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Welcome to this week’s Sunday Digest, brought to you by Tiny. In this issue, we're excited to introduce you to the innovators who secured awards in the Victoria Tech Community Awards grand gala, a DigiBC contest, and plenty more.

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Here’s who took home the coveted Victoria Tech Community Awards

As far as Victoria’s tech leaders are concerned, the grandest prize is not the solid-gold globe a bunch of soccer players are currently running around Qatar in the hopes of holding. Nor is it even a Golden Globe. Instead, it’s an astronaut — and a signifier of Victoria tech excellence. The Victoria Tech Community Awards were held last night, and while a record number of spotlight-worthy finalists were unveiled, there could be only one recipient for each category. Here's who woke up next to an astronaut on Friday morning. 

$150K for VIATEC’s Kitchen Connect program

In addition to dishing out awards, the event raised $150,000 for the VIATEC Kitchen Connect program. A food-business incubator and processing facility, Kitchen Connect is an integrated food hub that offers training, kitchens, and community-focused services. These funds are enough to run the program for two years.

The spotlight has yet to burn out

Despite the Victoria Tech Community Awards reaching its climax, we will continue to showcase the Island’s leading innovators. Our Victoria Tech Journal spotlight series highlights award finalists and recipients, so you can get to know them a little bit better. Read about other community members here and stay tuned for more spotlights to come.

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📰 More Victoria innovation news

🤔 What’s the verdict? A panel at the South Island Prosperity Partnership's Rising Economy conference addressed the topic "What's the Verdict: Can Impact Investment Humanize Capitalism?" The chat featured InBC's CEO Jill Earthy, UVic professor Basma Majerbi, co-founder of Scale Collaborative Kristi Rivait, and Michael Meehan of Thrive Impact Fund. Hear the quartet’s insights.

🍀 Feeling lucky? DigiBC will be doing a pair of draws to select a winner to receive free tuition for UVic’s Unity for Creative Technology program. Submit your name and indicate the program to [email protected] by December 15 at 6:00 p.m. to enter. Winners will be notified by email on December 20. Enter the draw.

🧦 What is a brand? Rob Fraser, founder of direct-to-consumer sock company Outway, answered that question and a lot more in a recent deep-dive for DTC Boardroom. Learn from Fraser.

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🕴️ Tech jobs of the week

Find your next career at STN Video. The online video platform is hiring for multiple roles including:

• Business Development Manager - Content

• ETL Engineer

• Senior Technical Support Manager

• Director, Programmatic Direct Partnerships

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Capital Daily teams up with United Way to raise $200,000 for local kids

For the third year in a row, Capital Daily and United Way Southern Vancouver Island are raising funds for vital Greater Victoria community programs. This year, your donations will support early childhood education programs, giving our local children the building blocks to succeed.

This year's goal is to raise $200,000, which can help 1 in 4 local young children and their families. Your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar by generous local business partners. Donate today and invest in the future of our city and region!

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