Welcome to this week’s Sunday Briefing. In this issue, read about insights from a Victoria founder, robots at a dementia care home, and VIATEC’s call for new board members.

Now onto today’s briefing. It’s 681 words: a three-minute read.

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HiBoop! highlights importance of mental health care assessments

With the federal government announcing it’s investing $7.5 million in mental health and crisis services, it underscores the importance of our own leading mental health care startups like HiBoop!.

HiBoop! provides comprehensive, science-backed mental health assessments to individuals and healthcare providers. The startup was created by Jason Morehouse, who previously co-founded and exited Checkfront, a tourism software development company.

In a past BC Business interview, Morehouse shares his “a-ha moment” for the need to build HiBoop! after receiving a mental health assessment and discovering the company’s “defunct software.”

📰 More Victoria innovation news

🌎 World’s greatest: Jeff Ward, founder and CEO of Indigenous tech company Animiki, shared his insights on past and future Canadian innovations with global impacts.

👵 Grow old with me: A new, technology-first care home in Comox will welcome residents next week. Modelled as a “dementia village,” the care home will feature autonomous robots and wearables that track residents’ locations and biometric data, plus allow access to specific facilities.

🤝 It’s always better when we’re together: VIATEC opened a call for nominations for its board of directors. The organization is seeking eight new board members.

🕴️ Tech jobs of the week

Find your next career:

• Intermediate Software Developer at VertiGIS

• Graphic Designer & Media Specialist at Synapse ITS

• Senior .Net Engineer at RingPartner

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📅 Upcoming events

July 9 | Expand into International Markets: Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) Info Session

Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) is an innovative initiative, free for Chamber members, designed to accelerate the strategic development of your business and to better prepare you for expansion into international markets.

July 25 | Tech Nachos

​Victoria Tech Nachos… a covert group at the intersection of nachos and technology. A no-speaker, social-only, no-sponsor, nacho-friendly event.

August 23 | VIATEC Summer Tech Together

Picture this: Crowd surfing the CEO of your team to the raddest live band under the sun, and savagely beating your tech rivals in the potato sack race, all while showing off those summer gains in the tug-o-war.

• Chill and connect: Soak up those summer rays with top tech teams in our city.

• Demolish your tech rivals: Prove to the Tectorian community why your company is the best by sprinting to the finish line in the three-legged race and flaunting your superior senses in the blindfolded obstacle course.

• Bring your conductor hat: Take a relaxing cruise through the heritage grounds on the trains with your kiddos.

• Wave your glow sticks: Mosh-pit with your boss and embarrass your kids in front of the main stage.

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