In the past few weeks I had the opportunity to present my research at two conferences. The first was the SFU School of Communication Graduate Students conference. In this presentation I shared my research results and I focused in particular … Read More
Welcome to labora
An investigation into the world of flexible labor in the Vancouver Creative Industry
Where are we from?
The Vancouver tech industry relies heavily on immigrant workers. According to the 2016 BC Tech TechTalentBC report, nearly one in three job vacancies at BC’s tech companies is filled by an immigrant worker. Immigrant tech workers are a fundamental asset … Read More
My November/December reading list
Part of my research involves a content analysis of recent and current managerial literature. The inspiration for this study came from Nigel Thrift’s book “Knowing Capitalism” (2005). Thrift argues that the coming into existence of modern capitalism (or soft capitalism … Read More
Labora @ Civic Tech YVR
Just a quick post to announce that I will be presenting Labora at Civic Tech YVR #14: Culture, the Digital Economy and Political Campaigning. Civic Tech YVR is an interesting group of socially oriented tech-folks in Vancouver “interested in examining … Read More
Vancouver Startup Week 2018
Yesterday has officially started the 2018 edition of the Vancouver Startup Week. Over the next seven days the city will host a plethora of events dedicated to startups, from educational workshops to “startup crawls”. For me this is a particular … Read More
Presenting Labora at XIX World Congress of Sociology
July was a month full of events. Besides conducting my on field research, I also had the chance to present some of the outcomes at the XIX World Congress of Sociology which took place in Toronto. The theme of the … Read More
Research log #2 – Moving deeper into the field (and Dashboard v0.2 released)
The past three weeks have been filled with events and interviews. The more I move into the Vancouver startup ecosystem, the more I learn about the different organizations active in town. So far, I had the chance to immerse myself … Read More
Research log #1 – Dashboard live and Brainstation DemoDay
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first research update since the launch of the website. This week I’ve been working on setting up my Tableau Public account. Tableau is one of the leading data visualization software available, and I am … Read More
SFU Public Square: presentation and notes
Last night I presented the first outcomes of my research at SFU public Square event “Work in the 21st Century: Innovations in Research“. It was a great opportunity for collecting people’s feedback and get to know other people working in … Read More
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Too bad the map is no longer online. In 1997 PwC created the "Techmap" to visualize the evolution of the BC tech industry. The online tool is no longer available but you can download a static version here: https://t.co/O5c7qLPrzL
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The bigger the dream the better. So what we see today are some of the largest ever companies, fueled by some of the largest privately fueled debt, the world has ever seen. https://t.co/wAkTxHa7sO #laboraco
🔥 Hot off the press: “Labora: news and views about technology, labor and the politics of the digital workplace - Issue #9” https://t.co/rQAt3dpMwj (via @revue) #laboraco
🔥 Hot off the press: “Startup Ecosystems Report 2019 - Labora Newsletter #8” https://t.co/nRZEnmgTXo (via @revue) #laboraco
The 2019 @startupgenome report is out: https://t.co/Z1lSqpDTHN
Vancouver lost 9 positions and now ranks 24th on the most attractive #startup ecosystems chart. Strengths: cleantech and blockchain. #laboraco