Startup Events in Canada

Muslim Women Meetup is turning ONE! Join us for a special games night to mark one year of MWM. We’ll have a mix of group games, friendly competition, small prizes, and refreshments throughout the evening. Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning or this is your first MWM event, come hang out, play some games, and enjoy the evening with the community - we’d love to celebrate this milestone with you! 🎉🤍 Please note that tickets are non-refundable. All proceeds from this event will go forward sustaining future MWM events. Photos and videos will be taken during the event for social media. By signing up, you are consenting to be on camera. If you are not comfortable being photographed, please reach out to organizers in advance and we will do our best to accommodate.

Tech Week can get a little busy. Back-to-school can get even busier. So we’re taking things outside. Come hang with the Maple Valley community for a low-key afternoon at the park. Play some ball if that’s your thing, jump into a game of spikeball, fly a kite, check out a few surprise pop-ups, or just grab a spot on the grass and meet some new people. No pressure to be “on.” Just enjoy some good people, fresh air, games, and plenty of room to chat. Whether you’re a student builder, local founder, creative, investor, operator, or just someone curious to meet more people in the Waterloo tech community, you’re welcome here. Maybe you’ll make a new friend, meet your next collaborator, or end up talking through a deal on a picnic blanket. And yes, you should totally invite a friend. 🏀🌳 About Maple Leaf Venture Club A community hub for VCs, tech founders, operators and innovators. Stay connected and join us for more future events:) Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Luma Event Calendar About Waterloo Venture Group WVG is a student venture community and talent network based out of Waterloo, providing pro-bono consultancy for founders from ideation through Series A. Collectively, we’ve supported ventures in raising $8.8M+, hosted flagship programming on founder education with work featured in BetaKit, and curated the rooms where hires happen. In 2026, we earned the recognition of Top 50 VC Clubs Worldwide by Plug and Play. Ready to build or partner? Contact the WVG team. About Forum Ventures Forum Ventures is a leading early-stage fund, accelerator and AI venture studio for B2B startups. Founded in 2014, they're on a mission to make the journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders. Forum is investing in 65 startups this year. Pitch them here.

Meet BC’s top emerging tech startups at the 2026 NVBC Demo Day, presented by RBCx. Why attend? See pitches that usually happen behind closed doors. Watch select Top 25 companies from the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition pitch their startups live, outside of the judging room, for one exclusive evening. Get an early look at high-potential ventures. Discover what they’re building, how they’re gaining traction, and where they’re headed before they’re on the broader investor radar. Connect with BC’s innovation ecosystem. Meet investors, founders, and leaders from across the province. Are You an Investor? Attendance is by Application Only To create a curated, high-value experience for both founders and funders, attendance is limited to investors and NVBC volunteers. Investors are invited to apply via a short questionnaire. Capacity is limited. **Updated Agenda** 3:30–4:20 PM: Doors Open & Registration / Networking 4:20–4:30 PM:Welcome Remarks 4:30–5:00 PM: Company Pitches 5:00–6:30 PM: Networking Reception 6:30 PM: Event ends By registering for this event, you consent to receive email communications from New Ventures BC, including our e-newsletter and updates about programs and events. You may unsubscribe at any time. By attending, you acknowledge that photos and videos may be taken and used by New Ventures BC for marketing and promotional purposes.

Toronto's tech scene moves fast. But the stories that really matter - the pivots, the hard calls, the lessons learned the hard way - rarely get told. At our monthly Together Toronto series, we bring founders onto the stage to share what it looks like to build a company here. Honest behind-the-scenes conversations from entrepreneurs who've taken bold bets, hit unexpected walls, and figured out how to keep moving. What to expect: 🎤 Raw founder stories with real frameworks you can apply 🤝 A room full of builders, investors, and operators 💡 Conversations that challenge how you think about your own work Whether you're launching your first thing, scaling a team, or just curious about how Toronto's best companies get built - there's a seat here for you. Who you'll hear from: Kevin Callahan, Co-founder & CEO, Uniblock - One API for every blockchain. Raised $2.3M and left a comfortable tech career to build it. Avril Sun, Co-founder & CEO, Succession AI - AI-powered M&A for founder-led businesses. She started it after her family's 28-year-old restaurant chain wound down for nothing, because nobody knew what it was worth. Azam Khan, Co-founder & CEO, Trax - Building code compliance software after a research career in simulation and design. Ujwal Arkalgud, Co-founder & CEO, Orbit - Currency exposure and attribution analytics for multi-entity finance teams. Backed by Diagram and Sagard. This isn't just an event. It's your community. Come ready to listen, connect, and meet the people building what's next. 📣 More ways to get engaged as a startup founder Pitch Feedback from VCs (5–6 PM) Early-stage founder? Get your pitch in front of investors before doors open. We're running a dedicated 5–6 PM session where group of founders pitch and get live feedback from VCs. This runs as a separate add-on to the main event. Spots are limited to pitch live and goes to startup founders only. Apply to attend above! Early-stage startups - want a booth? We're opening a handful of booth spaces i

