Dave Mottola: Smash Reality At the end of October, a gala event was held at the Blue Mountain Village Conference Centre to celebrate the 2019 Ontario Tourism Awards of Excellence. One of the winners was Collingwood firm Smash Reality, recognized for their...

Collingwood's Tech Hub North profiled in The Voice Magazine Collingwood's reputation as a growing hub for progressive technology companies continues to attract media attention.  A recent article in The Voice - a leading publication for professional...

‘How I quit Toronto and found small-town balance.... without tanking my career.   Gritty old neighbourhoods have been reinvigorated with soaring condos. Gentrification—lauded by some, derided by others—has transformed streets such as Roncesvalles, Ossington and Queen...

Patrick Marshall, MacLean Engineering A Collingwood Technology Company

Nicholas Keast, Greenland Engineering Tech 5x5 Collingwood: Nicholas Keast, Project Manager at Greenland Engineering

Jon Gillham, adbank Tech 5x5 Collingwood: Jon Gillham, CEO of adbank

Niru Somayajula, Sensor Technology Tech 5x5 Collingwood: Niru Somayajula, CEO of Sensor Technology

Greenland Engineering Most CEOs are obsessed with progress. But Mark Palmer has long been focused on the lack of it, at least when it comes to efforts in Canada to adapt faster to climate change and address the many issues of concern that are beginning to emerge as...

Josh Maitland, Greenland Engineering Josh Maitland of Greenland Engineering moved to Collingwood with his young family to take advantage of the region's many lifestyle opportunities. Now he balances his time between working at Greenland Engineering and heading up his...

Aprile Morwood, Smash Reality A Collingwood technology company

Madeleine Lambert, Content Refined A Collingwood technology company

‘Tesla of underground mining’ digs deep to drive innovation. Living up to lofty corporate comparisons can be a daunting prospect when you’re known as the ‘Tesla of underground mining.’ But the team at MacLean Engineering has never been one to shy away from a...

Engineering Meets Entrepreneurialism. Crozier and Associates has built a thriving business by catering to employees’ desire for culture, balance and ownership over their work. When Chris Crozier walks into the office he’s faced with a company full of employees who...

Chemical engineer is heavy on water. Shail Joshi has a thing for the water in Collingwood. As a chemical engineer, he should know. “The water filtration system here is better than in the city,” he explains. “We have some of the best water in the whole world.” Joshi is...

Back Home Again. Before he joined Medatech, Darren Mueller was a vehicle dynamics/ride handling expert with Ford. When the Oakville-based engineer was casting about for his next career move, he never dreamed that he would end up back in the part of Ontario that he...

From Alberta, With Love. When Holly Clayton graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Environmental Engineering, she knew she wanted to make a career choice that played to her lifestyle. “I’m from Calgary, but I’ve been coming to the Collingwood area ever...

Mark Yaraskavitch, SmashReality Tech 5x5 Collingwood: Mark Yaraskavitch, Lead Developer at SmashReality

Kai Hulshof, Jentu Tech 5x5 Collingwood: Kai Hulshof, COO of Jentu

Tatham Engineering - Of ownership, community and the outdoors.Years ago Charlie Tatham, founder of C.C. Tatham & Associates Ltd., told his staff: “Mark my words: every time you leave Collingwood and come back, a little light will go off in your head and you’ll know...

Switch Video - A Life More Animated. When entrepreneur and digital industry veteran Brandon Houston relocated to Collingwood in 2015, he was looking for a new professional challenge. He found it when he was hired on as a digital marketing consultant at...

Sensor Technologies Not many companies can claim that their products have been launched into deep space and plunged to the depths of the ocean floor. But then there really aren’t many companies quite like Sensor Technology Ltd.—at least not in Canada. The...

Tyler Pratt, Adbank World Class Mountain Biker Works Locally in UX/UI Tyler Pratt, an Enduro World Series-qualified racer, traded a job with IBM in Markham for a blockchain startup in Collingwood. When it comes to serious mountain biking in Ontario, Collingwood is the...