Mobility Unlimited Hub ventures smartARM and Victoria Hand Project are harnessing modern technology to improve the capabilities and accessibility of upper-body prosthetics.

The future of Canadian cleantech starts here. Applications are now open for the next cohort of the RBC Women in Cleantech Accelerator, powered by MaRS. Learn more and apply:

Cloudy with a chance of robots?! At Quebec-based startup Geosapiens, tech is always in the forecast. Here, chief research officer Chiranjib Chaudhuri explains how his company's AI platform is helping users better predict — and prepare for — extreme weather events.

As we wrap up June and settle into the hazy days of July, our MaRS monthly roundup highlights the biggest news from the innovation ecosystem.

Mobility Unlimited Hub ventures Bionic Power, Human in Motion Robotics and Ora Medical are developing solutions to help people with partial or total paralysis stand on their own two feet.

In our latest Tech Update, SickKids expert Dr. Charlotte Moore Hepburn weighs in on the federal government's proposed Safe Social Media Act. Also included: Why TIME is talking about Carbon Upcycling and Hydrostor, funding for Scispot, a Bill C-22 update and more.

Mission from MaRS alumni, current cohort members and industry leaders reflect and look forward on the future of commercializing cleantech solutions.

Look, Ma, no hands! Haven Greens is churning out 12,000 pounds of lettuce every day. Learn how the King City, Ont.-based startup is helping to strengthen Canada's food sovereignty — without the pesticides.

Summer's warming up, and so is the tech job market. If you fancy a role in vertical farming, surgical precision tools, crypto or virtual reality for furniture shopping, this is the article for you. Explore the 12 Canadian tech ventures hiring right now.

Inside a wet lab at the MaRS centre, AuX Labs is cooking up batches of ooey, gooey alternative mozzarella — realistic enough to fool the most discerning cheese connoisseur. Learn how AuX Labs and alternative milk producer Opalia are redefining the cow-free dairy scene.

Explore the homegrown innovations that could serve two purposes: strengthening Canada's military, while simultaneously improve patient care, bolster food systems and diversify energy supply.

At the fifth anniversary party for Mission from MaRS, we asked attendees what needs to change to speed up the adoption of Canadian cleantech.

The secret to landing investment? Storytelling. Wittington Ventures partner Zeeshan Ali explains why crafting a compelling narrative is a powerful tool for any founder — especially when a startup's offering is highly technical. canadianbusiness.com...

If you're eager to prevent that to-do list of yours from morphing into what feels like a part-time job, this article is for you. Read up on the tech solutions from Borrowell, PolicyMe and Willful that can help make adulting a breeze.

Knowing what it's like to struggle to put food on the table, Lourdes Juan was inspired to launch Knead Tech. Today, she shares how her Calgary-based startup helps manage the tricky logistics of getting surplus food to those in need.

How can sales teams pitch their product as a stand-out solution? MaRS advisor Tony Cascio lists off the four questions every executive team needs to answer.

If Toronto Tech Week was any indication, not only are innovative ventures thriving, they're hiring. Check out the Canadian tech companies accepting applications.

Whether it was hosting the King of Spain or more than 1,200 attendees during Toronto Tech Week, it was a jam-packed May at MaRS Discovery District. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBTg...

In our latest instalment of our Building Biotech series, Brad Sorenson of Providence Therapeutics details why the clinical trials for his company's personalized cancer treatments are taking place not at home, but on the other side of the world.

Big rigs have a big emissions problem, but Elemental Trucks is ready to put its solution on the open road. CEO Jamie Ally talks about building a hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric truck, contenting with global trade disruptions and when and where this fleet will roll out.

Should housing be treated as a medical intervention? Dr. Andrew Boozary, who heads up UHN’s Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, is prescribing just that.

Get the lowdown on a MaRSian visit Down Under. In the latest Launch Pad issue, we report back on a MaRS trip to Sydney and Melbourne, where several Mobility Unlimited Hub ventures made key connections with Australia's assistive technology and rehabilitation ecosystem.

Watch the incredible milestones achieved by the inaugural cohort of the MaRS and Toyota Mobility Foundation's Mobility Unlimited Hub.

In a special episode of Solve for X, host Manjula Selvarajah speaks with Dr. Andrew Boozary, the founding executive of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at University Health Network. Here, he shares his mission to treat homelessness as a health problem.

It's a transatlantic partnership that's helping startups realize cross-border business goals. Hear from the good folks at Innovate UK, and the founders of Therion and Deep.Meta, about how MaRS is helping Canada gain access to the best innovations the U.K. has to offer.

The textile industry consumes 215 trillion litres of water every year and uses 15,000 different chemicals in its manufacturing processes. Meet the B.C.-based venture addressing fashion's water pollution problem. Featuring Viridis and Lite-1.