Human Intelligence (HI) is a Waterloo Tech Week mixer celebrating the people behind Waterloo Region’s technology and innovation community. In a year when so much of the conversation around technology is focused on artificial intelligence, HI takes a step back to focus on something equally important: human connection, collaboration, and community. Hosted by Workhaus, the event brings together founders, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, students, investors, operators, and technology professionals from across the region for an evening of food, drinks, conversation, and connection. Rather than another panel or keynote, HI is designed as an informal and engaging environment where people can meet others outside of their usual networks, exchange ideas, discover opportunities to collaborate, and build relationships. The evening will include interactive elements designed to spark meaningful conversations and make networking feel natural - not transactional. Whether you're building a company, working in the tech sector, exploring your next opportunity, or simply interested in connecting with Waterloo Region’s innovation community, there will be an opportunity to participate. At its core, Human Intelligence is a celebration of the people who make Waterloo’s tech ecosystem what it is. Because while technology continues to evolve, the most valuable connections are still made face-to-face.

Open Coffee Club is a casual gathering of people involved/interested in founding, operating or funding startups. The vibe is more hangout than event and provides people with a regular time and location to talk shop, discuss news, ask questions and and meet others in the startup community they may only see occasionally at more formal events. Location: Nelson the Seagull, 315 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2J4 Once You Arrive: You can locate us by looking for the table with the small LED display: "Vancouver Founders Open Coffee Club." Google Maps link to Nelson the Seagull Contact Steve at sdancho@hotmail.com to get a link to join our WhatsApp discussion board. Thanks to our sponsors! Voyer Startup Lawyers - voyerlaw.com See you there!

Coding agents don’t need better instructions. They need a tighter feedback loop. This session shows how to build that loop directly into Postgres. We’ll use `pgpm`, a Postgres package manager, to turn schemas into composable, versioned modules with deterministic dependencies, then test them against the real database with `pgsql-test` — including roles, permissions, functions, constraints, and RLS. From there, we close the loop: write → test → fix → push → CI/CD. That changes the role of testing. Tests are no longer just something humans run before shipping; they become the control system for coding agents. An agent can generate code quickly, but the database provides the deterministic signal for whether that code is actually correct. | We’ll build a modular schema live, let an agent extend it, and let the tests decide what ships | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |

Curious about building AI-powered products but not sure where to start? Join our info session on the AI Product Builder course, and discover how to go from idea to deployed AI product in days. ‼️ Register Here ‼️ This program is built for technical profiles: web developers, technical PMs and POs, data experts, and technical founders with coding experience who want to ship AI-powered products fast. Our first cohort in Canada runs September 21 to 25, 2026 During this info session, you'll: Discover the curriculum and what you'll build over 5 days Get a look at our learning environment Learn about financing options Ask your questions directly to our team ‼️ Register Here ‼️

Capable. Bold. Now. The annual showcase of Canada’s most promising AI startups. This year, Venture Day celebrates entrepreneurs who turn ambitious ideas into concrete solutions, have the courage to take their place, and are building the AI companies of tomorrow. Come discover the projects, ambitions, and stories behind the startups of the 2026 cohort. Explore the 2026 Cohort Brochure to learn more about each venture. 🗓️ Event Schedule ▪ 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Welcome & Refreshments ▪ 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Showcase – Startup Pitches AIVSIA · Maximilian Leger Sylvia Santé · Yannick Gouez & Aurelia Nguyen Gouez Bucky AI · Mason McIntosh Aloe · Arun Bahl Vigilant AI · John Craig Project Logistics Engineering Solutions · Kevin Kwateng OnGuard AI · Richard Gotlieb Sciwire · Hannah Fronenberg ▪ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Networking Cocktail ⚠️ Seats in the main auditorium are limited. A room with live streaming will be available to ensure everyone can enjoy the event. The event is bilingual with simultaneous translation. We warmly thank our founding partners: the Government of Quebec, BMO, Power Corporation of Canada, and Scale AI, for their essential support. Le rendez-vous incontournable de l’année pour découvrir les startups IA les plus prometteuses du Canada. Cette année, le Venture Day met à l’honneur des entrepreneurs qui transforment des idées ambitieuses en solutions concrètes, qui osent prendre leur place et qui bâtissent les entreprises IA de demain. Découvrez les projets, les ambitions et les histoires derrière les startups de la cohorte NEXT AI 2026. Consultez la brochure de la cohorte pour en savoir plus sur chacune des entreprises. 🗓️ Programme ▪ 14h30 – 15h30 : Accueil & Pause gourmande ▪ 15h30 – 17h00 : Showcase – Startup Pitches AIVSIA · Maximilian Leger Sylvia Santé · Yannick Gouez & Aurelia Nguyen Gouez Bucky AI · Mason McIntosh Aloe · Arun Bahl Vigilant AI · John Craig Project Logistics Engineering Solutions · Kevin Kwateng OnGuard AI · Richard Gotlieb Sciwire · Ha

