Education
The unexpected way to get students to pay attention
A Canadian professor thinks the secret to protecting young people from the algorithm is teaching them how to ask bigger questions
People
The thinkers, builders and problem-solvers shaping Canada’s future
People
The thinkers, builders and problem-solvers shaping Canada’s future
61 results
Artificial Intelligence
The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Children are using AI before they even know what it is, one digital executive says. And teachers are struggling to keep up
By Jaxson Khan
Technology
Why Xanadu’s CEO sees a quantum data centre as the next big win for Canada
Christian Weedbrook on the high-stakes race to create the world’s first scalable quantum computer on home soil
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Economy
The anatomy of a Canadian space company’s pitch to global financial heavyweights
‘The vibe was really exciting.’ How Maritime Launch Services promoted itself to investors at the Canada Investment Summit
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos by Bryan Brock
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
![“I get an inbound [email] every day asking can you get me into this meeting or that, and I’m just a small fry,” Frank McKenna says of the summit.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/l3tzmu37/production/7faa2d5cc965d0933bd7c5a13e6fc6096ebca145-2880x1918.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&q=75&w=700)
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Alexi Hobbs
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos by Dave Chan
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos by Jacob Hege
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos by Will Cox
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Boris Thebia
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos by Jared Allary
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea YuPhotos by Maxim B. Vidricaire
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
By Christina FrangouPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Wade Hudson
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
By Be Giant StaffPhotos by Jalani Morgan
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Education
The unexpected way to get students to pay attention
A Canadian professor thinks the secret to protecting young people from the algorithm is teaching them how to ask bigger questions
Technology
Why Xanadu’s CEO sees a quantum data centre as the next big win for Canada
Christian Weedbrook on the high-stakes race to create the world’s first scalable quantum computer on home soil
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos by Bryan Brock
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos by Dave Chan
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea YuPhotos by Maxim B. Vidricaire
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
By Be Giant StaffPhotos by Jalani Morgan
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Children are using AI before they even know what it is, one digital executive says. And teachers are struggling to keep up
By Jaxson Khan
Economy
The anatomy of a Canadian space company’s pitch to global financial heavyweights
‘The vibe was really exciting.’ How Maritime Launch Services promoted itself to investors at the Canada Investment Summit
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Alexi Hobbs
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos by Jacob Hege
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos by Will Cox
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Boris Thebia
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos by Jared Allary
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
By Christina FrangouPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Wade Hudson
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Education
The unexpected way to get students to pay attention
A Canadian professor thinks the secret to protecting young people from the algorithm is teaching them how to ask bigger questions
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos by Bryan Brock
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos by Dave Chan
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
By Be Giant StaffPhotos by Jalani Morgan
Artificial Intelligence
The case for urgently training 400,000 Canadian teachers on AI
Children are using AI before they even know what it is, one digital executive says. And teachers are struggling to keep up
By Jaxson Khan
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos by Jacob Hege
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos by Will Cox
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos by Jared Allary
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Technology
Why Xanadu’s CEO sees a quantum data centre as the next big win for Canada
Christian Weedbrook on the high-stakes race to create the world’s first scalable quantum computer on home soil
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea YuPhotos by Maxim B. Vidricaire
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc RinaldiPhotos by Chris Buck
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
The anatomy of a Canadian space company’s pitch to global financial heavyweights
‘The vibe was really exciting.’ How Maritime Launch Services promoted itself to investors at the Canada Investment Summit
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Alexi Hobbs
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Boris Thebia
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
By Christina FrangouPhotos by Daniel Ehrenworth
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
By Courtney SheaPhotos by Wade Hudson
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao