Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
People
The thinkers, builders and problem-solvers shaping Canada’s future
People
The thinkers, builders and problem-solvers shaping Canada’s future
50 results
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc Rinaldi
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Innovation
Editor’s note
Be Giant is for the dreamers and builders who want to grow the Canada we know is possible
Technology
MANGO is the new FAANG, and it’s coming for Canada’s AI talent
Here's how one major tech recruiter is fighting back
Science
Chris Hadfield on the 25th anniversary of his spacewalk
The need to build a nation from above, according to Canada‘s first spacewalker
By Kate Lunau
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
Innovation
Editor’s note
Be Giant is for the dreamers and builders who want to grow the Canada we know is possible
Science
Chris Hadfield on the 25th anniversary of his spacewalk
The need to build a nation from above, according to Canada‘s first spacewalker
By Kate Lunau
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc Rinaldi
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Technology
MANGO is the new FAANG, and it’s coming for Canada’s AI talent
Here's how one major tech recruiter is fighting back
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Environment
The Canadian entrepreneur turning garbage into hand soap
Nivatha Balendra's company has defied biotech odds, going straight from laboratory breakthrough to commercial production
Health
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
Entrepreneurship
The man behind Paw Patrol on how to succeed in business with no experience at all
In a new book, Spin Master’s Ronnen Harary encourages young entrepreneurs to take risks when you ‘don’t know what you don’t know’
Environment
Can four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries?
Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed
Entrepreneurship
Swish Goswami has been building companies since he was a teen. Now he’s ready to grow up
At 29, he’s again a founder, newly an angel investor – and changing his approach
Science
This is why ticks are taking over Canada
Biologist Vett Lloyd on the ticks that cause a red meat allergy – and her work to develop a rapid Lyme disease test
By Rebecca Gao
Sovereignty
The woman who helped revive Fogo Island is aiming at a bigger mission now
Zita Cobb’s Shorefast Institute is reimagining how economies can serve the communities they're rooted in
Entrepreneurship
The rise of the Canadian woman solopreneur
Be Giant's Upstart Index reveals women go it alone at nearly twice the rate of men. For many that's the goal – not a fallback
Entrepreneurship
What it takes to build a business in Canada right now: exclusive poll
The Upstart Index is the largest poll of its kind, showing strong entrepreneurial momentum as well as obstacles to growth
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Innovation
Editor’s note
Be Giant is for the dreamers and builders who want to grow the Canada we know is possible
Artificial Intelligence
Why this prof bet against AI’s math skills – and then suddenly changed his mind
Daniel Litt conceded a high-profile bet that AI could write a math paper worthy of a prestigious journal
Artificial Intelligence
Why Canada’s greatest math genius is joining OpenAI
Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on how worried we should be about artificial intelligence, and how he plans to help
By Luc Rinaldi
Technology
Why Christopher Nolan dedicated The Odyssey to this Canadian man
The movie was shot using an Imax camera named for David Keighley, whose work helped revolutionize filmmaking
By Lisa Hrabluk
Science
Tiger mosquitoes are spreading in Canada – and citizen scientists are helping track them
The invasive mosquitoes are already established in Windsor-Essex. Volunteers are helping to figure out where they're headed next
By Rebecca Gao
Innovation
10 surprising things Canada did first
Clever ideas and inventions that have changed the world in ways big and small
Sovereignty
The one thing Canada needs to do right now
We took a camera and a stack of Polaroid film to the U.S.-Canada Summit and asked the country’s sharpest minds a single question
Innovation
‘For every Alphonso Davies there are dozens of kids whose potential quietly disappeared’
One of Canada’s great builders of youth sport calls for ‘closing that gap’ ahead of the World Cup
Entrepreneurship
Gen Z entrepreneurs in Canada are most optimistic about their futures: poll
The country’s youngest founders have a sunnier outlook than other generations about building in Canada
Science
Canada imports U.S. ticks for Lyme disease research – but that’s about to change
Long reliant on costly U.S. ticks for lab work, Acadia University will breed their own to investigate a growing threat of disease
By Rebecca Gao
Health
How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’
Dr. Heather Ross is bringing big-city medicine to remote northern communities
By Rebecca Gao
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Technology
MANGO is the new FAANG, and it’s coming for Canada’s AI talent
Here's how one major tech recruiter is fighting back
Innovation
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
Housing
Meet the youth revitalizing Regina, one empty lot at a time
Youth are at the centre of ‘the most important transformation that is happening anywhere in the country’
Health
Is Canada measuring air quality accurately?
A Canadian scientist’s efforts have improved monitoring, but lack of coverage and communication still leaves communities at risk
By H.G. Watson
Brain Gains
This American physicist got an open-ended job offer from Jeff Bezos, but she chose Canada instead
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is tackling some of physics’ most mind-bending problems in a Waterloo, Ont., lab
Artificial Intelligence
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on the perils of AI – and how to avoid them
Science fiction novelist, journalist and writer Cory Doctorow talks with data scientist and AI expert Shingai Manjengwa
Innovation
Canada’s biggest soccer nerd is changing the beautiful game
Stats expert Tim Swartz uses “spatiotemporal data” to figure out which throw-ins, corners and free kicks lead to wins
Innovation
The architect making ordinary civic buildings beautiful
Pat Hanson is turning Canada's bus garages, fire halls and stormwater facilities into cutting-edge, sustainable design showcases
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Innovation
Meet the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down
Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics is using venture capital to build military equipment he hopes the government will one day buy
Innovation
Canada’s long history of taking on the impossible – and winning
The impact of innovative Canadians extends from the most routine daily functions to the far reaches of outer space
Health
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic’s team is creating little kidneys, mini brains and beating hearts that could speed up life-saving drug testing
By Luc Rinaldi
Science
Chris Hadfield on the 25th anniversary of his spacewalk
The need to build a nation from above, according to Canada‘s first spacewalker
By Kate Lunau
Health
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
Entrepreneurship
Indigenous founders in Canada are expanding their businesses faster than their peers: poll
Indigenous entrepreneurs over-index on scale and ambition, according to Be Giant's data
By Andrea Yu
Innovation
What I learned locked inside an escape room with a Fields Medal winner
Jacob Tsimerman was awarded a Fields Medal – the Nobel of math. He‘s also handy with the occasional dragon’s egg
By Luc Rinaldi
Artificial Intelligence
The Toronto founder who built a ‘synthetic’ Canadian population
Winston Li’s Arima is giving marketers an AI advantage by modelling real people without using their actual data
By Rebecca Gao
Artificial Intelligence
This Concordia professor is leading a global initiative to bring Indigenous knowledge to AI
AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that
By Andrew Seale
Technology
How Canada’s leading space company plans to build and protect
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley on space sovereignty, co-operating with the U.S. and protecting Canada from above
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
The tiny wearable that could transform life for people with diabetes
Have two Canadian researchers done what Google and Apple couldn't?
By Andrew Seale
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Sovereignty
The case for Canadian social media sovereignty
From Gander in Canada to Eurosky in Europe, more countries are exploring made-at-home options for U.S.-controlled communications
Brain Gains
The doctor pursuing a radical idea to help newborn brain injury
Pia Wintermark is leading research into whether a familiar drug can help treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options