Chronology - 2000s: Remembering a Legacy of Innovation

2001

By 2001 the Canadian Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade identified 196 foreign-owned firms in Waterloo. This was the third highest absolute number of firms of any city in Canada (Matthew Fischer & Associates, 2001).

Between 1973 and 2001, UW had spun off over 59 individual high-tech firms.
Jen Nelles, Allison Bramwell and David A Wolfe, History, Culture and Path Dependencey: Origins of the Waterloo ICT Cluster, 17.

An invitation to the opening of the J.W. Graham History of Computer Science Research Collection and Information Technology Trust held in January 2001
An invitation to the opening of the J.W. Graham History of Computer Science Research Collection and Information Technology Trust held in January 2001. Image courtesy of Shirley Fenton.


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