Today we feature a round-up of some big events and recent industry happenings.

Google Canada reconfirms support of Mila with a new funding grant, expands Google Career Certificates and announces Google.org grants to Digital Moment, NPower Canada and local nonprofits.

The idea of "influence" in marketing has come a long way. It’s generally been used to describe any way that one person or organization can shift someone else’s behaviours or thinking, but somewhere around the time that we realized there are individuals on the Internet who are responsible for major shifts in the marketplace,.

Emma Whiten, Former Editor of Marketing News Canada, had the opportunity to chat with Claudia Worms Sciama, Managing Director, Automotive & Consumer Goods at Google Canada, about her perception of the current state of advertising in Canada.

Born in Toronto, Canada in 2007, the personalized comic strip builder called Bitstrips made it possible for anyone to express ideas in a fun, creative storytelling format. Years later, it evolved into the ‘personal emoji’ Bitmoji, which is now used by over 250 million people every day and is an integral part of how the Snapchat community expresses and represents themselves online. 

Today we feature a round-up of some big events and recent industry happenings.