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By Marissa Birnie For Shauna McAllister, working at Canadian technology companies as a Cree and M\u00e9tis woman meant she was often the only Indigenous person in the room. “When it comes to being an individual who is proud of their identity and wants to incorporate that into their work, that can be very lonely,” McAllister, a sales lead for Indigenous majority-owned company R8dius told The Canadian Press. But she and others are hoping to change that by participating in an inaugural conference bringing together hundreds of Indigenous technology professionals in Vancouver in the coming week. The Indigenous Tech Conference, organized by the Indigenous Tech Circle, is set to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Indigenous Tech Circle founder and CEO Ryan St. Germaine said the conference aims to connect people… <\/p>\n

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By Marissa Birnie For Shauna McAllister, working at Canadian technology companies as a Cree and M\u00e9tis woman meant she was often the only Indigenous person in the room. “When it comes to being an individual who is proud of their identity and wants to incorporate that into their work, that can be very lonely,” McAllister, a sales lead for Indigenous majority-owned company R8dius told The Canadian Press. But she and others are hoping to change that by participating in an inaugural conference bringing together hundreds of Indigenous technology professionals in Vancouver in the coming week. The Indigenous Tech Conference, organized by the Indigenous Tech Circle, is set to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Indigenous Tech Circle founder and CEO Ryan St. Germaine said the conference aims to connect people... <\/p>\n

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