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Artificial Intelligence
Couldn’t get to Canada’s biggest AI conference? We got you
Here’s the six things we learned at All In about how to navigate an AI-fuelled future
Artificial Intelligence
How leaders of Canadian-made AI are working to dampen fears – and maximize opportunity
All In, Canada's largest AI conference, sparked conversations about concerns around the tech and a safer path forward
Economy
Eight ways Canada can turbocharge growth
Here’s everything you need to know about what we learned at the Canada Investment Summit
By Stephen Maher & Tim Harper
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos By Bryan Brock
Transportation
Canada’s bike-share ridership is surging. But more popularity means more problems
Bike-share companies are deploying inventive solutions to tackle everything from no bikes to overflowing docks
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
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Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Artificial Intelligence
Canada’s star mathematician races to help establish safe superintelligence
Jacob Tsimerman's new institute will sidestep academic peer review to publish new ideas and insights as quickly as possible
Economy
Inside the making of Canada’s biggest investment summit
The pivotal two-day pitch fest was assembled across continents and industries – and is likely to return next year
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Alexi Hobbs
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom JokinenPhotos By Danielle Tocker
Energy
This P.E.I. city is closing in on 100% renewable power
Wind and solar provide most of Summerside’s energy needs. Here’s how it plans to get the rest of the way there
By Alison AuldPhotos By Vanessa Tignanelli
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos By Dave Chan
Health
For breast cancer patients, the agonizing wait for a post-surgery ‘all clear’ could soon be over
A Toronto company is helping surgeons analyze their work before the patient even wakes up
By Katherine LaidlawPhotos By Chloë Ellingson
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Jacob Hege
Science
A new rock library could hold the key to Canada’s next critical mineral discovery
Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are coming together to unleash a solution for an issue at the centre of the trade war
Trade
The Canada-U.S. trade war and what happens when brinkmanship blows up
Professor Janice Stein on how history’s geopolitical lessons can inform Canada’s next steps
By Tim HarperPhotos By Jacob Hege
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Environment
What drunken forests can teach us about Canada’s thawing permafrost
It may look like they’re recovering from a wild night out, but these trees are a climate change red alarm
By Rebecca GaoPhotos By Chantal Bennett
Sovereignty
They’re the backbone of so many buildings. So why doesn’t Canada make its own steel I-beams?
We stopped in 1999. Tariffs have made the question more urgent
Housing
The push to turn Canada’s shuttered churches into housing
About one-third of Canada’s 27,000 places of worship will likely shut down by 2035. They won’t be empty for long
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen
Weather
Inside Nova Scotia’s grassroots movement to document rising seas and receding beaches
The $40 MacGyvered tool helping citizen scientists measure climate change
By Andrew SealePhotos By Chris Donovan
Weather
Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
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
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
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
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos By Will Cox
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
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
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
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Boris Thebia
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
By Stefan NovakovicPhotos By Justin Poulsen
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
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’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos By Jared Allary
Hear Me Out
How electric school buses could help fuel the power grid
With vehicle-to-grid charging, it’s possible to give power back to where it's needed during peak periods
By Kat Tancock
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 YuPhotos By Maxim B. Vidricaire
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
By Christina FrangouPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
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’
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Wade Hudson
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
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
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor GarelPhotos By Misha Donohoe
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
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
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
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
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
By Be Giant StaffPhotos By Jalani Morgan
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
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
Innovation
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
By
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
Technology
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
Health
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
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
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
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
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
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
By Jennifer WellsPhotos By David Howells
Health
How to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
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
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
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
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Innovation
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Michael Hawkins
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
By Tina KnezevicPhotos By Vicky Lam
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
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
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
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
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
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
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
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
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Entrepreneurship
One man’s mission to keep Canadian startups building at home
Bryan Danielson wants to inspire entrepreneurs to grow great companies in Canada
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Habitats
The Newfoundland microfactory working to speed up Canada’s medical supply chain
Inside PolyUnity’s 3D-printing workaround
By Bojan Furst
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
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
Housing
Just how many supersized problems can tiny houses fix?
