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Shift by Alberta Innovates

We're happy to announce we won Best Business podcast for 2025 by the Quill Podcast Awards! Shift by Alberta Innovates is dedicated to interviewing the innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers who are leading the future of innovation in Alberta and globally. Alberta has many unsung heroes and many interesting and important technological advancements being made that will greatly impact our lives. Shift is a spotlight for listeners to get a sense of how Alberta innovation is leading the way.

Prairie Fire: How Startup TNT Ignited Alberta's Investment Scene

32 mins; May 09, 2025

From Skip to Neo to Tech Thursday: creating spaces that matter for Alberta's tech leaders

35 mins; April 29, 2025

Beyond the bin: transforming post-consumer plastics with NAIT's Dr. Muhammad Arshad

25 mins; March 31, 2025

Beyond the textbook: where students become tomorrow's innovators

30 mins; March 17, 2025

From trees to towers: the mass timber revolution PART 2

23 mins; March 03, 2025

From trees to towers: the mass timber revolution

23 mins; February 17, 2025

Exploring the intersection of art and artificial intelligence with David Usher

6 mins; February 03, 2025

The circular economy unplugged with insights from Alberta Innovates' Mehr Nikoo

64 hours 0 mins; January 20, 2025

Balancing entrepreneurship and mental health: insights from Anthea Sargeaunt of 2S Water

9 mins; January 06, 2025

Unlocking Tech Innovation: The Role of Technology Access Centres in Canada's Competitive Edge

45 mins; December 23, 2024

Empowering Alberta's Game Innovators

49 mins; December 09, 2024

Transforming Tech Narratives: Storytelling's Role in Alberta's Innovation Ecosystem

65 hours 46 mins; November 25, 2024

Transforming Alberta's healthcare: innovations, partnerships, and digital solutions

35 mins; November 11, 2024

Unveiling the power of culture: a conversation with Dr. Marcus Collins

16 mins; October 28, 2024

Alberta's Innovation Ecosystem: Fostering Tech, Community, and Entrepreneurship

62 hours 30 mins; October 14, 2024

Alberta's Rise in Global Quantum Innovation

56 mins; September 30, 2024

Shaping Tomorrow: Alberta's Innovation Journey

34 mins; September 16, 2024

Transforming Alberta: The Power of Interdisciplinary Innovation and Collaboration

58 mins; September 02, 2024

Unlocking $350,000 in credits and expert mentorship: Inside Google for Startups Accelerator Programs with Iran Karimian

11 mins; June 11, 2024

Unleashing Entrepreneurship in Alberta: Dr. Tonya Wolfe on the innovative Resource Roundup at Inventures 2024

14 mins; May 03, 2024

Unlocking the power of health data: privacy, policy, and progress

22 mins; April 11, 2024

Hunter Cardinal: our host for Inventures 2024.

22 mins; April 05, 2024

Exploring Inventures 2024: Unleashing Alberta's entrepreneurial spirit and innovation on a global stage

8 mins; April 02, 2024

Exploring Inventures 2024 with Gail Powley from Technology Alberta

17 mins; March 25, 2024

Exploring Inventures 2024 with Erik Bitmanis from Canarie

15 mins; March 18, 2024

Shift talks with Calgary-based Nanotess about nanotechnology innovations and entrepreneurialism

34 mins; October 02, 2023

Shift talks Sacred Science with Alvin First Rider, Brett Purdy, and Emily Herdman

45 mins; September 26, 2023

The future with artificial intelligence - a conversation with futurist, Ian Beacraft

32 mins; September 15, 2023

Into the unknown - first generation farmer Ryan Greir speaks about his passion for agriculture

22 mins; September 14, 2023

Design that elevates the human experience - Shift talks with Nick Kazakoff from OneTwoSix Design

19 mins; August 10, 2023

I talk the science of light with Ken and Kathy from Wilson Analytical

25 mins; August 10, 2023

Solving the student housing crisis: my talk with Jean Bruce Koua from Elev Homes.

28 mins; August 10, 2023

Future Creators - mentoring youth to innovate

4 mins; August 10, 2023

Madala Software - optimizing oil production, a conversation with Damien Hocking

20 mins; July 28, 2023

Talking artificial intelligence with ATB's Ian Hargreaves

44 mins; July 14, 2023

Large animal veterinary medicine - a small field ripe for innovation. My talk with Dr. Ben Schultz

33 mins; June 28, 2023

Talking Smart Agriculture with Joy Agnew and Lorna Baird from Olds College

27 mins; June 16, 2023

The Metaverse primer - my conversation with Mike McCready from Lethbridge College

27 mins; May 26, 2023

Shift - my conversation with Susan Divers from LRN about building solid ethics into your business

13 mins; May 23, 2023

Alberta IoT - growing and supporting Alberta's digital entrepreneurs and startups

25 mins; May 22, 2023

Tonya Wolfe and Red Deer Polytechnic: supporting entrepreneurs across Alberta

28 mins; May 17, 2023

Why building great ecosystems is even more important today with Chris Heivly

17 mins; May 08, 2023

Lia Garvin: The work place reframe

10 mins; April 28, 2023

Shift teases Inventures' panels - Scale your Everest: How to be a Resilient Entrepreneur

16 mins; April 23, 2023

Shift teases Inventures' panels - critical thinking to mitigate risk in a chaotic information economy

