The Richmond, BC-based Ocean Legacy Foundation, or OLF has announced it is partnering with telecom giant Telus on a public awareness campaign about plastic pollution in oceans.

Founded in 2013 and helmed by Executive Director Chloe Dubois, the OLF funds research on reducing ocean plastics, as well as advocacy work, research and development for waste management systems and cleanup projects to

The Ocean Startup Challenge, which offers idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking and events, has revealed the 60-company shortlist for its third iteration.

Organized by the Ocean Startup Project -- which has offices across Canada but operates out of Newfoundland and Labrador's Genesis startup hub in the Atlantic region

Awareness of the education and support offered free by the Black Startup Project is growing among BIPOC founders who are taking advantage of the training and mentoring available from the Halifax-based network.

Upcoming workshops will look at how to start and grow your own business and how to solve customer needs. The information is also available online. Entrepreneurs can also attend mentoring

Britain's leading global affairs magazine, The Economist, hosted its World Ocean Tech and Innovation Summit at the Halifax Convention Centre this week.

The event drew blue economy leaders from across Canada and around the world, including delegates from major companies and NGOs.

Sponsored jointly by Canada's Ocean Supercluster, the provincial government, the Halifax Partnership and Creative

The Canadian and British governments are collaborating on a new bluetech innovation competition, with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency giving the Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia $275,000 to help run the program.

The competition will see teams from both countries compete to develop new sa ensor technology and communications systems for autonomous marine vehicles with the aim of

The entrepreneurial community at University of New Brunswick will hold its annual Future of Innovation Conference on Oct. 19, with a special focus on the future of work.

The J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship will host the conference at the university’s Wu Conference Centre from 8:30 to 1 pm. You can register for the event here.

The event will feature key

As a remotely operated business, we rely on our home Internet  connection and we're now working without Internet. 

Our Internet connection was knocked out after Fiona hit and we're working to get it restored. Eastlink has told us we will likely be back online on Oct. 13, and we're hoping everything will be running smoothly by that date. Avery Mullen is fully online and dutifully continuing to

The University of New Brunswick’s McKenna Institute has named Kenneth Kent as its first Barrett Chair in Entrepreneurship for Digital Transformation.

Kent is a longtime professor of computer science at UNB and heads up the Atlantic Canadian arm of the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, which focuses on commercializing computer science research. He has helped spearhead research and development

On the back of quietly raising an unannounced pre-seed round in January, Dartmouth’s Impactful Health R&D is conducting pilot projects with several major players in the fish processing and packaging industries.

Founded by biomaterials researcher Mina Mekhail in 2017, Impactful is developing sustainable, antimicrobial packaging that prolongs the shelf life of fresh fish.

“All of our intellectual

Cape Breton’s Navigate Startup House is hosting a day-long “reverse pitch event” Oct. 13 that will see startups pitch their companies as if to investors, after which existing backers will explain why they bought in.

Dubbed Bring It Together, the day will also include several Q&A and panel events, including one featuring MC Permjot Valia, an innovation economy veteran who serves on the boards of