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Canada’s AI Future with Minister Evan Solomon in Conversation with Robert Martellacci on the Future of AI & Learning | Upper Bound 2026
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Greetings from the Desk of the CEO
Robert Martellacci, MA EdTech |
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Dear MindShare Community,
Warm summer greetings to our MindShare community! ☀️
This month’s Canadian Coworker eMagazine captures the incredible momentum building across Canada’s innovation, business, education, and technology landscape. From national conversations on artificial intelligence to local celebrations that bring our city together, it is inspiring to see how ideas, partnerships, and community leadership continue to shape a stronger future for Mississauga and beyond.
We are especially proud to spotlight Canada’s AI future through our conversation with Minister Evan Solomon at Upper Bound 2026. As AI, education, entrepreneurship, and workforce innovation continue to converge, the opportunity to build a more inclusive, human-centred innovation economy has never been more important.
This edition also celebrates the energy and vibrancy of Mississauga, including the upcoming Italfest summer celebration and the excitement building around FIFA World Cup 2026 festivities at Celebration Square. These community experiences bring people together while supporting local business, tourism, and economic growth.
Across Ontario and Canada, we are also seeing major developments that reinforce our growing role as a global hub for innovation, including:
Sanofi’s $294 million investment to expand its AI Centre of Excellence in Toronto; Ontario’s additional $5 million investment to help small businesses adopt digital technologies; Canada’s return to a trade surplus driven by strong export growth; and plans for a major AI Gigafactory in the Greater Toronto Area.
At MindShare Workspace, we remain committed to helping entrepreneurs, professionals, educators, creators, and innovators connect, collaborate, and grow. Through initiatives such as Thursday Thrive, our mid-week recharge, we continue to create opportunities for meaningful conversations, fresh ideas, networking, and community building.
We also invite you to explore our MindShare Workspace POD, designed for focus, privacy, meetings, and high-quality content creation. Be sure to ask about our free 1-hour trial offer.
Thank you for being part of the MindShare journey. Your continued support, participation, and shared commitment to innovation, collaboration, and lifelong learning are what make this community so dynamic and meaningful.
Until next time, keep innovating, keep connecting, and keep building a brighter future together!
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P.S. I hope you enjoy the latest edition of the
Canadian Coworker eMagazine. Please reshare it with your network, join us today for our Thrive Thursday Business Networking Feast, don’t forget to bring a food donation for the local food bank, and be sure to ask about our new MindShare Workspace POD with a FREE 1-hour trial offer.
Robert Martellacci, M.A. EdTech
Founder & CEO, MindShare Workspace
President, MindShare Learning Technology™
Chief Digital Curator, The Canadian Coworker & MindShare Learning Report™
Co-founder & President C21 Canada™
robert@mindshareworkspace
Follow us on Twitter @MindShareworkspace @mindsharelearn
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A Taste of Italy:
Experience Italfest Your Must-Attend Summer Celebration in Mississauga
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The Mid-Week Recharge: Thursday Thrive
Unlock Your Best Ideas @ MindShare Workspace
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Mississauga Business News |
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1. Here’s what the new Science Centre at Ontario Place will look like
Provincial Parliament Richmond Hill | May 25, 2026
The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the new 400,000-square-foot Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place, marking a key milestone for a scheduled opening in 2029. The state-of-the-art facility will feature an expanded mainland building for interactive programming, modernized exhibition pods, and an upgraded Cinesphere with double the seating of its predecessor. Construction and long-term tourism initiatives are expected to support thousands of regional jobs while integrating the facility into a broader waterfront revitalization plan featuring public trails, beaches, and a modernized marina. Transit connections via the new Ontario Line at Exhibition Station will ensure high accessibility for an estimated six million annual visitors once the permanent site is fully complete.
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2. Canada Swings to Trade Surplus as Oil, Gold Exports Jump
City of Mississauga News | May 5, 2026
Canada recorded a C$1.8 billion trade surplus in March 2026, marking its first positive trade balance in six months following a C$5.1 billion deficit the prior month. The economic turnaround was primarily fueled by an 8.5 percent surge in overall exports, driven heavily by increased gold shipments to the United Kingdom and rising global crude oil prices amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Conversely, total imports contracted by 1.6 percent from the record high seen in February, a decline led by reduced incoming shipments of pharmaceutical and consumer goods. Despite the nominal improvement in the country's trade position, economists noted that the boost from higher commodity pricing has not yet translated into a significant increase in the actual volume of domestic economic activity.
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3. One month until Mississauga watches the world play soccer
City of Mississauga | May 11, 2026
Mississauga Celebration Square is gearing up to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026 by hosting public, family-friendly watch parties. The accessible outdoor space will broadcast 59 matches over 23 tournament days from June 11 to July 19, 2026, including all three of Canada's group stage games and the final match. Additionally, the city will partner with Visit Mississauga to host a special one-day stop of the Canada Celebrates tour on July 1 in downtown Mississauga. Local transit provider MiWay is offering affordable travel solutions and seamless connections to neighboring transit networks to help fans navigate the tournament festivities without traffic or parking stress.
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4. BUZZ HPC Plans 320 MW AI Gigafactory in Greater Toronto Area
Datacenter News | May 19, 2026
BUZZ High Performance Computing, a subsidiary of HIVE Digital Technologies, is advancing plans for a $3.5 billion sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure project in the Greater Toronto Area. This planned "AI gigafactory" will feature approximately 320 megawatts of utility capacity and is designed to support more than 100,000 graphics processing units at full build-out. Situated on 25 acres within the Toronto-Waterloo innovation corridor, the facility will be powered by Ontario’s clean grid and utilize eco-friendly, closed-loop cooling systems. The megaproject is expected to come online in the second half of 2027, creating over 800 construction jobs and addressing Canada's rising demand for domestic data residency and advanced computing capacity.
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5. Ontario Invests $5 Million to Help Small Businesses Go Digital
Business Enterprise Center | May 20, 2026
The Government of Ontario is investing an additional $5 million to expand the Digital Competence Centre, an initiative helping small and medium-sized businesses adopt digital technologies and modernize operations. Delivered alongside the Ontario Centre of Innovation, the program provides matching grants up to $50,000 to assist nearly 450 businesses with e-commerce, cybersecurity, and technology implementation. This new funding builds on earlier program success, which has already supported over 800 grants projected to generate up to $600 million in sales revenue and support roughly 3,000 jobs. |
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Dr. Ulli Krull
Principal Emeritus, University of Toronto Mississauga
Patricia Gartland
Superintendent of Schools & CEO, School District 43 Coquitlam
Peter Singh
CTO, Toronto District School Board
Joseph Wilson
Director of Business Development SpongeLab (former MaRSDD Advisor)
Mark McPherson
VP, Advanced Presentation Products
Dr. Amon Iqbal, PhD
Founding, Partner
Vantage Enterprises
Ramy Ghattas
Co-founder, Logics Academy
Suthan Sivanesan
Sr. Business Development Manager, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Michael Bator
Executive Director, CCC/ Former Director Dufferin Peel CDSB
Maxim Jean Louis
CEO, Contact North
Ron Sedran
Managing Director, Syndication, Canaccord Capital
Tim Gard
Teacher Librarian Toronto District School Board
Phil Cutler
CEO & Co-Founder, Paper Learning
Dr. Gina Cherkowsk
Founder and CEO of STEM Learning Lab
Michael Fearon
Emergency Management Assistant OPS / Instructor Ryerson University / Research Assistant York University
Rahul Mehta
HBSc, Candidate for Masters of Environmental Studies
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