Less than a year ago, we highlighted a 12-month period that – at the time – we argued was a sort of “miracle year” for Waterloo’s tech ecosystem. A year that set the foundation for a future of dynamic growth.

Since that time, growth has continued to accelerate. However, the last month and a half have forced us to reevaluate whether we were looking at too long a timeframe. That’s because the...

Change is in the air.

For 17 years, Communitech – Canada’s leading innovation hub – had Iain Klugman at the helm. For more than a decade, the president of the University of Waterloo – one of the world’s top technology schools – was Feridun Hamdullahpur. For seven years, Paul Salvini has served as the chief executive officer of Canada’s #1 private business accelerator – the Accelerator Centre.