New kinds of mini homes are multiplying across the country to take on the housing crisis
By Doug Horner
Environment
The staggering ambition behind the world’s biggest carbon capture plan
Inside the complex Canadian effort to plunge 40 million tonnes of CO² deep into the ground
By Tim Harper
Artifacts from the Future
The futuristic bus shelters giving commuters a cooler place to wait
How rooftop greenery is providing natural insulation during Montreal's sweltering summers
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
Technology
The Waterloo campus club that became a global phenomenon
Socratica is a treasure trove of tech talent that lets students create everything from a laptop trombone to a space rover
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
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options
Brain Gains
Why this U.K. entrepreneur chose to build her fertilizer robot startup in Canada
Market demand and skilled builders drew Jana Tian, co-founder of Upside Robotics, to Waterloo, Ont.
Artificial Intelligence
Jammed phone lines. Burned-out dispatchers. Can AI ease a strained 911 system?
One Canadian startup says it can speed up response times and help save lives
Environment
The parking lot that’s keeping the lights on
How carports clad in solar panels are saving money – and cutting emissions
By Connor Garel
Economy
The anatomy of a Canadian space company’s pitch to global financial heavyweights
‘The vibe was really exciting.’ How Maritime Launch Services promoted itself to investors at the Canada Investment Summit
Artificial Intelligence
How leaders of Canadian-made AI are working to dampen fears – and maximize opportunity
All In, Canada's largest AI conference, sparked conversations about concerns around the tech and a safer path forward
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos By Bryan Brock
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Inside the making of Canada’s biggest investment summit
The pivotal two-day pitch fest was assembled across continents and industries – and is likely to return next year
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom JokinenPhotos By Danielle Tocker
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos By Dave Chan
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Jacob Hege
Trade
The Canada-U.S. trade war and what happens when brinkmanship blows up
Professor Janice Stein on how history’s geopolitical lessons can inform Canada’s next steps
By Tim HarperPhotos By Jacob Hege
Environment
What drunken forests can teach us about Canada’s thawing permafrost
It may look like they’re recovering from a wild night out, but these trees are a climate change red alarm
By Rebecca GaoPhotos By Chantal Bennett
Housing
The push to turn Canada’s shuttered churches into housing
About one-third of Canada’s 27,000 places of worship will likely shut down by 2035. They won’t be empty for long
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen
Weather
Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
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
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos By Will Cox
Environment
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
Hear Me Out
How electric school buses could help fuel the power grid
With vehicle-to-grid charging, it’s possible to give power back to where it's needed during peak periods
By Kat Tancock
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
By Christina FrangouPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
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’
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Wade Hudson
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
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor GarelPhotos By Misha Donohoe
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
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
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
By Be Giant StaffPhotos By Jalani Morgan
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
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
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
Innovation
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
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
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
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
By Jennifer WellsPhotos By David Howells
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
By Tina KnezevicPhotos By Vicky Lam
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
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
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
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Housing
Just how many supersized problems can tiny houses fix?
New kinds of mini homes are multiplying across the country to take on the housing crisis
By Doug Horner
Artifacts from the Future
The futuristic bus shelters giving commuters a cooler place to wait
How rooftop greenery is providing natural insulation during Montreal's sweltering summers
Technology
The Waterloo campus club that became a global phenomenon
Socratica is a treasure trove of tech talent that lets students create everything from a laptop trombone to a space rover
By Luc Rinaldi
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options
Artificial Intelligence
Jammed phone lines. Burned-out dispatchers. Can AI ease a strained 911 system?