Are you interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, and start-ups at UWaterloo? Join current and alumni students who are pursuing their startup journey at the Velocity Student Start-up Panel! Get the chance to meet current, and recently graduated student founders who are pursuing their start-up journey. Ask questions, network, and see if entrepreneurship is the path for you by learning directly from other students who have gone through the process! Be the first to know how Velocity can help you reach your entrepreneurship goals. Your comfort and participation are important to us. If there is something we can do to make this event more accessible for you please reach out to velocity.events@uwaterloo.ca and let us know. Velocity is an official event host with Waterloo Tech Week 2026, a celebration of what’s been built here, and what’s still to come. We’re building something great together. September 12-17, 2026. waterlootechweek.ca Meet the Panel: Pasha Khoshkebari | Founder of HOPE (Student) Hi! My name is Pasha and I'm a 2x founder. I build for impact and HOPE is my best attempt at improving the quality of education. Parents are extremely frustrated with the lack of 1-on-1 support their kids are getting at school, so I built HOPE, the AI tutor that enables every student to get the attention and eduction they need. Divhleen Ruprai | Founder of IISence (Recent Grad) Eric Blondeel | Founded Kenota Health and Samos Insurance (Velocity Alumni Founder) Eric has founded two Velocity companies, Kenota Health and Samos Insurance, both of which attended YCombinator. He has a PhD in chemical engineering from UWaterloo. Eric is passionate about helping early stage startups navigate the earliest challenges of getting a company off the ground. Meet the Moderator: Ashley Juraschka | Founder of AllioHealth (Recent Grad) My name is Ashley Juraschka, and I’m the founder of AllioHealth, a biomechanically intelligent breast pump that mirrors infant feeding rhythms, combining compress

For people using AI agents to get real work done. Claude Code, Codex, Hermes Agent, and other harnesses are shipping very fast. Every agent is good at something and bad at something. People will show how they use different agents for ordinary work - automating workflows, building internal tools, managing communications, and turning ideas into working prototypes. You'll meet CEOs, founders, students, and consultants - all exploring how AI agents fit into their day-to-day. What to expect A short opening talk about building on context that every agent can use, six demos from people using different harness, and time to talk with other builders in KW area! Agenda 5:30 - 6:00 | Arrivals and networking 6:00 - 6:10 | AI Agents for Everyone opening talk 6:10 - 6:45 | Demos 1, 2, 3 6:45 - 7:10 | Pizza break and networking 7:10 - 7:45 | Demos 4, 5, 6 7:45 - 8:00 | Final message and networking Each demo is 10 minutes, with time for questions and setup between them. Pizza and drinks provided. Want to present? Demo your workflow with AI Agents, no slides required. No pitches. Apply here (few open spots left): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL6QZgb_KKU93kbaL-q5J_8AGPmbFsSM73_PSmcM2f2lXNhg/viewform Looking for sponsors We're looking for community-minded companies to sponsor food and drinks. Reach out to Artem to see what we offer in return.

A night for founders, builders, and CX innovators to show what they're working on. Demo your product, prototype, or experiment. Could be a technical build, an AI-powered solution, or a CX innovation you're testing. Share it, get real feedback, and meet others pushing customer experience forward. Want to demo? We're opening up 5-minute demo slots for anyone building something worth showing. Apply to present! Whether you're demoing or watching, come ready to talk shop. Hosted at New Ambition office. Ambition is a learning-first social network: a place where what you're curious about drives connection and your greatest ambitions become easier to reach.

We’re back with another Vancouver Digital Networking Evening — a casual meetup for tech professionals, founders, creatives, product people, investors, and anyone building in the digital space. Join us on September 15 at Malone’s Taphouse for real conversations, new connections, and a relaxed evening with Vancouver’s tech and startup community. Whether you’re building, hiring, investing, job searching, exploring new ideas, or simply looking to meet more people in the industry, this is a great place to connect. ### 📅 Event Details: 📍 Location: Malone's Taphouse, 608 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC 📆 Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ### 🤝 What to Expect: 👥 Meet founders, engineers, product leaders, creatives, marketers, and investors 💡 Share ideas, exchange insights, and explore possible collaborations 🍸 Enjoy a casual, welcoming atmosphere — no pitches, no pressure ### 🔗 Why Attend? ✅ Grow your network in Vancouver’s tech and digital community ✅ Meet potential collaborators, clients, mentors, hires, or co-founders ✅ Discover new opportunities across tech, product, design, marketing, and startups 🎟️ Tickets are free, but space is limited — RSVP to secure your spot. Let’s keep building great things — together. And as always, please support the venue by grabbing a drink at the bar. 🍹 #VancouverDigital #VancouverTech #NetworkingEvent #TechCommunity #StartupMeetup #DigitalEvening #TechNetworking #VancouverEvents

Every frontier model runs on minerals. Behind the GPUs, the servers, the cooling systems and the power infrastructure that make up a data centre sit gallium, germanium, rare earths, copper, tungsten and a dozen other inputs whose mining and refining are concentrated in a small number of countries. Countries like China, that have weaponized that dominance, restricting exports of gallium, germanium, graphite and rare earth magnets, and each time targeting a material critical to AI. Demonstrating how a supply chain chokepoint becomes a tool of statecraft. What exactly is AI infrastructure, which minerals does it depend on, and where is control over those minerals heading? In this talk, Noah Chaikin works through the AI value chain from the mine to data centre and applies a foresight lens to what he finds. He argues that mapping critical mineral exposure across that chain is the first step toward securing North American supply, and points to Pax Silica, the US-led initiative to build a trusted AI supply chain among allies, as a live example of governments now trying to do exactly that. Drawing on his work at Kearney Foresight in geopolitical statecraft and his research on Canadian rare earth supply chains, he closes with scenarios for how mining, refining and AI investment could converge over the next decade, and what that could mean for Canada. Please treat everyone with respect. Harassment and discrimination are not tolerated. If something comes up, reach us at feedback@trajectorylabs.org or find any staff member on site.

