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Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:11 PM

Students, get out there and get noticed…!

As the school year comes to an end and summer begins, I was thinking a lot about all the students out there trying to discover the first step in their career.  Last year we surveyed 200 Canadian IT professionals, looking at their hiring and technology
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:18 AM

Microsoft Canada & OCAD – Igniting the next generation of software design & user experience

Did you know that Toronto has the third-largest design workforce in North America, behind only New York and Boston? That’s good news for the GTA, especially given the current economy. Design is a growing, dynamic and increasingly important industry. As
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:17 PM

DreamSpark: Preparing the next-gen workforce

I have been thinking a lot lately about the IT skills shortage. According to the Information and Communications Technology Council , from 2008 to 2015, Canadian employers will need to recruit as many as 178,800 technology workers. But based on their projections
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Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:37 PM

Explore Design – Great Show!

Our team had a blast at Explore Design this year.  By all accounts it was a great show and the team enjoyed interacting with the students that attended. From Qixing : Explore Design (ED) is one of the most energetic conferences we've participated
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 1:41 PM

Our Participation @ Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Week

From the Communitech blog : Research In Motion, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google and Sun Microsystems will connect with new tech companies in Waterloo Region during Entrepreneur Week, Canada’s largest event dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. In an unprecedented
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Friday, September 26, 2008 10:51 AM

Are You A Student? Going To Explore Design? We Are.

Qixing has outlined our involvement at Explore Design .  This is a major investment for us this year and our team is looking forward to seeing everyone at the show.  Probably the coolest part it that we have a Surface unit to show off. 
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Friday, September 19, 2008 3:49 PM

Explore Design Conference

From our UX Connection Blog   Oct. 1- 2: Explore Design presented by Microsoft, Toronto It's the first North America design education fair for youth. A consortium of educational institutions, associations, professional groups, and companies will
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:41 PM

On CP24 talking about Dreamspark…..

I was on CP24 yesterday talking about DreamSpark which is a program that enables students to download Microsoft developer and design tools at no charge. Video: Dreamspark From Microsoft
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:54 PM

Rick Talks Dreamspark

Rick Segal talks Dreamspark over here   DreamSpark: A Great Program for Students and You Students. They are the best investment in time, money, and resources you can make when it comes to making the world a better place and, in more practical terms,
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:34 PM

Watch BillG's Talk At Waterloo On Demand On MSN Video

Bill Gates visits University of Waterloo
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:13 PM

From ITWORLDCANADA.com

Bill Gates to visit Waterloo for DreamSpark push Microsoft is making Visual Studio, the Expression tools and SQL Server Developer Edition available to any Canadian student with an ISIC card. Info-Tech sizes up the impact on the Java By: Greg Meckbach
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:00 PM

DreamSpark - Empowering Students With The Best Tools - Free.

It will be a big day for us Thursday.  Not only is BillG in town , but we are launching DREAMSPARK .  Are you a student (or know one) and need the best software in your hands?  No problem, we are providing our developer & design tools
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