BC's innovation ecosystem celebrated at the 2021 Technology Impact Awards
Here are the winners recognized across a range of categories including technology adoption, resilience and diversity and inclusion.
Live from Science World in Downtown Vancouver, the BC Tech Association (BC Tech) announced the winners for its 2021 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs):
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AWARD
Finalists: Canexia Health, Dapper Labs, FORM & TraceSafe
Winner: Dapper Labs
COMPANY OF THE YEAR – STARTUP AWARD
Finalists: ehsAI, Ideon, Live It Earth & Matidor
Winner: Matidor
EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AWARD
Finalists: Advanced Intelligent Systems, Boast.ai, HSBC Canada & Limage Media Group
Winner: Advanced Intelligent Systems
TECH CULTURE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Finalists: Freightera, Klue, Lumen5 & Rival
Winner: Klue
SPIRIT OF BC TECH – RESILIENCE AWARD
Finalists: Copperleaf, PressReader, Seaspan Shipyards, Thrive Health & Traction on Demand
Winner: Traction on Demand
COMPANY OF THE YEAR – GROWTH AWARD
Finalists: Acuva, Launchpad, PrecisionOS & Riipen
Winner: Launchpad
COMPANY OF THE YEAR – EXPORT AWARD
Finalists: Boast.ai, GeoComply Solutions, Invinity Energy Systems & LMI Technologies
Winner: LMI Technologies
COMPANY OF THE YEAR – SCALE AWARD
Finalists: Canalyst, East Side Games, Jane Software & Thinkific
Winner: Thinkific
GAMECHANGER - DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD
Finalists: Broadband TV, Clio, East Side Games & STEMCELL Technologies
Winner: Broadband TV
PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Finalists: Dr. Carl Hansen, Laurie Schultz & Hamed Shahbazi
Winner: Laurie Schultz
COMPANY OF THE YEAR – ANCHOR AWARD
Finalists: AbCellera, Absolute Software, Cymax Group & WELL Health
Winner: AbCellera
During the show, BC Tech also announced a new “Gamechanger – Climate Solutions” award for the 2022 TIAs in partnership with Vancity. The Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, led the announcement. “The Technology Impact Awards are a great opportunity to highlight innovation in B.C.’s tech sector that helps solve problems and creates new opportunities for people and business across our province,” Minster Heyman remarked. “Finding technology solutions to the climate crisis is increasingly the focus of businesses and governments around the world.”
Science World seemed a fitting location for the event. “Many great innovators in the tech sector started their journeys by walking through our doors, and it was wonderful to be a part of the TIAs and to celebrate such impressive B.C. individuals and companies in tech,” Tracy Redies, Science World’s CEO, said.