You got here because you're good at it. The pilot, the integration, the model behaving strangely, and the deck for leadership all route through you; which is why nothing moves when you're away, and why there's nobody above you to ask. This lab walks you through the steps that separate managing the work from leading it: Where being the routing point actually costs you each week, Why being right isn't the same as being heard, What people say you're good at when you're not in the room, How you make calls under pressure, and what your overload is really telling you. Each step asks where you are honestly rather than aspirationally, and everyone's experience will be unique; the path someone takes who can't hand anything off looks nothing like the path of someone whose team runs fine but who still gets overruled on direction. Expect it to take the full session. You finish with a personalized action plan built from your own answers: a 30-day sequence with specific first moves, measures to track, and a short list of the things to stop doing. The recommendations point the same tooling you already build for everyone else: retrieval, classification, summarization, adversarial review; at your own intake, your own decisions, and your own reasoning, so the leadership work costs hours rather than months. The goal isn't a promotion or a title. It's that six weeks from now, fewer things require you, more decisions get made without you, and the hours you free up go to work you actually chose.

Discover how to build income inside your job or with your own clients by turning broken, dependent processes into practices that always run. A process that only lives in your head isn't really a process; it's more of a personal routine. Every job has a process that only works because it lives in one person's head. When that person leaves, things break. You can be the person who fixes that; and gets paid for it. Tip: Write your process down in one plain sentence today. Not how you do it; just what it is. That sentence is the whole spark. This program is designed to build and position you as a Process Operator. You'll use a set of already built tools: a runbook engine, a step-by-step method, and workbooks; to turn a messy process into one that runs on its own. With real practice reps and support built in at each stage; not just more learning. The goal is to get you to your first real conversation with confidence, not just theory. What you'll be able to do after this session: Turn a process into a practice that runs consistently Spot a "process problem" in any conversation Raise the opportunity with your employer and answer the most common objections Pitch and structure a first paid engagement with an outside client Move beyond one-off clients into standing partnerships with organizations and institutions Who this is for: People who want to turn the knowledge and processes you run into written down, repeatable systems that can be run by someone else and are worth being paid for. Ask yourself this question: Could you write your process down in one sentence right now, without overthinking it? What to do next: Come to the session. Watch the process build. Ask your questions. If it's a fit, you can start building that same day.

Where commercial innovation meets defence opportunity. Dual-use technology is opening new pathways for Waterloo Region companies to work in defence and this is where those opportunities come into focus. The Dual-Use Tech Summit brings together founders, tech workers and operators working at the intersection of commercial and defence technology. From AI to Quantum to advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity, this is your chance to explore how dual-use innovation is shaping what’s next and how your company can be part of it. Agenda Keynote address: Christine Hansen, North American Director, NATO DIANA Session 1: Procurement & the Path to Contract Dariusz Grabka, Head, Digital Lab and Shipper Technology, Purolator Adam Gryfe, Co-founder & COO, CSMC Mike Peasgood, Co-founder & CEO, ENVGO LCol Amanda Whalen, Director, RCAF Digital Hub Session 2: Follow the Money - Canada's Defence Funding Landscape John Barry, Managing Director, EY-Parthenon Niramay, Executive Director, CIBC Innovation Banking Peter Suma, Managing Partner, BDC StrongNorth Fund Session 3: Securing the Advantage — IP, Standards & Strategic Control Khanjan Desai, Co-founder & CEO, Alchemy Jim Hinton, Founder, Own Innovation Mark Sangster, CMO, Palitronica By the end of the day, you’ll: Gain real-world perspectives on building and selling dual-use technology Direct exposure to NATO DIANA companies and programming Conversations with founders, operators, tech workers and defence stakeholders A curated, high-quality group of attendees and speakers Who is this for? Founders building advanced or dual-use technologies Tech workers working in the defence or dual-use sector Tech Leaders exploring defence applications Investors and organizations working in defence innovation In partnership with: Sponsored by:

Every startup faces defining moments. The difference between those that scale and those that stall often comes down to a handful of critical decisions. Join us for an honest, founder-focused conversation with leaders who have collectively advised hundreds of startups through fundraising, hiring, scaling, legal challenges, and financial growth. Rather than telling you what should happen, we'll share the real patterns we see every day—the costly mistakes founders make, how to spot them early, and what you can do differently. You'll hear from: Robert Bowness – RBCx Radhika Vaidyanathan – Pulse Law Alex Hardy – BDO Moderated by Shawn Chance, Partner and head of Go-To-Market services, BrightIron and former VC. We'll tackle questions like: What are the biggest mistakes founders consistently make—and why do they keep happening? Which problems start small but become incredibly expensive if ignored? When is the right time to engage legal, finance, banking, or HR partners? What separates the startups that scale successfully from those that struggle? If each panelist could give every founder one piece of advice, what would it be? Whether you're raising capital, hiring your first team, or preparing for your next stage of growth, you'll leave with practical insights you can apply immediately—and a chance to ask your own toughest questions during an interactive discussion. We are official event hosts with Waterloo Tech Week 2026, a celebration of what’s been built here, and what’s still to come. We’re building something great together. September 12-17, 2026. waterlootechweek.ca

