{"id":276167,"date":"2020-11-21T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276167"},"modified":"2020-11-21T01:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T06:12:16","slug":"telus-announces-significant-investment-in-its-commitment-to-social-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/21\/telus-announces-significant-investment-in-its-commitment-to-social-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"TELUS announces significant investment in its commitment to social innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_133003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133003\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133003\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled-design-5-1024x658.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We invite you to hear from TELUS executives and industry leaders as they celebrate the extension of TELUS\u2019 long-standing commitment to leveraging the power of technology to drive positive social and environmental outcomes for all Canadians.\u00a0 (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Vancouver<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; TELUS, Canada\u2019s world-leading communications and information technology company, will announce a significant investment in its commitment to advancing the organization\u2019s focus on social capitalism.\u00a0<strong>Media are invited to attend the live virtual announcement on November 24, 2020, at 10 a.m.\u00a0PT | 1 p.m. ET.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of TELUS, who will deliver the keynote address, this virtual event will also feature remarks from government officials, leading technology innovators, and Canada\u2019s top global thinkers such as Lane Merrifield from CBC\u2019s The Dragon\u2019s Den. Following the announcement, a short panel discussion with Jill Schnarr, Chief Social Innovation Officer, TELUS, and Blair Miller, managing partner and vice president, Social Impact Ventures, TELUS, as they detail the broad reach of this new commitment to help drive social innovation in Canada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We invite you to hear from TELUS executives and industry leaders as they celebrate the extension of TELUS\u2019 long-standing commitment to leveraging the power of technology to drive positive social and environmental outcomes for all Canadians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Virtual event details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Virtual Launch Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Host welcome<\/li>\n<li>Keynote address<\/li>\n<li>Panel Discussion<\/li>\n<li>Media interviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Darren Entwistle\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; President and CEO, TEUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Jill Schnarr<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Social Innovation Officer, TELUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Blair Miller<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; managing partner and vice president, Social Impact Ventures, TELUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Honourable Ahmed Hussen\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Minister of Families, Children and Social \u00a0 Development<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Lane Merrifield\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; tech entrepreneur and Dragon, CBC\u2019s The Dragon\u2019s Den<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other spokespeople to be announced<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>November 24, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>10 a.m. PT | 1 p.m. ET\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Where:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/channel\/PLwgyG4jyF3&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1605824102874000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0uQAxmhhBQukzMNBfID39f\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttps:\/\/video.ibm.com\/channel\/PLwgyG4jyF3%26sa%3DD%26ust%3D1605824102874000%26usg%3DAOvVaw0uQAxmhhBQukzMNBfID39f&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606020826977000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34FPac-i7k4MQzxVSHrcxx\">https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/channel\/PLwgyG4jyF3<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Notes for Media:\u00a0Media are permitted to record or screen capture using their own equipment. Additional assets such as photos and video clips will also be made available.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver\u00a0&#8211; TELUS, Canada\u2019s world-leading communications and information technology company, will announce a significant investment in its commitment to advancing the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":133003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","mauthors-telus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276168,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276167\/revisions\/276168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}