Various tech centres in Canada are often referred to as Silicon Valley North. Just like California, northern regions like Halifax, Waterloo, Vancouver and more offer concentrations of spinoffs, startups, and the talent and venture capital that support them. But as we grapple with innovation policies in Canada – and often seem to try to replicate […]

As much as plastic recycling is becoming more widely adopted and accessible, things aren’t moving quite fast enough for Bernard Morin. As president of Thermopak Ltd., a packaging company based in Shippagan, Morin is on a personal mission to keep empty plastic milk jugs out of landfills with help from Mitacs researcher and electrical engineering […]

Eric Bosco is chief business development officer at Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization that connects top-level research with private-sector needs. Canada’s commitment to spend $218-million over the next five years to lure foreign direct investments here is great news. Based on early reports, the Invest in Canada Hub announced by then Minister of International Trade, Chrystia […]

Sprinklers miss a lot. Sometimes extra water pools on the sidewalk, or a gust of wind splatters us with an unexpected wet surprise. What many see as a minor nuisance, Calgary inventor Cam Cote saw as a challenge. In a time when people are becoming increasingly aware of the value of clean water and its conservation, […]

Brad Leitch from Two Hat Security discusses CEASE.ai – a new project to prevent child sexual abuse material from being published online. The project is in partnership with Simon Fraser University,  Université Laval, and the University of Manitoba through the Mitacs Accelerate program.  

For the RCMP investigators working at the Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children who face the grim task of sifting through seized pornographic material to identify child victims that are in need of immediate rescue, mental health and wellness are serious concerns, says Sergeant Arnold Guerin. “Often you go home wondering if you […]

The American immigration ban that is the subject of a battle between Donald Trump and the country’s courts has mobilized universities around the world because it strikes right at the heart of the principles of higher education, Canadian universities say. Under an executive order signed by the U.S. President, citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries […]

A Kelowna company is working to help stop the spread of child pornography on the Internet. Two Hat Security Ltd. aims to develop software that will identify and prevent the uploading of photographs and videos that depict the sexual abuse of children. “Of all the issues we’re solving to keep the Internet safe, this is […]

Two computer science students at the University of Manitoba are tasked with developing software to curb the proliferation of child sexual abuse materials online without ever setting eyes on it. “It’s a hard project, but as we go on blindfolded, to some extent, we will find a way to tackle the problem,” Merhdad Hosseinzahed said […]

Two researchers from the University of Manitoba are developing technology aimed at blocking images of child sexual abuse before they have a chance to infiltrate the Internet. Computer engineering students Mehrdad Hosseinzadeh and Binglin Li are working with Two Hat Security Ltd. out of Kelowna, BC to create cutting-edge artificial intelligence software to accurately identify […]

U of M students Binglin Li and Mehrdad Hosseinzadah are taking part in a project to develop software that prevents child sexual abuse material from hitting the internet. The project is part of a partnership between Two Hat Security, a Kelowna-based chat filtering technology company, and Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization. ​

Two student researchers at the University of Manitoba have teamed up with a Kelowna company called Two Hat Security to develop new software aimed at keeping child sexual abuse images off the internet. It’s a growing problem, but with billions of images online, sorting through what’s appropriate and what’s illegal is a huge challenge for […]