Important Notes: Register on the AICamp is required for admission. RSVP on meetup is turned off. Description: Welcome to the AI meetup in Toronto. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agent, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers. Tech Talk : Validate Your Code at the Speed You Generate Speaker: Ryan Hamilton (Senior Developer at CircleCI) Abstract: In this talk, I will walk through what the data actually says about the AI-era SDLC: what broke, why, and what a new infrastructure pattern looks like. I will cover the validation bottleneck in concrete terms (including a new metric, the Merge Efficiency Ratio), explain why running AI agents through legacy CI creates compounding cost and latency penalties, and discuss the emerging solution stack — Chunk sidecars for inner-loop microbuilds, a CLI rebuilt for agent-first feedback, and an MCP server that brings CI context directly into your coding agent. Speakers/Topics: Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 10,000+ AI developers in Toronto or 500K+ worldwide.

Join us for a Toronto meetup of creative coders! This will be a venue to get to know each other and see what's going on in the community. We'll have a space downtown and some food available. We're partnering with InterAccess, a gallery, educational facility, production studio, festival, and registered charity dedicated to new media and emerging practices in art and technology! If you've got a project you've worked on in the past that you're proud of, we'd love to see it and for you to walk us through what went into it. If you're currently working on something or investigating some new ideas and feel like sharing, this would be a great time discuss your process so far! If you haven't done anything yet but are interested in creative coding, we'd love to see what works have inspired you. Sign up here if you're interested in speaking! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MsbtdvTGMNT75lqq4lnxydY4TczStAOZE1Ap8mQJKeM What is creative code? Creative coding refers to anything with an artistic component that uses code as a medium. We welcome artists who use code (for visuals, audio, poetry, or whatever else), designers, animators, toolmakers, researchers, or just enjoyers and people looking to learn more! Location: InterAccess, at 32 Lisgar St. Join our discord if you want to talk to everyone before/after the event, or have any suggestions for things you'd like to see or do! https://discord.gg/ux9txXPsdJ

NOTE: All meetups are hybrid events meaning you can join online or in-person. If you are joining in-person, our venue location is at: 116 W 6th Ave #300, Vancouver, BC Punch code #300 in at the front door to be let in. Speaker: Deborah Brouwer Door Prize Participants in this meetup have a chance to win a door prize of a JetBrains 1-year subscription to any of their IDEs! Call For Participation Are you interested in presenting at the meetup? Do you want to share an interesting talk or show off a cool Rust project? If so, then come and present here at the Vancouver Rust meetups! Here is what you will need to know if you want to present: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f-fTARnT6EKemW8598wuMFlfHzqAJkI80skbbTRhrk/edit?usp=sharing General Info We usually study a specific topic. The meetup starts with a presentation and a discussion follows. After the presentation, we talk about Rust news. Finally, the remaining time is used for general questions, helping people out with their Rust projects, and feedback. This is also a great place to share your experience with Rust or ask questions and get unstuck on your pet project. Generally, anyone who is interested in Rust and being part of a community of Rustaceans in Vancouver is welcome :) Past Presentations Old repo: https://github.com/ehsanmok/van-rust-meetup Current repo: https://github.com/vancouver-rs/talks Notes: Bring your laptop Please be nice (https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html) Meetings will be streamed using Google Meet for remote participants Please be aware that the meetup MAY BE RECORDED. It is up to the speaker to decide if they would like to be recorded or not.

The Great Firewall of Canada — Fireside Panel Four bills. One system of control. A wave of new federal legislation is quietly reshaping what Canadians can say, do, and spend online — and most people haven't connected the dots. Join Bitcoin Montréal for a fireside chat unpacking how these bills work together as one machine: Bill C-9 — criminalizing speech, and even emotion, online Bill C-22 — mass metadata surveillance, with "metadata" left conveniently undefined Bill C-34 — a digital ID built through social-media bans and vague age-verification rules, plus a new Digital Safety Commission to regulate the Canadian internet Bill C-8 — the power to cut anyone deemed a "threat" off the network entirely We'll dig into what's actually written in these bills, what's been left undefined, and why that matters for your privacy and free expression. The panel: Nico Lagan — sales engineer turned broadcaster, host of the Political Orphans Toufic Adlouni — lawyer focused on emerging tech and digital assets Moderated by Margie Ramos — host of the Original & Unconventional podcast When: Wednesday, September 16 · 6:00–9:00 PM Where: Le Bon Vieux Temps, 2051B St-Denis, Montréal, QC Format: Panel · Cocktails · Networking Sponsored by Bull Bitcoin and Éclair BTC. ———————————————————————— Le Grand Pare-feu du Canada — Panel discussion au coin du feu Quatre projets de loi. Un seul système de contrôle. Une vague de nouvelles lois fédérales est en train de redéfinir discrètement ce que les Canadiens peuvent dire, faire et dépenser en ligne — et la plupart des gens n'ont pas encore fait le lien. Joignez-vous à Bitcoin Montréal pour une discussion au coin du feu qui décortique comment ces projets de loi s'imbriquent pour former une seule et même machine : Projet de loi C-9 — criminaliser les propos, et même les émotions, en ligne Projet de loi C-22 — la surveillance de masse des métadonnées, le terme « métadonnées » restant commodément non défini Projet de loi C-34 — une ide

