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Founding Board Members of Durham Region Association of Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs (DRABPE) | Left to right: Brenton Alleyne, Silvan Murray, Carlene Honigan, Tennille Spencer, Dane Lawrence, Susan Blake,  Trevin Noble, Marlon Shaw

Written by: Abigail Guevara, Senior Content Writer – Freelance

Dane Lawrence, raised amid the balmy breezes of Jamaica, could not have foreseen his journey toward entrepreneurship in Canada, particularly in the vibrant Region of Durham.

By Jennifer Foden

There are many options for coworking spaces across Durham Region, each offering something a little bit different. We talked to the founders of three of them to learn more about what they do.

Hamayal Choudhry’s fascination with robotics and automated systems began as a mechatronics engineering student at Ontario Tech University. While exploring how they are beginning to make life easier and through a conversation with his friend Sekai Muscutt—who lives with a congenital limb difference—he realized there was a gap in the prosthetics market.

By Will McGuirk

Sound travels. Music moves around the globe, and helping to amplify it all is Adamson Systems Engineering from their base in Port Perry.

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division (Invest Durham), along with partners, will be returning to one of the largest and fastest growing technology conferences in North America—Collision Conference—from June 26 to 29 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Project Arrow, the first all-Canadian, zero emission connected vehicle will be the centrepiece of Durham’s pavilion.

Clarington has a microclimate for growing apples due to the warm lake effect from Lake Ontario. This makes Newcastle and the surrounding area the optimal location for growing high quality apples.

By Jennifer Foden

Durham Region has a strong centuries-old agricultural industry. However, these three agri-tech companies—focusing on everything from robotics to vertical farming—are innovating it.

Will McGuirk

On a familiarization tour hosted by Film Durham for film industry professionals, we asked local arts and culture specialist Will McGuirk to attend and share with us what he learned on this daylong tour of Durham’s film industry.

By: Will McGuirk

An emigrant leaves much behind but not the taste for one’s own culinary culture. For Gilles Tchianga, founder of

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism Division (Invest Durham), in collaboration with the Township of Scugog, is excited to announce that the North American manufacturing company, Tessera Group Inc. (Tessera Group), will be building its new corporate home in north Durham.