15 mins; April 11, 2023

From doctor to entrepreneur - Oliver Bathe from Qualisure Diagnostics

31 mins; March 06, 2023

Working in the chaos - How PK Sound is changing the sound industry

43 mins; February 21, 2023

From making money to making a difference: Charles Buchanan from Technology Helps

48 mins; February 10, 2023

Alberta clean tech crushes the status quo: Kelly Krahulic from Summit Nanotech

26 mins; February 05, 2023

Everything communicates: Shift talks with Andrew Goldner from GrowthX

68 hours 56 mins; October 19, 2022

Conquering uncertainty or at least getting comfortable with it: Shift talks with James Keirstead

59 mins; October 18, 2022

Edmonton Unlimited spearheads Edmonton Startup Week

30 mins; October 17, 2022

A Thursday Night Tradition that's making an impact across the prairies

35 mins; September 07, 2022

Digital health isn't only for humans - Sylvester AI helps diagnose an ailing animal

22 mins; July 27, 2022

Legal Solutions for Startups with Goodlawyer's Joshua Weinberger

34 mins; July 15, 2022

From fats to fuels with Dr. David Bressler

14 mins; July 11, 2022

The Future of Agriculture with Robert Saik

34 mins; July 04, 2022

What are Non-Fungible Tokens? For artist and advocate Cowboy Smithx they're game changers.

19 mins; June 27, 2022

On the floor at Inventures 2022

21 mins; June 20, 2022

Shift for Inventures – Navigating to Net-Zero

23 mins; May 31, 2022

Shift for Inventures – Taming Urban Jungles

19 mins; May 24, 2022

Shift for Inventures – Gamechanging Health

20 mins; May 16, 2022

Shift for Inventures - Redefining Capitalism

26 mins; May 10, 2022

Shift for Inventures - Futurecasting Work

28 mins; May 02, 2022

Shift for Inventures - Mission-Critical Moonshots

23 mins; April 27, 2022

The future of Alberta wellsites

40 mins; April 06, 2022

The hydrogen market push for an entrepreneur with Leland Oberst CEO of Innovative Fuel Systems

33 mins; March 11, 2022

Shift for Inventures - Cultivating AgTech

21 mins; March 09, 2022

Building synthetic cities with Myrna Bittner and Edmonton-based RUNWITHIT Synthetics

41 mins; February 22, 2022

Our Hydrogen Future and Government Policy

47 mins; February 08, 2022

Extracting lithium with Summit Nanotech CEO and Women in Cleantech Challenge winner Amanda Hall

30 mins; January 24, 2022

Shift talks with Doug Holt and Simon Raby about Alberta's scaleup gap and what the ecosystem is doing to help businesses grow.

51 mins; January 09, 2022

Hydrogen - why is it such a big deal for Alberta?

44 mins; December 14, 2021

eDNA - a powerful technology for wetland ecology

44 mins; November 26, 2021

Diversity, equity, and inclusion drive Calgary-based HelpSeeker Technologies

48 mins; October 21, 2021

The Innovation of Work with Dan Bruinooge of Servus Credit Union

31 mins; October 12, 2021

The 21st-Century Stethoscope: Portable Ultrasound Technology with MEDO.ai

38 mins; September 09, 2021

Creativity, research and being an entrepreneur: our talk with Jana Rieger from True Angle Medical Technologies

50 mins; July 14, 2021

Enhancing your cybersecurity to enhance and protect your business

44 mins; June 30, 2021

Laying the legal foundation when starting a business

42 mins; June 15, 2021

The three Rs of the hemp (r)evolution

32 mins; May 26, 2021

The robots are coming! NO. The robots are here.

38 mins; May 18, 2021

Lessons in Leadership with Servus Credit Union President and CEO Garth Warner

45 mins; April 21, 2021

Hemp: A Global Miracle Crop

47 mins; April 07, 2021

Innovating in Alberta's healthcare system

33 mins; March 18, 2021

Taking the common and doing the extraordinary

45 mins; March 01, 2021

Timothy Caulfield on covid misinformation and the launch of #ScienceUpFirst

40 mins; February 10, 2021

Shift talks with Dr. John Lewis about the journey to conquer Covid

41 mins; January 27, 2021

Shift talks with Cam Linke about the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and how they're helping Alberta businesses

48 mins; January 13, 2021

Shift talks with Chris Holt from Phase Sensors and Professor John Davis from the University of Alberta about their collaboration

30 mins; December 07, 2020

Learn how to change the DNA of healthcare with Shift!

54 mins; December 01, 2020

Shift talks with Alberta's Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, Doug Schweitzer; and Alberta Innovates CEO Laura Kilcrease about diversification and Alberta's economy

41 mins; November 19, 2020

Shift talks with Brenda Beckedorf, Executive Director of the Alberta IoT

24 mins; November 02, 2020

Learn how to build a gazelle with Shift!

53 mins; November 02, 2020

Shift talks about the value of failure in innovation

29 mins; October 16, 2020

Shift talks with John Carle from the Alberta Cannabis Council and Dr. Sunil Rajput about cannabis

48 mins; September 23, 2020

Shift talks with Dr. Elizabeth Cannon about women in STEM and the role mentoring plays

38 mins; September 09, 2020

Shift talks with Karen MacKenzie about the role Indigenous female entrepreneurs can play in building new economies

39 mins; August 26, 2020

Shift talks with Neil Gruninger from Calgary-based Kidoodle.TV about child safety online and growing a business

39 mins; August 12, 2020

Shift talks with Harry Sharma from the Conference Board of Canada about innovation

34 mins; July 23, 2020

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