OTTAWA – The Portrait Gallery of Canada (PGC) announced today Telus is a founding partner of the new non-profit organization.
PGC’s goal is “to share humanizing stories of Canada through portraiture,” a press release says.
“Through its exhibitions, artist talks, social media engagements, presentations and catalogues, the PGC addresses the complex issues of the day from a variety of voices and celebrates the rich diversity of people who live on these lands,” the release says.
PGC is an online gallery, available at portraitcanada.ca.
Telus’s partnership enables PGC “to support artists, curators, educators, designers, communicators, translators and others who contribute to the PGC’s programs…
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VANCOUVER — The Telus Pollinator Fund for Good is celebrating its one-year anniversary by announcing three new investments in early-stage North American companies focused on social innovation.
The Pollinator Fund, which was launched Nov. 24, 2020, also today highlighted its achievements and funding commitments over the last year by releasing an inaugural impact report.
“Within just 12 months, the $100-million fund has amplified Telus’ commitment to social capitalism and invested in 10 exciting companies that are making a difference in communities,” reads a press release.
The three new investments announced today include:
Goodmylk, a California-based company “that uses natural, high quality ingredients…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today it is committing $1 million to support British Columbia through the recent flooding that resulted in a state of emergency.
The company is giving “$100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to support the organization’s flood relief efforts, $100,000 to food banks across the province to support evacuees and British Columbians in need, and $50,000 to the BC SPCA to support their work to help animals and livestock in affected areas,” a press release says.
Additionally, the Telus Friendly Future Foundation is donating $100,000 and local Telus community boards are donating $150,000 to local charities to help…
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BLANC-SABLON, Que. — Telus announced today the company, its Telus Friendly Future Foundation and a team of partners have donated $350,000 to distribute 10 Lü systems featuring immersive audiovisual technology to schools in Quebec’s Lower North Shore via the Fondation Docteur Camille-Marcoux.
“The 600 students in these isolated communities and Innu territories can now learn, explore, and be active, thanks to a virtual environment that connects them with one another and to activities that develop their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills,” reads a press release.
This donation, which includes $100,000 from Telus and $100,000 from the Telus Friendly Future Foundation,…
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VANCOUVER – Telus today reported its operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2021, which included total mobile and fixed customer growth of 320,000 – an increase of 43,000 from 2020.
This marks the company’s highest quarter ever, a press release says, and is inclusive of 135,000 mobile phones, 110,000 connected devices, 46,000 Internet, 30,000 security and 10,000 TV customer connections. “This was partly offset by residential voice losses of 11,000.”
At the end of Q3, Telus’s “PureFibre network covered more than 2.6 million premises, up from more than 2.4 million premises in the third quarter of 2020,” the…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today, after an extensive global search, John Raines (above) is joining the organization as president of Telus Agriculture, effective Nov. 29.
Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle welcomed Raines to Telus’s senior leadership team in a press release.
“With over 20 years of global experience in the agriculture sector, John is exceedingly well-positioned to lead the ongoing evolution of Telus Agriculture,” Entwistle said.
“Indeed, leveraging his tremendous expertise in respect of data science and digital agriculture, in concert with his genuine passion for farming and agriculture, John will further progress our goal of connecting the entire agricultural…
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LONDON, UK — UK tech repairs specialist iSmash announced yesterday it has finalized a new investment round, led by Telus Ventures, to accelerate its nationwide expansion across the UK.
Telus Ventures is Telus Corp.’s strategic investment arm. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
iSmash says it will use the investment to develop its service channels, which includes the UK-wide rollout of walk-in service centres offering express repairs of smartphones, tablets and computers.
Telus already owns Canadian smartphone/tablet repair company Mobile Klinik, which it purchased in July 2020.
According to a press release, iSmash and Mobile Klinik “will collaborate on…
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Shaw asks CRTC to dismiss requests of “opportunistic proponents of delay”
OTTAWA – Bell and Telus both filed letters yesterday with the CRTC supporting the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to have the Commission’s public hearings into the broadcasting side of Rogers Communications’s purchase of Shaw Communications delayed.
The hearings are scheduled to begin Nov. 22. PIAC-NPF, Bell and Telus all argued there is too much uncertainty around who controls Rogers for the CRTC to conduct fair hearings that protect the public interest.
Bell, in its letter, called the situation “unprecedented” and said it “places…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Friendly Future Foundation announced today the launch of its inaugural Friendly Future Online Auction, with 100% of proceeds going directly to Canadian charities that promote youth mental health and well-being, according to a press release.
“At Telus Friendly Future Foundation, we are committed to connecting youth to a world of opportunities,” said the foundation’s executive director, Shanan Spencer-Brown, in the press release.
“Beginning today, and until November 19, Canadians can bid in The Friendly Future Online Auction and ultimately help youth reach their full potential.”
On the auction website, Canadians can bid on hundreds of silent auction…
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TORONTO — Vice Media Group and the Telus Fund announced today they are hosting a virtual Q&A about mental health with rising rapper and singer TOBi (above) on Vice Canada’s Facebook page this Thursday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
The event will be hosted by Vice’s Manisha Krishnan and is being held in celebration of the Take Care incubator program, launched by Vice Media and the Telus Fund earlier this year.
Award-winning rapper TOBi was born in Nigeria and moved to Canada as a child. His 2020 album Elements Vol. 1 was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, and it…
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