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This September, FoodRevolution, The Pass and VC Village are bringing their communities together in Vancouver to experience what’s being built next. Taste a product before it reaches the shelf. Touch a biomaterial still being perfected in an R&D lab. Experience a new technology for the first time. Discover a new variety growing in trial rows. Meet the personalities behind the innovation. The FoodRevolution Innovation Lounge brings founders, investors and industry leaders into the same room to get closer to the products, ideas and people shaping the future — to taste, touch, ask questions and discover something before it reaches the mainstream. Some of what you’ll experience is ready for market. Some is still being tested, grown or perfected. That’s the point. Come curious. Meet the community. Experience what’s next. September 17, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 p.m. Gastown, Vancouver Registration is required. Space is limited.

[Note: Drinks are not included with the event ticket but can be purchased at the bar. ] Are you passionate about fintech? Do you find yourself talking about digital wallets at parties or secretly hoping someone brings up blockchain over coffee? Or maybe you want to meet some friendly faces who get just as excited about innovation in the financial space as you do. If any of that sounds like you, we’ve got the perfect event. 🎊 Come hang out at Fintech Social 🎊. This isn’t your typical formal networking event; we’re all about good vibes, great conversations, and connecting with people who are genuinely interested in the future of fintech. Whether you’re a founder planning your next big move, a developer who loves to chat about the latest tech trends, or someone who wants to learn more about what fintech is all about, you’ll feel right at home. And don’t worry if you’re new to the scene, everyone’s welcome, no secret handshake required. Come for the fintech, stay for the fun, and leave with new friends, fresh ideas, and maybe even a few good stories. We’re looking forward to seeing you there! Thank you to our Champion Partners, Mastercard, Scotiabank and our Event Partners Finnovate.Io, who continue to support the growth of the Canadian fintech ecosystem 🎉. Note: Drinks are not included with the event ticket but can be purchased at the bar.

Toronto Agentic: Opening Social Come hang out with Toronto’s builders, founders, business leaders, decision-makers, marketers, developers, AI practitioners, and other curious humans building with Agentic AI tools, or trying to figure out where to begin. We’ll be swapping ideas about tools like Hermes, OpenClaw, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Scout, Zo, and whatever else people are experimenting with. This is a casual summer social built around great conversation, good company, sunshine, and a brew or two, or whatever you prefer. Drop in, grab a drink, meet interesting people, and talk about what you’re building, exploring, learning, breaking, failing at, or trying to figure out. Whether you’re deep into agentic AI, contributing to open source, building robots, running a startup, applying AI inside an established organization, or still at the “I have a weird idea and need better people around me” stage, you’re welcome here. Come curious. Leave with new ideas, new connections, and possibly a new collaborator. No posturing, no stupid questions. Just curious people figuring things out together. Come as you are, ask anything, and figure it out alongside curious people. Part of Canada Agentic Toronto Agentic is part of Canada Agentic, a national network of local meetups where builders, founders, developers, creators, business leaders, and the AI-curious come together to explore the next wave of agentic AI. Canada Agentic https://canadaagentic.org Agentic Community https://agenticcommunity.org Details Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Drop in anytime — but the earlier the better, because selfishly, we want to nerd out with you all for as long as possible. Location: STACKT market, 28 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5V 0C6

Join us for the inaugural Grok Bot meetup in Toronto at 800 Bay! We'll still be giving away Cursor credits that you can use with Grok Bot as well. Join us for an exciting night of learning all the different ways you can automate your life with Grok Bot. We'll be bringing in two amazing speakers and have some time for Q&A at the end. The agenda for the night will be super chill. There will be dinner and drinks provided - come have fun! 🗓️ Event Agenda 5:30 - Mix and Mingle 6:15 - Speaker 1 6:30 - Speaker 2 6:45 - Q&A 7:00 - Networking and Building 8:30 - Event Ends Previous events: See here Want to help as a volunteer? Sign up here Hosted by Neerav, Jia and Sukh. Volunteer Team: Joe, Dhanush, Kurt, Daniel, Gio, Ruhao, Monica, Mariia, Sahil, Shreya

Our September Makers’ Club craft has been chosen! Join us for an evening of watercolour, creative conversation, and making together. This is a community-led meetup, not a workshop. Whether you’re completely new to watercolour, already have a practice going, or simply want to experiment with the medium, everyone is welcome. Please bring your own watercolour materials and supplies to the meetup. We’ll spend the evening painting, sharing ideas, and seeing what everyone is working on. To keep the meetup cozy and allow everyone to have space to create, this meetup is limited to 12 people only. What to expect A relaxed evening of watercolour and creative conversation A drink and a snack included Name cards to help everyone connect A few little surprises Optional Watercolour Kits We’ll also have a few optional mini watercolour kits starting from $5, including portable watercolour palettes, watercolour cards, and other small projects you can take home. Interested in a kit? Reach out to us for details on the available options. About Makers’ Club Think of Makers’ Club as a book club, but for crafts. Each month, the community picks a craft to explore together. Over a few weeks, we share inspiration, techniques, works-in-progress and finished pieces, then come together to make and chat. It’s a community project for craft nerds, curious makers, and anyone who enjoys discovering something new. Connect with the community - https://linktr.ee/_SurfaceStudio_ Can’t wait to paint together!

