The second Innovation Den contest run by Halifax-based QEII Foundation and the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub has boosted three young health innovation companies with $170,000 of funds.

The contest was set up last year with money provided by Chester couple John Hunkin and Susan Crocker. The pair had already established the Angels’ Den at St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto and wanted

As well as winning Nova Scotia’s recent Provincial Spotlight Award, rural innovation hub IGNITE Atlantic is celebrating taking the Science Champion Award.

The Provincial Spotlight Award, presented by Digital Nova Scotia, celebrates organizations outside Halifax that demonstrate growth through tech-focused export, recruitment, and community engagement.

The Science Champion Award, offered in

Government grants are valuable but Atlantic Canada’s technical founders need to stop focusing on perfecting their products and understand their own sales propositions and strategies straight off the bat, says Kent Summers, a Boston-based B2B sales expert who recently presented in Halifax.

Summers, founder and managing partner at the Spinnaker Sales Group, was one of the B2B sales experts at

A celebration of the life of Brian Flood, a co-founder of the pioneering cybersecurity startup Q1 Labs, will be held Monday, Nov. 25, at 5 p.m. at the Wu Conference Centre at the University of New Brunswick.

Flood, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 63, teamed up with Chris Newton, Dwight Spencer and Sandy Bird in 2001 to found Fredericton-based Q1 Labs. Flood was the first CEO of

Employees resistant to returning to the office, the changing face of AI, older and more experienced direct reports, and employee mental health are among the big issues challenging today’s managers, according to Modern Manager: Conquering the Five Frustrations of Leadership.

“The demands on today’s manager have changed and increased dramatically post-pandemic,” St. John’s-based author Corina

Fresh off her big win at an international science contest, Dalhousie University student Dina Rogers is aiming to transform our relationship with plastic with a novel method of deconstructing waste, allowing plastic constituents to be re-used.

Earlier this month, Rogers won Science Breakthrough of the Year in the Emerging Talents category at the Falling Walls Competition in Berlin. Now back home

A national program that pairs students with startups and businesses for work experience is set to bring more opportunity to the region’s students.

The Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is now the Regional Lead Atlantic Canada for Experience Ventures, a program led by The Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Calgary.

The

Two Atlantic Canadian investment groups that back under-represented founders are working on new funds that could bring millions of dollars to high-growth companies.

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based support organization for BIPOC entrepreneurs, hosted a panel on investment Tuesday as a kickoff for its Leaders Summit, which is taking place today (Wednesday, Nov. 20). During the discussion, Tribe

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the support organization for BIPOC founders, has named Dan Oshodin Chief Operations Officer.

Oshodin, formerly Growth Funding and Investment Strategy Manager at startup hub Volta, has experience helping entrepreneurs secure resources and funding to scale their ventures.

His understanding of innovation ecosystems and his commitment to entrepreneurs make him an

The Atlantic Technology Summit will take place Nov. 20 in Halifax with the theme of Innovate, Integrate, Empower: Human-Centric Solutions for a Connected World.

The Keynote – Possibility Executed, Determining the Future of Your Organization in an Age of Uncertainty -- will be delivered by fifth-generation entrepreneur and venture capitalist Cherry-Rose Tan.

The event will take place at the