STEM

When Roche Canada colleagues saw the opportunity to establish a centre of excellence (CoE) for artificial intelligence, they knew the best home would be in Canada.

When Toronto’s Dr. Kamran Khan opened a file on December 31, 2019, that showed an unusual cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, he let out an audible gasp.

Despite the pandemic, Toronto’s technology sector keeps on growing. The city is a booming technological hub, boasting a strong talent pipeline that attracts tech companies worldwide. Here are seven big-name businesses that have decided to open new offices in Canada’s largest city.

SkyX provides solutions for autonomous, long-range Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) (or drones) to collect bird’s-eye view aerial data for companies in sectors like oil and gas. Using drones to continuously monitor remote assets like pipelines is more efficient and provides data that can’t be gathered by traditional methods.

Filled with some of the brightest minds in the industry, Collision wasn’t just another tech conference for Kayan Health.

Waterloo’s growing IT cluster is leading the charge in tech innovation in Ontario, Canada. Waterloo is a tech hotspot, home to IT giants, STEM graduates, R&D centres and top-tier research institutions.