Press Releases

Toronto Mayor and Microsoft Canada to open ProTech Media Centres in three more of Toronto’s Priority Neighbourhoods for Investment

Aug. 10, 2009

Eglinton East-Kennedy Park, Malvern and Weston-Mount Dennis youth to receive free digital arts and technology skills training Mississauga, ON - August 10, 2009 - Together with Toronto Mayor David Miller, Microsoft Canada today announced the expansion...

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Microsoft Canada to help kids CLICK with family and friends at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary

May. 28, 2009

Microsoft asks hospital's Youth Advisory Council for technology wish list Calgary, Alberta - May 28, 2009 - Microsoft Canada Co. , together with the Children's Miracle Network announced today an initiative to establish a Child Life Interactive...

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Microsoft Canada makes its largest ever software donation – more than $3 million in software and licensing to Canadian Red Cross

May. 07, 2009

Microsoft Canada surpasses $50 million mark with recent donation Mississauga , ON - May 4, 2009 - The Canadian Red Cross is the recipient of Microsoft Canada's largest ever single software donation. Microsoft Canada will provide the Canadian Red Cross...

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Evergreen and the Microsoft Canada Development Centre dig into new sustainability research

Apr. 03, 2009

Vancouver, BC – April 3, 2009 – Today, more than 100 volunteers from the Microsoft Canada Development Centre (MCDC) and Microsoft’s Vancouver Sales and Marketing office, are partnering with Evergreen, a not-for-profit organization focused on making Canadian cities more liveable, to help turn post-industrial land into viable research space at BCIT’s Centre for Architectural Ecology and Evergreen’s offices. The full-day operation includes the removal of invasive ivy, the creation of rooftop gardening research beds for urban agriculture and the installation of a permaculture demonstration garden....

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TechSoup Global launches technology portal for Canadian non-profit community

Feb. 11, 2009

The Centre for Social Innovation in connection with TechSoup Global, Microsoft Canada Co., and the Information Technology Association of Canada today launched the TechSoup Canada portal - offering Canadian non-profits access to technology donations. ...

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