineer and turned CEO of his own company, Matt is a venture capital enthusiast and is passionate about ethics, truth, environment, and humans living their best lives

For more information:
https://www.drinkable.tech/
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Where’s my cheese? The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is currently testing food-safe, digital labels on its cheese wheels. The p-Chip micro transponders deliver previously unseen levels of traceability, inventory tracking and control, product authentication, quality-assurance testing, product serialization, and consumer safety. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Riccardo Deserti, Director of The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, and Massimo Baio, Director of Business Development EMEA - p-Chip, about merging a 900-year old cheese tradition with cutting edge digital tracking technology.

Photo Courtesy of Parmigiano Reggiano.

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In today's episode, welcome back Beth Mason, President & CEO of the Verschuren Centre. We discuss the role of the bioeconomy in the rural areas, the opportunities and resources for traditional industries, the importance of connections and more.

In 2017, Dr. Mason was appointed CEO of the Verschuren Centre. Her forward-thinking mindset helps connect large industry and community partners to develop and demonstrate innovative clean solutions. Beth's background brings a mix of industry, research and business approaches to problem-solving from many sectors, private business and government. She is committed to enabling our clients' success by ensuring our core business activities and growth plans align with our clients' needs. Beth has also held positions with Saputo, as a Manager Dairy Derivatives, and also as an Industrial Research Fellow at Cape Breton University.

For more information:
https://www.verschurencentre.ca/
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The rate of restaurant tech evolution seems to get faster and faster, with consumers adopting new behaviors and desires with every new app they download. How can restaurants keep up with market demands and use tech to make their business more efficient and profitable? On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks to Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn, the authors of Delivering the Digital Restaurant. Using first- hand accounts of food industry veterans and start-up entrepreneurs innovating the future of food, the book explores the massive disruption facing American restaurants today and a roadmap to successfully navigate today’s digital environment.

Photo Courtesy of Delivering the Digital Restaurant.

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Steve Matier, Founder and CEO of Maritime Launch, is driving the collaboration and partnerships that will support the development of a safe and environmentally sustainable commercial space market in Canada.

In today's episode we welcome back Steve for a chat about the power of community, collaboration and why a local commercial spaceport will be groundbreaking for innovation here in Canada.

A mechanical engineer by training, Steve is a skilled international spaceport licensing specialist. As an expert analyst of spaceports and launch vehicles, Steve shares extensive knowledge and experience in matching clients with the infrastructure and technology to meet their business needs.

Maritime Launch Services, headquartered in Nova Scotia, was founded in 2016 as Canada’s first commercial satellite launch company. 

For more information:
https://www.maritimelaunch.com/
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In today's episode, we are showcasing the biomanufacturing sector and the larger bioeconomy. Our guest is Beth Mason – President & CEO of the Verschuren Centre. She joins us to talk about what brought her to Canada, her work with the Verschuren Centre, moving into a research focus, challenges in the industry and exciting future of the bioeconomy.

Beth Mason brings a mix of industry, research and business approaches to problem-solving from many sectors, private business and government. She is committed to enabling our clients' success by ensuring our core business activities and growth plans align with our clients' needs. Beth has also held positions with Saputo, as a Manager Dairy Derivatives, and also as an Industrial Research Fellow at Cape Breton University.

For more information:
https://www.verschurencentre.ca/
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Maritime Launch Services, headquartered in Nova Scotia, was founded in 2016 as Canada’s first commercial satellite launch company. Maritime Launch is building Spaceport Nova Scotia and will place satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits using a medium class launch vehicle.

In today's episode we are shining a spotlight on the space and satellite sector here in Nova Scotia. Our guest is Steve Matier, Founder and CEO of Maritime Launch. A mechanical engineer by training and former NASA contractor, Steve is a skilled international spaceport licensing specialist. As an expert analyst of spaceports and launch vehicles, Steve shares extensive knowledge and experience in matching clients with the infrastructure and technology to meet their business needs. As part of Steve’s work with Maritime Launch, he is driving the collaboration and partnerships that will support the development of a safe and environmentally sustainable commercial space market in Canada. Steve is a recipient of the prestigious “Silver Snoopy” award for excellence in flight safety and mission success.

We talk with Steve about what inspired him to work in the industry, the exciting initiatives happening in NS and Canada and why he chose near Canso, NS as the location to build Canada's first commercial spaceport.

For more information:
https://www.maritimelaunch.com/
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In today’s episode, we welcome back Bronwyn Bridges, co-founder & CEO of PragmaClin, a company focused on assessing and monitoring neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s. She shares her experiences from becoming a Ph.D. student in pharmacy at Memorial University of Newfoundland to pivoting her research and commercializing her work with Co-founder and COO, Gord Genge, an entrepreneur who has Parkinson’s. PragmaClin’s PRIMS software runs tests on a patient, using cameras to monitor motor and non-motor skills remotely. Their company, a recent Volta Cohort winner, is making a difference in patients' lives with movement disorders. Since March, the company has acquired wins totaling $125,000 which includes the $25,000 top prize won at the Mel Woodward Cup – a competition for startups connected to Memorial University.

Tune in to the podcast to listen to Bronwyn tell all about how she created her company, the challenges of starting and growing a med-tech company, the resources that helped her, and more! 