One Canadian startup says it can speed up response times and help save lives
Artificial Intelligence
Couldn’t get to Canada’s biggest AI conference? We got you
Here’s the six things we learned at All In about how to navigate an AI-fuelled future
Economy
Eight ways Canada can turbocharge growth
Here’s everything you need to know about what we learned at the Canada Investment Summit
By Stephen Maher & Tim Harper
Transportation
Canada’s bike-share ridership is surging. But more popularity means more problems
Bike-share companies are deploying inventive solutions to tackle everything from no bikes to overflowing docks
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
Artificial Intelligence
Canada’s star mathematician races to help establish safe superintelligence
Jacob Tsimerman's new institute will sidestep academic peer review to publish new ideas and insights as quickly as possible
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Alexi Hobbs
Energy
This P.E.I. city is closing in on 100% renewable power
Wind and solar provide most of Summerside’s energy needs. Here’s how it plans to get the rest of the way there
By Alison AuldPhotos By Vanessa Tignanelli
Health
For breast cancer patients, the agonizing wait for a post-surgery ‘all clear’ could soon be over
A Toronto company is helping surgeons analyze their work before the patient even wakes up
By Katherine LaidlawPhotos By Chloë Ellingson
Science
A new rock library could hold the key to Canada’s next critical mineral discovery
Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are coming together to unleash a solution for an issue at the centre of the trade war
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Sovereignty
They’re the backbone of so many buildings. So why doesn’t Canada make its own steel I-beams?
We stopped in 1999. Tariffs have made the question more urgent
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
Inside Nova Scotia’s grassroots movement to document rising seas and receding beaches
The $40 MacGyvered tool helping citizen scientists measure climate change
By Andrew SealePhotos By Chris Donovan
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
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
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Boris Thebia
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
By Stefan NovakovicPhotos By Justin Poulsen
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’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos By Jared Allary
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 YuPhotos By Maxim B. Vidricaire
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
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
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
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
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
Entrepreneurship
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
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
Innovation
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
By
Technology
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
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
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
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
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
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 to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
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
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
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Michael Hawkins
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
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
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
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
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
Environment
The staggering ambition behind the world’s biggest carbon capture plan
Inside the complex Canadian effort to plunge 40 million tonnes of CO² deep into the ground
By Tim Harper
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
Brain Gains
Why this U.K. entrepreneur chose to build her fertilizer robot startup in Canada
Market demand and skilled builders drew Jana Tian, co-founder of Upside Robotics, to Waterloo, Ont.
Environment
The parking lot that’s keeping the lights on
How carports clad in solar panels are saving money – and cutting emissions
By Connor Garel
Economy
The anatomy of a Canadian space company’s pitch to global financial heavyweights
‘The vibe was really exciting.’ How Maritime Launch Services promoted itself to investors at the Canada Investment Summit
Artificial Intelligence
An AI expert on Canada’s tech independence and how to prepare for an unknown job market
Ahead of Canada’s biggest annual AI conference, Elissa Strome tells us how machine learning is changing the way we do business
By Patchen BarssPhotos By Bryan Brock
Economy
Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit
‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘
By Lisa Hrabluk
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom JokinenPhotos By Danielle Tocker
Weather
Why this renowned American researcher is leaving the U.S. to work in Canada instead
Seth Guikema is one of 64 research chairs going to Canada as part of a $1.7-billion federal effort to attract international talent
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Jacob Hege
Environment
What drunken forests can teach us about Canada’s thawing permafrost
It may look like they’re recovering from a wild night out, but these trees are a climate change red alarm
By Rebecca GaoPhotos By Chantal Bennett
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen
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
Environment
Winnipeg’s century-long battle against mosquitoes
The goal? Less than one mosquito bite per minute
By Rebecca Gao
Hear Me Out
This rover can help piles of mine waste ‘inhale’ carbon dioxide
A Canadian startup is working on tailings technology to remove billions of tonnes of CO² from the air
By Kelsey Rolfe
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
By Christina FrangouPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
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’
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Wade Hudson
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
Environment
How the grizzly crossed the road
Real-life animal crossings are popping up across western Canada, preventing deadly highway collisions
By Eva Holland
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
By Be Giant StaffPhotos By Jalani Morgan
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
9 ambitious ideas growing in Kingston, Ont.
