From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan
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Topic: From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan
As the 2025 tariffs sparked a nationwide Buy Canadian movement, Maple Scan climbed to #4 on the App Store and helped thousands of Canadians make more informed shopping decisions. With over 700,000 products scanned, this talk tells the story of how a weekend project became a viral civic-tech app featured on major news networks, powered by community feedback, volunteers, and Canadians across the country working together to make product information more transparent.
Speaker: Sasha Ivanov
Sasha Ivanov is an entrepreneur and computer science researcher shaping the future of human interaction through next-generation AI and XR technologies. He previously taught entrepreneurial app development at the University of Calgary and built immersive prototypes at Meta Reality Labs, exploring how AI-enabled headsets could seamlessly integrate into everyday life.
Toronto Tech Week
Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 26–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
https://link.civictech.ca/venue-suggestions
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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Platform Sponsors
Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.
Join our community today!
Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
https://sentry.io
From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan
Topic: From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan
As the 2025 tariffs sparked a nationwide Buy Canadian movement, Maple Scan climbed to #4 on the App Store and helped thousands of Canadians make more informed shopping decisions. With over 700,000 products scanned, this talk tells the story of how a weekend project became a viral civic-tech app featured on major news networks, powered by community feedback, volunteers, and Canadians across the country working together to make product information more transparent.
Speaker: Sasha Ivanov
Sasha Ivanov is an entrepreneur and computer science researcher shaping the future of human interaction through next-generation AI and XR technologies. He previously taught entrepreneurial app development at the University of Calgary and built immersive prototypes at Meta Reality Labs, exploring how AI-enabled headsets could seamlessly integrate into everyday life.
Toronto Tech Week
Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 26–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
https://link.civictech.ca/venue-suggestions
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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