Black History Month, at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., great energy, great speakers, a chance to listen, learn, and grow. "... Onwards, upward, together we climb" PM Mark Carney! Diana Fox Carney, Greg Fergus, MP, Evan Solomon (Minister of AI and Digital Innovation, FedDev Ontario) #BHM2026 #Innovation #Inclusivity #Collaboration #Entrepreneurship #AI cc: @Invest_Ottawa @Bayview_Yards

All our friends, partners, Here's to an amazing 2026! #Innovation #Inclusivity #Collaboration #AgeOfAI2025Canada cc: @Invest_Ottawa @Bayview_Yards

On Canada's Next AI Strategy, As citizens, we would like to suggest the following summary for Ai adoption in Canada & encourage every one to engage & participate in this or other dialogue as it is very critical for our future. Our 2 Symposium: The Age of AI Building Inclusive & Sustainable Human Capital (Sep,2025) Inclusive Innovation for Canada’s Global Leadership (Sep,2024) Speakers: Sonya S., President and CEO, Invest Ottawa Alem L., Co-Founder & CEO TrendifyLive, Be Inclusive World Rawlson K.- Councillor & Deputy Mayor Adrian H., Associate Professor At Carleton U, Former Anchor/ Host CBC Adrian C.,Ph.D. P.Eng, Prof, Director, Carleton U Claudia M., Founder & Principal UpSurgence Greg R., Ph.D., Vice Dean, Telfer, U of Ottawa. Michelle G., Chief Advocate of OCOBIA Lessons: 1, Actions to ensure, emerging technologies can provide opportunities for fair & full participation of all citizens in all their diversity. 2, Encourage citizen-centred design & ensure reliable safe ethical development & application of Ai. 3, Robust & easy access to computing power for university, college researchers & small businesses. 4, Avoid monopolies & ownership of the data by large private companies. Because the availability of low cost & free access to data encourages more innovation & startup growth. 5, Encourage large profitable companies to support startups in co-creation, sharing knowledge & building win-win model for success. 6, Simplify incentives, mentorship, entrepreneurship for youth specially underrepresented groups to enter the future economy. 7, Make large & quality data available for youth to innovate, create their own jobs. 8, Develop and retrain relevant talent in Canada to accelerate innovations. 9, We think it is important for more citizen engagement in supporting innovation. 10, Educate all citizens to have basic understanding of what Ai is, what it can do & can't. It creates better communication, clarity & help mobilize all of us for faster Ai adoption. #aiincanada #cdninnovation #AgeOfAiCanada2025 #BeInclusiveCanada #AiStrategy

Sep 19, 3pm, Invest Ottawa, 7 Bayview Yards, sharing some moments from The Age of AI: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Human Capital. The Future of Economy & Jobs, Entrepreneurship with Great Topics, Amazing Speakers, Awesome Participants! Simply: Collaborations + Inclusivity + Innovations = Be Inclusive, Be Cool! #AgeOfAI2025Canada Thank You again to All ! cc: @Invest_Ottawa @Bayview_Yards @VLennox

✴️ Save the date! Sep 19 3pm #AgeOfAI2025Canada Invest Ottawa, 7 Bayview Yards, RBC Foundry ✴️ The Age Of AI: Building Inclusive And Sustainable Human Capital ✴️ Last year’s focus was about the potential of AI, and talked about who is left behind and who stands to benefit. ✴️ 2025 is about ACTION! ✴️ Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/the-age-of-a… A number of dynamic speakers have confirmed their participation. 🔶Moderator: Adrian Harewood, Associate Professor At Carleton U, Former Anchor/ Host CBC Ottawa 🔶 Sonya Shorey, President and CEO Invest Ottawa 🔶 Alem Legesse, Tech Innovator, Co-Founder and CEO TrendifyLive, Be Inclusive World 🔶 Greg Richards, Ph.D., Vice Dean, Graduate Professional Programs. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. 🔶 Rawlson King, Councillor - Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe and Deputy Mayor City of Ottawa 🔶 Nick Quain, Vice President of Venture Development, Invest Ottawa 🔶 Claudia McKoy, Founder and Principal UpSurgence 🔶 More ✴️ We would like to encourage you to participate in a meaningful way not only in sharing your expertise and views but also to come in large numbers. Topics these and more: ✅ Entering, growing and thriving in the future economy ✅ Igniting innovation through collaboration and inclusive platforms. ✅ Empowering citizen engagement in nation building ✅ Ensuring emerging technologies support economic growth by providing opportunities for full and active participation to citizens in all their diversity More to follow

September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours the children who never returned home, survivors of residential schools, including their families and communities. To learn more: orangeshirtday.org/orange-sh… comoxvalleyschools.ca/indige…

A recap, short Video of our engaging & thoughtful symposium, “The Age of AI: Inclusive Innovation for Canada’s Global Leadership” took place on September 13 2024 (3:00-8:00 p.m.) at Invest Ottawa (7 Bayview Yards, RBC Foundry). #AgeOfAI2024Canada youtu.be/uW3mKM8l6t0 Created by our amazing designer, Samuel Tesfaye, a young graphic artist from Ottawa. Thanks also @Invest_Ottawa , @Bayview_Yardsfor welcoming us. cc: @sshorey , Claudia McKoy , Adrian Chan , @CarAdrianH , @rawlsonking , @carleton_u , and @TrendifyLive Grateful also @VLennox, MSM for your online & in person support . #InclusiveInnovation #EthicalAI #NationBuilding #Ottawa #InvestOttawa #TrendifyLive #Canada #EmergingTechnologies #AiLeadership

It has been a privilege to witness at #GCXpo so many great emerging technologies and innovations from various sectors including driverless vehicles to agriculture, defense, food preservation, environmental sustainability. Pics below with the members of hard-working team at @Invest_Ottawa , @AreaX_O , bravo for mobilizing such a massive national operation. Also, John Fielding, very easy to see & understand the potential of your Nanobubble Control Systems. An innovative solution that eliminates food-based pathogens and reduces commercial and retail food waste. Keep it up John! #SmartMobility #AI #DroneTesting #Aerospace #Robotics #UAV #Ottawa

Group pics, for our engaging & thoughtful symposium, entitled, "The Age of AI: Inclusive Innovation for Canada’s Global Leadership” that took place on September 13, 2024 (3:00-8:00 p.m.) in Ottawa (7 Bayview Yards, RBC Foundry). 🙏😎 #AgeOfAI2024Canada @Invest_Ottawa @Bayview_Yards

To end of the night, we had Rawlson King, Councilor and Deputy Mayor - Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe, Ottawa to come by and discuss challenges of inequality, ethics and creating solution by bringing governments officials together to create new policy about Ai. As well as talk about education reform, entrepreneurship support and funding to leverage inclusive data set. Thank you for all who came to the conference, watch the live updates on social media and discuss and learn the importance of Ai. @beinclusiveW #AgeOfAi2024Canada