Continuing our technology-inspired series at our Uptown branch, our January focus was why we should care about  investing in innovation. We were joined by  guest speakers Tim Hudak, MPP for Niagara West—Glanbrook and former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Rachel Zimmer, co-founder and Partner of 5Crowd, Sonia Strimban, Manager of Venture Operations at MaRS, and Kelsey Spitz, Senior Associate at Social Innovation Generation.

Taking centre stage was the elephant in the room; Uber.  Disruptive technologies tend to illicit strong opinions.  Tim Hudak shared his …