The effects of climate change enforces the need for solutions that can help communities better prepare for and respond to extreme weather events. Over the next nine months, the MaRS Adaptech Accelerator will support ventures navigating the path to commercialization.

News about Appetronix's pizza-making robot, hot tech scene jobs and book and podcast reccos from the co-founder and CEO of Exterra Technologies. Our latest Launch Pad newsletter has all this and more. Subscribe today!

As we head into the Victoria Day long weekend, Canadian tech companies are ramping up their hiring efforts. Check out the job listings at CoLab, Myant, Able Innovations, Medchart, Nicoya, Buckzy Payments, Influicity, Perch, Lillio, NexScale and Veriday.

Haven Greens operations director Nitika Doperations lets us in on how the King City, Ont.-based venture churns out 12,000 pounds of lettuce per day, no matter the weather and all without the need for human contact.

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, rare cancers make up around 20 percent of new cancer cases in Canada. Learn how the @oicr.on.ca and Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics are harnessing mRNA technology to advance treatments for rare cancers and other conditions.

Jordan Thompson, SVP of product development for cybersecurity firm Fortinet, wants you to stay two steps ahead of cyber criminals. That means auditing how vulnerable your online assets are, boosting safeguards and the importance of data sovereignty.

What does it take for a small, scrappy startup to land a government RFP? Andrew Murray, CEO of Aslan Renewables, shares the lessons he's learned securing government procurements to deploy his modular hydroelectric solution in communities across the country.

Almost 40 million people in the world require prosthetics or orthotics, but only 10 to 15 percent can access them. Meet Victoria Hand Project, a Vancouver Island-based startup providing 3D-printed prosthetics to people living in remote and conflict-afflicted regions.

Who's the chef with AI making fresh pizza pie? That's a robot! London, Ont.'s Appetronix is hoping to expand its autonomous pizzaiolos' reach with a next-gen robotic arm acquisition. Get the dish on that and more in this week's Tech Update.

At MaRS Impact Health, we were proud to announce the winner of the MaRS and Canadian Cancer Society’s Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge: Goderich, Ontario’s very own Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health.

TGIF! If your weekends are being spent checking off that never-ending to-do list, then we've got just the article for you. Learn how Canadian tech companies Borrowell, PolicyMe and Willful are working to make adulting suck a little bit less.

If you haven't heard, footwear brand Allbirds announced its pivoting into the AI business. This prompted our lead conversation: distinguishing potential from puff in an saturated AI market. Read up on our lead story, and, oh yeah, subscribe! (If you haven't already)

New month, new roundup! Take a look back at the innovation headlines from April.

If you missed our latest issue of The Launch Pad newsletter, we asked innovation ecosystem experts how they distinguish real value from false promise in a saturated AI market. Read up and make sure to subscribe.

In a world where data is owned by third-party players and AI is advancing at dizzying speeds, MaRS advisor Anthony de Fazekas shares how founders can future-proof data agreements and licensing contracts so they don't turn into liabilities down the road.

Yesterday, we announced the second cohort of the Mission from MaRS: Better Buildings Adoption Accelerator, made possible by the Peter Gilgan Foundation. The six companies selected are developing a wide range of solutions to lower our residential emissions.

We have some exciting news to share: The National Media Awards Foundation has nominated Solve for X for best podcast in current affairs for the Digital Publishing Awards! Take a moment to subscribe today, and explore the episodes that have earned this recognition!

Fighting AI with AI? Ivan Tsarynny, co-founder and CEO of Toronto cybersecurity startup Feroot, weighs in on using cybersecurity tools to fend off AI-powered bad actors.

Exciting news! #CarbonCure enters a new phase with a new CEO: Yuliya Kravtsov. With deep experience scaling cement & concrete businesses, she will help accelerate the adoption of our #CarbonUtilization solution & expand our #Climate impact. 🌎 More: bit.ly/3QiT2Jq

Rachel Harding, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the @utoronto.ca, has spent her career studying Huntington’s and other rare diseases. On the latest episode of Solve for X, she discusses a new gene therapy that could revolutionize how we treat them.

Congratulations to Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health, based out of Goderich, Ontario, on winning the MaRS and Canadian Cancer Society’s Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge!

Could gene therapy mean the end of neurodegenerative disease? On the latest episode of Solve for X, host Manjula Selvarajah and Dr. Rachel Harding, a University of Toronto professor and expert on Huntington’s, dive deep into this exciting new research.

In it for the long haul: Jamie Ally, CEO of Etobicoke's Elemental Trucks, talks about building a hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric truck, contenting with global trade disruptions and when (and where) the company's zero-emissions big rig will hit the road.

The housing crisis only gets more complicated in Canada's North, where remote geography and extreme elements make construction a unique challenge. Modular home developer Tinybox Systems could hold the key to providing more homes in our country's most-hardy communities.