End Waterloo Tech Week with a fun meetup and live Devin builds. $20 usd credits to all check-ins. $200 usd for selected demos. Ship for kicks. Let's have some fun. Agenda: Socialize at 6pm or start building w/ Devin. Demos start at 8:30pm Event continues to 10pm Who it's for: ai curious, anyone who builds, students, staff engineers, founders, career-switchers. What happens Connections are made Live demos from local builders, working software only, demo or it didn't happen A live Devin build session: watch an agent take a real task from ticket to PR Time to actually talk to the people whose demos you just saw Same floor, same bar. If you've shipped something with Devin (or any agent) and want to demo it, say so when you RSVP. The details: 6pm, Builders Club, Waterloo. Free food, drinks, and DJ. RSVP takes ten seconds and we do check it at the door. Part of Waterloo Tech Week. Devin is built by Cognition. kick003 Hosted by DevKick · co-hosted with Builders Club

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Welcome! Join this 90-minute workshop to explore how you can leverage new AI browser capabilities to improve the checkout experience for your users! You'll start by learning how to implement a fast, local, and private recommendation engine using the Prompt API. Then, we'll expose the recommendations, and your checkout flow, to user agents using WebMCP. Date: Friday, September 18, 2026 Time (select the appropriate ticket for the time slot you are registering for): 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT OR 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT Audience: Web developers Level: Intermediate What to expect: Light refreshments / snacks and a hands-on workshop. Requirements You must bring your own charged laptop and power cable. The activities are intended for laptops and cannot be completed on a tablet or phone. A working Node.js development environment with Node 24+ Chrome 150 or greater (Optional) A coding agent with Modern Web Guidance and DevTools for agents installed Workshop Times We are offering two time slots for this workshop: Slot 1: 1:00 - 3:00 PM EDT Slot 2: 3:00 - 5:00 PM EDT When completing your registration for the workshop, please select the ticket for the time slot that you are registering for. You cannot register for both time slots. ⚠️ IMPORTANT: When you register, you will automatically receive a calendar invite from Luma that will show 1:00 - 5:00 PM, but please only attend the specific time slot you registered for. We will also send you a separate calendar invite for the specific time slot you registered for. Workshop Agenda Part 1: Prompt API: Private On-Device RecommendationsIntroduction (10 mins)Coding Session (30 mins) Intermission (5 mins) Part 2: WebMCP: Exposing Recommendations & CheckoutIntroduction (10 mins)Coding Session (30 mins) Wrap-Up and Q&A (5 mins) Let's get started! 🚀

FREE ADMISSION — normally $15! Use promo code: OWNABIZ26 Ready to explore franchise ownership? Join fellow entrepreneurs and business builders at The National Franchise Show Toronto, featuring more than 190 franchise opportunities under one roof. Meet representatives from established and emerging franchise brands, compare investment options, and attend informative seminars led by industry experts. Whether you are actively looking to become your own boss or simply researching proven business models, this two-day event offers practical information and valuable connections. EVENT DATES & HOURS Saturday, September 19, 2026 — 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday, September 20, 2026 — 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM LOCATION International Center – Hall 5 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario GET FREE TICKETS Enter promotion code: OWNABIZ26 EVENT DETAILS Please note: This is a third-party event organized by The National Franchise Show / National Event Management. A Meetup RSVP does not replace ticket registration; use the ticket link above and apply the promo code. Questions or Concerns? Need support with your LeaderSHIFT Meetup experience? Submit a support request: https://tally.so/r/68zJZo

Join us for the official launch of Life Sciences Week 2026, bringing together Alberta’s political, policy, industry, and academic leaders to spotlight the province’s growing role in health innovation. Alongside thought-provoking discussion, the event offers valuable networking opportunities with more than 200 leaders from government, healthcare, academia, industry, investment, and ecosystem organizations. This kick-off sets the tone for the week ahead; celebrating Alberta’s progress and charting the path forward for a stronger, globally connected life sciences sector.

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Join us at the Life Sciences Campus at Edmonton Research Park, a growing destination for research, commercialization and drug manufacturing. Go behind the scenes at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) to tour the Biotech Business Development Centre (BBDC), where researchers and entrepreneurs are transforming breakthrough discoveries into commercial products. Meet the companies, innovators, and ecosystem partners helping bring new health technologies to market. You'll also hear from project partners, including Bird Construction, CRB Group, LAPORTE, and CIMA+, who are building the next generation of life sciences infrastructure right here in Edmonton. Hop on a tour of the Life Sciences Campus, where you'll see the Critical Medicines Production Centre and discover the long-term vision for creating one of Canada's premier destinations for life sciences research, commercialization, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Enjoy local food trucks, connect with industry leaders, and experience firsthand the momentum shaping Alberta's life sciences future.

