Cancon Podcast

This week, Erin Bury takes over CanCon to discuss: the top 10 best jobs in Canada, getting more women on tech boards, and when entrepreneurship goes wrong at Fyre Festival. Music clip (under fair dealing): "Sorry" by Justin Bieber       

This week, the CanCon team discusses the companies caught in the gravity of Uber's circling of the toilet bowl, and evaluates the results of Tilt's preference of 'culture' and growth over everything else. Music clip (under fair dealing): "Down in Flames" by The Super Friendz

This week on CanCon, the team evaluates the latest announcements from Shopify Unite and Facebook's F8, before talking about keeping millennials engaged in the workplace. Music clip (under fair dealing): "Youth is wasted on the young" by Young Galaxy

This week on CanCon, the team explains why the Internet of Things will ruin everything, and argues whether AI's uncanny valley is aided at all by voice recognition. Music clip (under fair dealing): "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult

This week on CanCon, the team plays a game of Good CEO/Bad CEO, and discusses why we'll never have unlimited data plans in Canada. Canadian Content music clip: "The Sting" by Nick Diamonds

This week, the CanCon team talks about potential BlackBerry/Bombardier boondoggles affecting the innovation agenda, whether smartphones are still cool, and if it's a bad idea to encourage women to enter STEM careers. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Grifting" by Timber Timbre

This week, CanCon features a power-packed guest panel ready to discuss the impact of #Budget2017 on Canada's tech ecosystem. Canadian Content music clips (under fair dealing): "Money City Maniacs" by Sloan "If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies

This week on CanCon, the team takes a look at the process behind building a smart city, the ethics of coding, and the latest HR oopsie from a Canadian startup called Skip the Dishes. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire

This week on CanCon, the team fields your Canadian tech questions, including great women in tech, and the tension in Canada between exits and IPOs. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Highschool" by Flashing Lights

This week on CanCon, the team continues to track Uber's very bad 2017, and talks about startup valuations and why they matter (to Hootsuite especially). Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "I was born (A Unicorn)" by The Unicorns

This week on CanCon, the team discusses Uber's culture problems and treatment of women, and if a Geneva Convention for cyber warfare would help. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Get Some Freedom" by Big Data (featuring Dragonette) Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team discusses the new eSports channel coming to Canadian TV, and if Snap's upcoming IPO is something new or a second Twitter. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "REALiTi" by Grimes. Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.  

This week on CanCon, the team asks what happens when ideas move companies (Oculus), and how CEOs should respond to public pressure (Shopify). Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Legal Tender" by Handsome Furs Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team discusses the events leading up to the open letter written by the Canadian tech community, and its potential outcomes. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "Citizens of Tomorrow" by Tokyo Police Club Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team can't escape talking AI in Canada, and wants to escape the coming Info Wars fought on our social media. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): "We are being reduced" by Thrush Hermit Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.   

This week on CanCon, the catches up on the latest AI and supercluster news in Canada (again), and share reasons to be optimistic with tech. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): “Bit by Bit” by Mother Mother Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team evaluates the merits of a Canadian AI supercluster, the perils of unchecked AI, and the value of innovation infrastructure spending. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): “A conversation between two robots” by The Superfantastics Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team shares their tech resolutions for 2017, evaluates the latest from CES, and weighs the impact of the CRTC's new broadband decision. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): “Dark Days” by PUP Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

On this episode of CanCon, we answer submitted questions on Canadian tech to ring in 2017. Music clip (under fair dealing): “In The New Year” by The Walkmen Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.

This week on CanCon, the team looks back on a weird and wild 2016, and makes terrible tech predictions for 2017. Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): “We're here for a good time (but not a long time)” by Trooper Ad music: Catmosphere - Candy-Coloured Sky, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.