ShiftKey Labs, the Nova Scotia post-secondary sandbox focusing on digital technologies, is planning a “virtual hackathon” to find tech solutions to social problems created by the Covid-19 crisis.
The group has hosted several hackathons in the past year, and they have even resulted in the creation of startups. But it had to postpone a few other events – including a hackathon focusing on the problems faced by the news media – because of the Covid-19 emergency.
Now it is planning a virtual hackathon, with participants joining the work from remote locations, to let tech enthusiasts spend a