Vaccine hesitancy is one of our last major hurdles in the fight against COVID-19, and we are racing against the emergence of several variants to avert a (more) prolonged pandemic.
New Ventures BC opens applications for 2021 competition
New Ventures BC has opened applications for its 21st annual tech startup competition, sponsored by Innovate BC. Applications close on April 12 at 10pm PST.
The competition is open to early-stage British Columbia (BC)-based tech startups that can enter for the chance to win $250,000 in cash and prizes.
Participants have the opportunity to earn non-dilutive cash prizes, connect with mentors, network with founders, and raise their company’s profile. Despite shifting online last year due to the pandemic, the competition saw a record 240 applications in 2020.
“Even though the 2020 competition brought a unique set of challenges, it was encouraging to BC’s top startups come together, virtually, to access the education, connections, and funding that this competition is known for,” says Angie Schick, executive director at New Ventures BC.
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In the Company of Men, a virus speaks. It is laying waste to society, putting its victims into mass graves, leaving survivors in limbo, and confining the rest to quarantine. Yet the virus defends its actions, insisting that it is no worse perhaps even it is even better than human beings in regards to how it behaves. The virus argues that its behavior is natural, uncontrived, as opposed to the pain that humans intentionally inflict upon each other. “I’m neither good nor bad,” the virus says. “I’m like a plant that grows, like a spider that devours its prey.”
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Fairy rings are all around Wyoming, so it s possible you have seen them without noticing - they look like rings of extra-green grass or mushrooms. The circles can be explained by science, but, as their name suggests, are the subject of many folklore stories. How that came about starts with a story about dancing.
Sabina Magliocco is an anthropology professor at the University of British Columbia. She said dancing used to look quite different than it does today. At one time, circle dancing was actually the most prevalent form of folk dance all over Europe, she said. People would dance in a circle, usually at festivals and celebrations.