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uOttawa’s Marie-Eve Sylvestre: Aligning with industry while remembering the humanities

A year into her role at the helm of the University of Ottawa, Marie-Eve Sylvestre is busy balancing budgets, creating new branding and reaching out to industry players in areas such as defence, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and scientific research. At the same time, she’s not forgetting her background in the humanities, and the role it can play in the current climate.

Montreal’s Brasswater acquires Carling Executive Centre for $53M

Montreal-based Brasswater has acquired the Carling Executive Centre for $53 million, marking the third sale of a...

Would a ‘canal crawl’ featuring local eateries be eaten up by red tape?

What if you could eat and drink your way down the 7.8-kilometre stretch of the Rideau Canal...

How Ottawa business schools are responding to changing market needs

Amid financial pressures, societal shifts and changing industry requirements, the past few years have forced Ottawa’s business schools to reinvent themselves to respond to new market demands.

Civil servant Philippe Leclerc took voluntary departure. Now he’s opening a restaurant

When federal government job cuts hit close to home, Philippe Leclerc began planning his life as a...

Defence leaders urge feds to speed up efforts to modernize Canada’s procurement process

Ben Seaman’s plight is probably familiar to almost any founder of a Canadian defence-tech enterprise who’s ever...

From meals to mentorship, how Ottawa tech firms encourage in-office work

While thousands of government workers are facing return-to-office mandates, many local tech companies are stocking the fridge, booking caterers and finding other ways to encourage employees to spend at least some time in the office.

Arnprior firm brings together 13 companies to build all-Canadian military vehicle

If Ben Seaman’s hopes are realized, the military vehicle his company is unveiling this week could be...

Ottawa founder’s distraction-free writing gadget finds global audience

Adam Wilk is the Ottawa-based founder of Zerowriter, which makes a distraction-free word processor that uses e-ink displays, the same low-glare technology found in e-readers. It connects to nothing. There’s no browser, no notifications and no video player.

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