While doctors and researchers have always been held in high esteem, their role has taken on even greater importance in 2020. The tireless efforts of frontline workers to maintain the health of a vulnerable population combined as well as the exhaustive research put in...
As financial markets tumble, investors are pulling funding from startups. Sales for anything but bare essentials have evaporated, while progress on product development and market testing has halted for work that requires in-person collaboration. Many existing bailout...
The Government of Ontario is purchasing nearly one million portable COVID-19 test kits from Spartan Bioscience, a biotech firm led by a University of Toronto alumnus. The portable Spartan Cubes, which drew the attention of the federal government last month, can...
As the COVID-19 crisis rolls on, Canada’s tech ventures face a new challenge: maintaining their dynamic cultures as the novelty of remote working wears thin. Tech ventures prize their collaborative workplaces — the notion that creative spaces encourage smart ideas is...
The Canadian healthcare system has some of the longest wait times in the developed world. It isn’t uncommon for patients to wait hours for emergency care, and months, if not years, for elective surgery. The country has only 2.7 doctors per thousand citizens, compared...