The city is a launchpad for companies working on some of the world’s biggest industrial and medical challenges
By Liza Agrba
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
By Jennifer WellsPhotos By David Howells
Brain Gains
The Toronto Symphony’s CEO on rewriting the rules of classical music
Mark Williams’s vision: an art form for everyone
Artifacts from the Future
The new Canadian robotic arm that could help build a base on the moon
Canadarm3 will incorporate AI and operate (mostly) autonomously – helping ready the Artemis Moon Base before we get there
Hear Me Out
A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about
Canadian hospitals generate thousands of pounds of waste per year. A biodegradable gauze made of mycelium wants to shrink that
By Tina KnezevicPhotos By Vicky Lam
Environment
Inside Canada’s new love affair with miniature forests
A new wave of intensive urban tree planting sets up a competition for resources – and helps trees grow up to 10 times faster
Habitats
This simple idea is booting an invasive species out of a Hamilton marsh
Now it's been adopted in other wetlands across the country
By Brian Banks
Innovation
How to fight wildfires at night
Canada typically doesn't: it's too dangerous. Could swarms of AI-powered drones be the solution?
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Entrepreneurship
Inside a bold play to make hockey more affordable
Zech Thomas and his pursuit of the perfect hockey stick
Artifacts from the Future
The futuristic bus shelters giving commuters a cooler place to wait
How rooftop greenery is providing natural insulation during Montreal's sweltering summers
Housing
The rise of the citizen developer
Homeowners are building the "missing middle" at a time when Canadians desperately need more housing options
Artificial Intelligence
Couldn’t get to Canada’s biggest AI conference? We got you
Here’s the six things we learned at All In about how to navigate an AI-fuelled future
Transportation
Canada’s bike-share ridership is surging. But more popularity means more problems
Bike-share companies are deploying inventive solutions to tackle everything from no bikes to overflowing docks
Artificial Intelligence
Canada’s star mathematician races to help establish safe superintelligence
Jacob Tsimerman's new institute will sidestep academic peer review to publish new ideas and insights as quickly as possible
Energy
This P.E.I. city is closing in on 100% renewable power
Wind and solar provide most of Summerside’s energy needs. Here’s how it plans to get the rest of the way there
By Alison AuldPhotos By Vanessa Tignanelli
Science
A new rock library could hold the key to Canada’s next critical mineral discovery
Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are coming together to unleash a solution for an issue at the centre of the trade war
Sovereignty
They’re the backbone of so many buildings. So why doesn’t Canada make its own steel I-beams?
We stopped in 1999. Tariffs have made the question more urgent
Weather
Inside Nova Scotia’s grassroots movement to document rising seas and receding beaches
The $40 MacGyvered tool helping citizen scientists measure climate change
By Andrew SealePhotos By Chris Donovan
Weather
Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes
How keeping better tabs on the twisters no one notices could mean more accurate warnings
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
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Boris Thebia
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’
By Julie ChadwickPhotos By Jared Allary
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
Environment
Could these geothermal greenhouses mean more fresh produce above the 60th parallel?
More than 280 remote communities in Canada remain unconnected to North America’s electricity grid or natural gas pipelines
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
Economy
Canada’s new submarine deal is set to spur a new industry
From building a submarine shipyard in Halifax to beefing up supply chains, Canada’s new sub economy is taking shape
By Lisa Hrabluk
Environment
What if thousands of unused dams in Canada could generate clean power again?
Aslan Renewables’ riverside turbines-in-a-box are designed to feed hydro to local grids in real time
Entrepreneurship
Canada’s most optimistic entrepreneurs? They’re in Atlantic Canada
The “have-not” label is dead. Atlantic founders are now the country’s most confident builders
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
A radiator plugged into the Earth?!
