See you tomorrow at Founder Fridays

Welcome to the Thursday Events Briefing. Over the next few weeks, connect with fellow entrepreneurs, learn about thriving new life sciences companies in the ecosystem, and raise a glass to the women-in-tech talent platform Toast.

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Today: Full Stack Developer Virtual Open House | Dec 15

Join InceptionU's virtual Open House on Thursday, December 15 at 12 pm to learn more about its 6-month program, meet its facilitation team, and discuss funding options and resources to further your career.

Founder Fridays: Raising an Entrepreneur | Dec 16

Founder Fridays is a series of fireside chats with authors of books that are typically held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. Tomorrow, join a roundtable discussion led by Wendy Muise (head of strategy at Ground Floor Labs), Wunmi Adekanmbi (founder of Immigrant Techies Alberta), and Jennifer Jensen (founder of Calgary Innovation Coalition).

Life Sciences Fellowship Demo Day and Graduation | Dec 16

Join Innovate Calgary and engage with some of the industry's most impressive advances in life science technology as their most recent cohort of Life Sciences Fellows graduate from the fellowship and showcase their technology. Join them to celebrate and recognize their accomplishments, make new friends, enjoy some snacks with outgoing fellows and check out their tech demos that are changing Albertan lives.

Calgary Career Fair at Telus Convention Centre | Dec 20

The Calgary Career Fair welcomes specialists in employment, career development, training, and education across Alberta. Connect with hiring companies, government, employment services, colleges, and universities.

A Toast to Toast | Jan 23

Introducing Toast to Calgary. Toast is a membership-based women’s collective and talent platform founded to flip the hiring dynamic in favour of women in tech. Join them as they celebrate the launch of their membership in the Calgary tech ecosystem. Whether you are working in tech, looking to break into tech, or an ally committed to closing the gender gap on technical teams – you are invited.

For more local tech and business events, check out our friends at In the Know YYC.

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