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Taking a minute to enjoy some art on World Art Day

Monday, April 15, 2013

World Art DaylaunchedOfficial Google BlogThe Art Gallery of OntarioCanada Council Art BankThe National Ballet of CanadaPointe-à-Callièreannounced the addition of a new collection curated by Stefan HancherowBrand New Aura

Art TalksG+ pageherePosted by Wendy Bairos, Google Canada

Google Maps brings Street View to Canada’s Parliament

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Parliament

The Google Maps Trolley collects Street View imagery of Canada's House of Commons

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The Trolley in the Hall of Honour, Centre Block

Prime Minister of CanadaSpeaker of the House of CommonsSpeaker of the Senate of CanadaLibrary of Parliament

The Trolley tours the Library of Parliament

About Street View and the Trolley Street ViewTorontoSki Slopes of WhistlerCanada's ArcticTrolleyMetropolitan Museum of ArtWhite HousePosted by Aaron Brindle, Google Canada

Google Toronto Community Grants Program - April 15 deadline

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

hereonline applicationApril 15thOctober 1st

A recent Google for Seniors event hosted by our Toronto Community Affairs team

encouraging science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for K-12 students

closing the digital divide by helping ensure access to technology to underserved communities or populations

supporting digital adoption by training non-profits or small businesses to use online tools and technology, or

reducing our carbon footprint or carbon emissions, including by promoting alternative transportation programs.

submit your proposal
Note: For organizations in Montreal or Kitchener-Waterloo, you can apply for local community grants here (Montreal) and here (KW).
Posted by Leslie Church, Google Canada

Google Currents in Canada: Scan through your favourite categories, editions and breaking Canadian news

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Google CurrentsToronto StarCBCiVillage CanadaCanada.comCottage Life

Scan through categoriesThe Toronto StarHuffington Post CanadaCBC News

Scan through editionsCBC Sports

Scan through breaking stories

Read in your preferred languageGoogle Translate700 publisher editionsdownloadiOSGoogle Currents ProducerPosted by Mussie Shore, Group Product Manager

Canadian museums continue to go digital with Google Art Project

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Google Art Projectannounced that nearly 2,000 new worksGoogle Art ProjectPointe-à-CallièreCanada Council Art BankJean Claude DupontGeorge Munro GrantMeryl McMasterMichael Snow

curate your ownGoogle+ pagePosted by Wendy Bairos, Google Canada

Bringing Chromebooks Home

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

expand Chromebooks to Canada5 other countriesChromebooks

Posted by Rick Byers, Software Engineer, Google Kitchener-Waterloo

Trekker takes on Canada’s Arctic Winter

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Editor’s Note: Today's guest author is Chris Kalluk, a resident of the Nunavut territory and mapping expert at Nunavut Tunngavik, the nonprofit organization we’re working with to collect imagery and build more comprehensive maps of the Canadian Arctic. TrekkerIqaluit

Chris Kalluk, Nunavut resident, hiking the streets of Iqaluit with the Trekker

Cambridge Bayimagery of the trip

Raleigh Seamster, Project Lead for Google Maps, surveys Iqaluit while collecting Street View imagery with the Trekker

MapUp workshopGoogle Map MakerPosted by Chris Kalluk, GIS and mapping expert with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc

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