Shruti Shekar

Shruti Shekar is a video producer and reporter for IT World Canada. She was formerly a political reporter at The Hill Times and was based in Ottawa. Her beats included political culture, lobbying, telecom and technology, and the diplomatic community. She was also was the editor of The Lobby Monitor, and a reporter at The Wire Report; two trade publications that are part of The Hill Times. She received a MA in journalism from Western University and a double BA honours in communication studies and human rights from Carleton University. She was born in India, grew up mostly in Singapore and currently resides in Canada.

Articles by Shruti Shekar

Canadian CEOs say it’s positive, not surprising, Toronto may not be next Amazon HQ2 location

Senior executives and CEOs of Canadian companies were relieved, but not surprised, after reading the Wall Street Journal’s rumoured report that Amazon’s HQ2 will...

Big tech companies talk best practices for more diverse and inclusive workplace at #MoveTheDial

#MoveTheDial hosts its inaugural global summit in downtown Toronto bringing 1,000 people to talk about how companies can be more inclusive and diverse.

Hashtag Trending: Zuckerberg turns down governments’ request; cord cutting is accelerating; Microsoft’s president calls for regulating facial recognition

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg refuses to appear in front of Canadian and U.K. lawmakers., cord cutters continues to grow, and Microsoft’s president says facial recognition should be regulated.

Inside Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto HQ

A tour of Sidewalk Labs' Toronto headquarters

Cisco middleware solution creates ‘healing’ environment for Halton Healthcare [Ingenious Award winner]

For partnering with Cisco and creating a smart hospital Halton Healthcare has won the Large Public Sector award for the Ingenious Awards.

All Hands on Tech – Google Pixel 3XL full review

Here's a full review of the Google Pixel 3 XL.

Xplore Mobile to offer new ‘Rollover’ data service to customers

Xplornet's Xplore Mobile will offer a new rollover service for customers on Nov. 14.

Hashtag Trending – Google staff stage walkout; WWW inventor speaks out; Facebook still losing European users

Worldwide Google staff stage walkouts in protest, the inventor of the World Wide Web says tech giants might have to split up, and Facebook continues to lose users in Europe. 

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