Kitchener-Waterloo Infosec and Privacy Salon (KWIPS) is an event where folks interested in information security and privacy can come together, learn about a niche topic, and network with like-minded folks. This meetup will start with a presentation by Straithe on the open access paper "Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Automobile" by Karl Koscher et al. (https://feihu.eng.ua.edu/NSF_CPS/year1/w9_1.pdf). This will be followed by a brief Q+A session. Afterward, there will be an hour+ for you to get to know the other attendees. Please know that masks are required at this event. If you do not have a mask there will be some at the door. There will be an ambassador at the entrance checking folks in and checking for masks. The meeting space for this event is in the Builders Club, which is on the third floor of the building. There are both stairs and a lift to access the space.

AI can write code, draft pitches and automate research—but relying on it too early can hinder the very skills that make you defensible. So where do you fit in when execution gets automated and how do you stay undeniably you while using it? Join speakers Ashley Francisco, Jen Smith and Heather Galt for a candid conversation diving into practical AI strategy, founder enablement, authentic career building and how diverse perspectives—especially from women and non-binary builders—are essential to keeping innovation grounded, ethical and human. What we’ll explore: Where you sit changes what AI means for you: From entry-level roles to founder to leader, AI shifts the ground differently at each stage. We'll dig into what skills actually build career and founder credibility once AI handles the basic execution — and how to avoid the trap of surface-level output. Being strategic, not just fast: How founders and emerging leaders can use AI to punch above their weight — in prototyping, research, and positioning — without losing their edge or leaning on hype. Using AI without losing yourself: What "un-automatable" actually means: your personal brand, your judgment, your voice. Why diverse lived experience matters more, not less, as AI use becomes the default. Agenda 8:30 AM Registration & Networking 9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction 9:05 AM Panel begins 9:45 AM Q&A begins All genders and allies are welcome.

Opening remarks (9:00-9:10 AM) followed by panel discussion. Innovation doesn't happen in isolation. It happens where the right people, infrastructure, and ideas come together. To mark the official launch of the University of Alberta's Regenerative Medicine Hub, this panel brings together national and provincial leaders to engage the future of Regenerative Medicine in Alberta. The session features an in-depth discussion on cross-disciplinary collaboration, bridging advanced stem cell research, economic evaluation, and rapid commercialization pathways. Learn how Alberta’s local expertise is driving innovation to scale breakthrough health solutions across Canada and globally. Moderator: To be announced Speakers: Anastassia Voronova, Ph.D. Rest to be announced

Startups: Unlock non-dilutive funding through SR&ED Looking to extend your runway and unlock non-dilutive funding for research and development (R&D)? Join the University of Alberta and Sukhi Grewal for a practical session on Canada’s SR&ED tax incentive program and how startups can use it to reduce costs and support innovation. Learn how to identify eligible R&D, document your work effectively, avoid common CRA pitfalls, and build strong financial systems early. We’ll also cover how SR&ED can work alongside grants, seed funding, and venture capital. Tuesday, September 22 at 11:00 AM Location: Artificial Intelligence Discovery Place, 1st floor Enterprise Square As part of Life Sciences Week 2026, this session is hosted by Sukhi Grewal, a strategic finance and R&D funding advisor and former CRA Income Tax Auditor and SR&ED Reviewer, who brings practical insight into using tax incentives and government funding to help innovation-driven companies grow. Limited spots available, register early to secure your space. Light lunch provided!

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Tired of copy-pasting data between tools, chasing leads that should have been routed hours ago, or manually running reports a workflow could generate on its own? Join our info session on the AI & Data Automation course, and discover how to turn repetitive, manual work into live AI-powered automations in one week. ‼️ Register Here ‼️ This program is built for people who build and run things: marketing, sales and revenue ops professionals, founders and operators, and business professionals in finance, HR, operations or customer support who want to eliminate manual, data-intensive tasks. No coding required. Our next cohort runs October 5 to 9, 2026. Applications are open. During this info session, you'll: Discover the curriculum and the automations you'll build over 5 days Get a look at our learning environment Learn about financing options Ask your questions directly to our team ‼️ Register Here ‼️

Trusting Postgres to store data is one thing; trusting it to coordinate work is another. This talk walks through the design we settled on — commit the durable fact inside the transaction, fire side effects after commit, and rebuild the job queue from committed rows so the chain is always the source of truth — and the real failure modes we hit getting there: an advisory-lock self-deadlock that Postgres's own detector couldn't see (half the wait cycle lived in the application), pg-boss semantics that didn't mean what we assumed, and MVCC read-then-write races. For each: the reproduction, the root cause, and the structural guard that keeps it from recurring. Because AI agents wrote and tested much of this, the talk also covers where that helped, where it quietly didn't, and the testing discipline we adopted as a result. What you'll take away: A durable coordinator pattern: commit-in-transaction, side-effects-after-commit, queue reconstructable from committed rows Concrete concurrency failure modes on Postgres — advisory-lock scope, pg-boss singleton/priority semantics, MVCC visibility — and how to design them out Why the structural guard, not the one-off fix, is what makes correctness stick What building and testing with AI agents got right, and what needed guardrails