For Calgary’s Eavor, Germany was the best fit for its advanced geothermal. CEO Mark Fitzgerald would like to see Canada catch up
By Kate Lunau
Environment
How reusable cups could help solve the World Cup’s garbage problem
Muuse Canada’s cups in Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival zone may keep 237,000 pounds of plastic out of landfills
Habitats
A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration
The Motus system is now being used around the world to help decode a worrying trend in bird populations
By Brian Banks
Health
How to build a better medical school
P.E.I. is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care crisis
By Lisa Hrabluk
Health
How Canada boosted survival rates for our tiniest babies
Dr. Prakesh Shah has revolutionized neonatal care by instituting surprisingly simple fixes
Innovation
Could this ‘drone skyway’ unlock affordable delivery for remote communities?
An ambitious Alberta project aims to deliver on the promise of faster, cheaper air cargo transport
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
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
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
Hear Me Out
Fighting cancer with ... gold?!?!
Researchers in Nova Scotia think superheated nanorods could help take on melanoma
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
Brain Gains
Why this U.K. entrepreneur chose to build her fertilizer robot startup in Canada
Market demand and skilled builders drew Jana Tian, co-founder of Upside Robotics, to Waterloo, Ont.
Artificial Intelligence
How leaders of Canadian-made AI are working to dampen fears – and maximize opportunity
All In, Canada's largest AI conference, sparked conversations about concerns around the tech and a safer path forward
Economy
The A-listers, big deals and sales strategies to watch at the starry, spendy Canada Investment Summit
Big names with deep wallets are hitting Toronto, all part of a plan to pull in a trillion dollars of new investment
By Lisa Hrabluk
Economy
Inside the making of Canada’s biggest investment summit
The pivotal two-day pitch fest was assembled across continents and industries – and is likely to return next year
Entrepreneurship
‘Defence is having its Uber moment’
A former Canadian military commander turned venture capitalist on how to disrupt defence procurement
By Tim HarperPhotos By Dave Chan
Trade
The Canada-U.S. trade war and what happens when brinkmanship blows up
Professor Janice Stein on how history’s geopolitical lessons can inform Canada’s next steps
By Tim HarperPhotos By Jacob Hege
Housing
The push to turn Canada’s shuttered churches into housing
About one-third of Canada’s 27,000 places of worship will likely shut down by 2035. They won’t be empty for long
Weather
Communications gaps are making chaotic emergency evacuations even worse
Can better planning and a new app help?
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
By Cathrin BradburyPhotos By Will Cox
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
Hear Me Out
How electric school buses could help fuel the power grid
With vehicle-to-grid charging, it’s possible to give power back to where it's needed during peak periods
By Kat Tancock
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
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
Environment
The quest to bring the ancient pawpaw fruit back to Ontario
An Indigenous-led movement is restoring the tropical-tasting, climate-resilient fruit tree
By Connor GarelPhotos By Misha Donohoe
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
Sovereignty
Canada’s fight against a global free-for-all in the Arctic
Why experts say Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is already a myth, and what needs to be done
By Tim Harper
Health
Detecting a World Cup-related outbreak before it starts
As millions of fans travel for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Canadian company BlueDot is watching for disease threats in real time
By Sadaf Ahsan
Environment
Tapping into the Earth’s layers could yield limitless energy
Can next-generation geothermal power plants solve Canada’s surging electricity needs?
