03-31-2015, 09:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-01-2015, 11:54 AM by BuildingScout.)
(03-31-2015, 06:48 PM)Pheidippides Wrote:(03-31-2015, 11:45 AM)nms Wrote: That aside, I would be interested to know more about how the movers and shakers in the high-tech/start-up/entrepreneurial economy contribute to the social fabric of the Region beyond starting a company and creating jobs.
Well the Perimeter Institute, as an entity at least, certainly contributes to the community through its outreach programs, public lectures, festivals, and creative event horizons programming.
CIGI, the Balsillie wing of the GRH, the Savvas Chamberlain Foundation, Desire2Learn support of the KWS, the Hallman Foundation, Open Text has been a sponsor of KWS in the past, it's rumored that certain RIM executives anonymously rose up to the occasion when funds were short for some good causes. Other businesspeople have done similar things, for example, anonymously funding the ice rink at the Waterloo Public Square.
I'm sure there are many other examples.