Samira Balsara

Samira is a writer for IT World Canada. She is currently pursuing a journalism degree at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson) and hopes to become a news anchor or write journalistic profiles. You can email her at sbalsara@itwc.ca

Articles by Samira Balsara

International Women’s Day: DMZ’s Women of the Year

The DMZ’s Women Founders Summit wrapped up this week after focusing on funding and pitching opportunities for female entrepreneurs. The DMZ, Toronto Metropolitan University's business...

IBM report finds gender parity in leadership roles is decades away

It may take up to three decades before organizations achieve gender parity in leadership roles, a new study from IBM reveals.  “Women in Leadership: Why...

Hashtag Trending March 8 – International Women’s Day

TELUS supports women’s mental health, new Capterra research reveals women feel less valued than men at work, and AWS Women of Inspiration Panel details...

Coffee Briefing Mar. 7 – Roger’s Cybersecure Catalyst launches new program; DMZ Demo Day; New roaming plans for telecom companies

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

New report reveals latest hybrid work trends for IT departments and leaders

Info-Tech Research Group has released a new report highlighting the latest industry research for information technology (IT) departments and leaders managing hybrid-first organizations. More than...

Your Voice is Power: New version of national program to teach coding skills through Indigenous music

Amazon Canada and TakingITGlobal, a charitable non-governmental organization which focuses on global issues through promotion of awareness and engagement among global youth, have launched...

MPs summon execs to explain the censoring of news content by Google in Canada

Today, the House of Commons Heritage Committee agreed to summon Google executives to testify in a two hour meeting on Monday Mar. 6 regarding...

Gartner research reveals PC shipments declined in 2022

Gartner reveals that worldwide PC shipments declined in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 65.3 million units, a 28.5 per cent decrease from the...

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