For more information:
https://www.pragmaclin.com/
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Today we welcome back Dr. Rafaela Andrade - Co-Founder & CEO of Myomar Molecular. Rafaela has been working with molecular biology techniques, managing projects and developing innovative techniques to improve research outcomes and collaborations for over a decade.
Rafaela's vision is to translate scientific discovery into public health. She's looking to bridge the gap between patients and science, and to create collaborations between governments, industry and academia. She is now a mother of three passionate about health and fitness and is dedicated to growing the company and improving people's quality of life.

Tune in to learn all about Rafaela's journey in creating her company, from the very beginning to present day.

For more information:
https://myomarmolecular.ca/
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Bronwyn Bridges is a PhD student in Pharmacy at Memorial University in Newfoundland, and the Co-Founder & CEO, of PragmaClin, a company focused on assessing and monitoring neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Alongside her co-founder and COO, Gord Genge, an entrepreneur who has Parkinson’s, the pair are making a difference in the lives of patients with movement disorders. Their PRIMS software runs tests on a patient using cameras to remotely monitor motor and non-motor skills. 

Bronwyn joins us to talk about her varied background, the challenges she was up against in her entrepreneurial journey, the experience of pitching her business and her advice for future women entrepreneurs!

PragmaClin is a recent Volta Cohort winner, and has also won a top prize of $25,000 at the Mel Woodward Cup – a competition for startups connected to MUN, the Bounce Health Embryo grants grand prize - focused on medtech startups, and the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards National Finals. All of these pitch wins are totalling $125,000 since March. 

Dr. Rafaela Andrade, Founder & CEO of Myomar Molecular, moved to Canada from Brazil in 2008 to start her graduate studies in cancer research, where she was awarded prestigious scholarships and prizes for research and innovation. Over the last decade, she has been working with molecular biology techniques, managing projects and developing innovative techniques to improve research outcomes and collaborations. Rafaela is a mother of three and shares her journey on figuring out how to balance both her career and family life at the same time.

To learn more, hit play!

For more information:
https://myomarmolecular.ca/
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The last episode in our two part series about equitable partnerships and deep learning, Alfred Burgesson will share his tips and tricks about how to accomplish just this! Alfred Burgesson is the Founder & CEO of Tribe Network — a social enterprise building Canada's BIPOC Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hub. Tribe Network is on a mission to improve the well-being of Black, Indigenous and People Of Color through entrepreneurship and innovation.

To learn more about how Alfred created an innovative and equitable community through Tribe Network, tune in! 

For more information:
https://www.tribenetwork.ca/
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In our first episode of our two-part series about equitable and innovative partnerships and deep learning, we welcome back entrepreneur Michael Marcel Polak, also known as Ken’niwahkwahrita:a which means Little Dipper in Mohawk from the Bear Clan. Michael is working to incorporate Haudenosaunee Great Peace into modern innovation frameworks, such as design thinking, human centered design, and agile to develop what he calls creation centered design, and is committed to helping organizations around the world and communities reconcile different ways of thinking, using indigenous world views and others. 

To learn more about Michael’s journey, hit play and listen to S2 Episode 7 of The ONSIDE Podcast!

For more information:

https://onsidenow.ca/

The second episode in our two-part series about Leadership Philosophy, Marlon Thompson, an angel investor and founder of Future Capital focuses on creating pathways to success for underrepresented leaders in the startup ecosystem. To learn more about his leadership philosophy, hit play!

For more information:

https://www.myfuturecapital.com/

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Special guest Savior Joseph returns to the podcast, this time to discuss this month's theme: leadership philosophy. In today’s episode Savior Joseph, President of Breathing Green Solutions speaks about his own “Hungry & Humble” leadership philosophy, and why it is important. To learn more about his philosophy, hit play! 

Breathing Green Solutions (BGS) Inc., is Nova Scotia's first licensed producer of cannabis, powered by their proprietary pure plant growing method. Prior to this, Savior was Senior Vice President of global marketing for Aurora cannabis in Toronto. For more than 11 years Savior also worked for a local company, Colour, a digital advertising agency with offices in Toronto, Halifax and New York. He held various positions as a director of digital marketing, the managing partner and as their president. He's involved in many areas of activity here in our community, and is the new incoming Chair for the Tribe network. Savior is also the Chair for the Armbrae Academy's basketball team.

For more information:

https://breathinggreen.com/

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In the world of entrepreneurship, we all take a unique path, our own journey, and in that journey we find bits and pieces of information, and valuable education along the way that can be implemented into our vision. For our last episode in our two-part series of “The Journey of Becoming an Entrepreneur”, we have Alfred Burgesson, Founder and CEO of Tribe Network sharing his unique path of social entrepreneurship. 

To learn more about Alfred’s journey, hit play and listen to S2 Episode 4 of The ONSIDE Podcast!

In the world of entrepreneurship, we all take a unique path, our own journey, and in that journey we find bits and pieces of information, and valuable education along the way that can be implemented into our vision. During the month of May, we will be having conversations with two young professionals about their unique journey of becoming an entrepreneur and in today’s episode will be featuring the entrepreneur, Michael Polak. Michael who is also known as Ken’niwahkwahrita:a is Mohawk and from the Bear Clan. He talks about his dedication to fostering indigenous pathways to solve global problems through his gift of two eye seeing approach. To learn more about Michael’s journey, hit play and listen to S2 Episode 3 of The ONSIDE Podcast!

For more information:

https://onsidenow.ca/