Terry Pender

Kitchener

Technology and Business Reporter at The Waterloo Region Record

Curious Journo. Backpacker. Addicted to reading, travel and live music. Acutely allergic to bigots, informants, scabs & haters. Word of the day = kindness.

Articles

A postage stamp honours quiet University of Waterloo professor who cracked Hitler’s ‘Tunny’ code

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

From his fifth floor office in the math building at the University of Waterloo Dan Younger is surrounded by William Tutte memorabilia. His search for a museum where the Tutte artifacts can be publicly displayed received a high-profile boost from the Royal Mail in the U.K. To help mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, the Royal Mail will release 10 new stamps.
The big Canadian pension funds need to invest more in tech

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

The big Canadian pension plans have not bought into “Elbows Up” and “Buy Canadian” sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, says a veteran tech investor. “It is more important than ever that Canada own its innovation, I think it is a relatively simple change, the Minister of Finance could do it tomorrow,” said Chris Albinson, a venture capitalist and former CEO at Communitech.
The big Canadian pension funds need to invest more in tech

1 month ago | thespec.com | Terry Pender

The big Canadian pension plans have not bought into “Elbows Up” and “Buy Canadian” sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, says a veteran tech investor. “It is more important than ever that Canada own its innovation, I think it is a relatively simple change, the Minister of Finance could do it tomorrow,” said Chris Albinson, a venture capitalist and former CEO at Communitech.
Waterloo startup keeps people connected during Bell network outage

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

Textiles. Trash. Telecom. That’s the career trajectory for a serial startup courtesy of entrepreneur and University of Waterloo engineering grad Chanakya Ramdev. A lucky few could still call and text during the widespread failure of the Bell cellphone network in Ontario and Quebec Wednesday because they signed up with a Waterloo startup called Sweat Free Telecom.
Iron Ring symbolizes for engineers

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

The Iron Ring is 100 years old. Made in Quebec, the rings are worn by Canadian engineers to remind them their work directly impacts people — and when engineers do not do their jobs properly, people can die. The Iron Ring is a uniquely Canadian tradition, said Mary Wells, dean of engineering at the University of Waterloo.
UW puts more money into early stage startups

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

A University of Waterloo-backed venture capital fund — the first of its kind in Canada — has now invested $10 million (U.S.) in five early-stage startups. When Velocity Fund II was launched in 2023, UW was the first Canadian university to tap its endowment for a venture capital fund. Since then, UW has invested about half of the $5 million (Canadian) it earmarked for the fund.
Community groups say fight against land assembly continues in Wilmot Township

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

Wilmot Township will be the first “Special Economic Zone” in southern Ontario where local and provincial governments can ignore official plans, environmental regulations and land-development laws to pave the way for new industries, says the head of a community group. The Region of Waterloo says it has secured control of 550 acres of land in Wilmot Township for a future industrial site covering the 770 acres bordered by Bleams Road, Nafziger Road, Highway 7 and Wilmot Centre Road.
Region of Waterloo gets dishonourable mention for lack of transparency

1 month ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

The Region of Waterloo received a national black eye for its refusal to share information about the land assembly in Wilmot Township. The Canadian Association of Journalists and the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University announced the Region of Waterloo gets a Dishonourable Mention in the annual Code of Silence Award. The award draws attention governments and public agencies that hide information that should be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Region of Waterloo gets dishonourable mention for lack of transparency

1 month ago | waterloochronicle.ca | Terry Pender

The Region of Waterloo received a national black eye for its refusal to share information about the land assembly in Wilmot Township. The Canadian Association of Journalists and the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University announced the Region of Waterloo gets a Dishonourable Mention in the annual Code of Silence Award. The award draws attention governments and public agencies that hide information that should be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Region of Waterloo gets dishonourable mention for lack of transparency

1 month ago | newhamburgindependent.ca | Terry Pender

The Region of Waterloo received a national black eye for its refusal to share information about the land assembly in Wilmot Township. The Canadian Association of Journalists and the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University announced the Region of Waterloo gets a Dishonourable Mention in the annual Code of Silence Award. The award draws attention governments and public agencies that hide information that should be released under the Freedom of Information Act.