By Kate LunauPhotos By Vicky Lam
Science
The search for answers on hantavirus
It doesn't kill its rodent hosts, but it can spread to humans and prove fatal. Canadian research could help figure out why
By Dan Bilefsky
Environment
These apartment buildings will be heated by sewage
The scale and ingenuity of this Vancouver project is the next step in an energy revolution shaping development across Canada
Environment
Ropeless fishing is helping protect endangered right whales
Rope entanglement is killing whales. New fishing gear could cut the risk – while preserving livelihoods
By Alison Auld
Artificial Intelligence
The trash-talking AI helping us recycle better
Oscar scans garbage to take the brainwork out of what goes in the bin – and drastically improve rates of recycling
By Connor Garel
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
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
Artifacts from the Future
How airships could solve one of Canada’s major transportation challenges
This old-school technology may offer a lifeline for remote communities
By Kat Tancock
Hear Me Out
The world’s oceans need to pop an antacid – here’s why
This Nova Scotia project is working to reduce the acidity of ocean water while boosting its ability to absorb carbon
By Chris Turner
Artifacts from the Future
The stingray-shaped EcoJet that aims to slash business jet emissions
The "blended wing" design means more lift, less drag and better fuel efficiency
By Kelsey Rolfe
Housing
Just how many supersized problems can tiny houses fix?
New kinds of mini homes are multiplying across the country to take on the housing crisis
By Doug Horner
Technology
The Waterloo campus club that became a global phenomenon
Socratica is a treasure trove of tech talent that lets students create everything from a laptop trombone to a space rover
By Luc Rinaldi
Artificial Intelligence
Jammed phone lines. Burned-out dispatchers. Can AI ease a strained 911 system?
One Canadian startup says it can speed up response times and help save lives
Economy
Eight ways Canada can turbocharge growth
Here’s everything you need to know about what we learned at the Canada Investment Summit
By Stephen Maher & Tim Harper
Health
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee’s dream: first, fix lung transplants. Then get rid of the need for them entirely
The pioneering Toronto surgeon‘s team is edging ever closer to being able to repair a patient’s own lungs inside their body
By Karen ZagorPhotos By Daniel Ehrenworth
Entrepreneurship
The president of Shopify on why teachers need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up
Harley Finkelstein says his new children’s book will help teach kids that they don’t have to wait to build a business
By Courtney SheaPhotos By Alexi Hobbs
Health
For breast cancer patients, the agonizing wait for a post-surgery ‘all clear’ could soon be over
A Toronto company is helping surgeons analyze their work before the patient even wakes up
By Katherine LaidlawPhotos By Chloë Ellingson
Science
Meet the Toronto scientist helping MLB pitchers avoid career-ending elbow injuries
In grad school, Cedric Attias led a study on how different pitching styles put pressure on the UCL. Now, he works for the Mariners
Entrepreneurship
Why Newfoundland and Labrador has more tech unicorns per capita than any other province
At least one factor is Atlantic entrepreneurs’ ‘psychotic level of optimism,’ says techNL CEO Andrea King
By Lisa Hrabluk
Weather
How Canada’s fire seasons got so bad
And why technology alone won’t be enough to tackle the challenge
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
Housing
Inside the rush to build highrises and fire halls out of … wood?!?!
Climate-friendly mass timber is speeding up construction and, surprisingly, improving fire safety
By Stefan NovakovicPhotos By Justin Poulsen
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 YuPhotos By Maxim B. Vidricaire
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 RinaldiPhotos By Chris Buck
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
Entrepreneurship
B.C.’s business owners face the worst cost-of-living squeeze in the country
71 per cent of founders in British Columbia say the cost of living makes entrepreneurship difficult. So why are they staying put?
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
Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them
At the US-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and RBC, experts chart paths forward through the current polycrises
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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
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
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
Sovereignty
How Saint John became Canada’s fastest-growing port
An ambitious expansion, shifting trade patterns and U.S. tariff policy have resurrected a shipping powerhouse
By Lisa HrablukPhotos By Michael Hawkins
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
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
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
Environment
The staggering ambition behind the world’s biggest carbon capture plan
Inside the complex Canadian effort to plunge 40 million tonnes of CO² deep into the ground
By Tim Harper
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
Environment
The parking lot that’s keeping the lights on
How carports clad in solar panels are saving money – and cutting emissions
By Connor Garel