Canada is the Move: Michael Litt, Jocelyne Murphy and Chris Albinson on building in Waterloo

Engineering and the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business co-hosted Canada is the Move, a conversation on the ambition, energy and connections behind Waterloo’s technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Professor Chris Holt moderated.

On stage, Michael Litt (BASc ’10) spoke as a co-founder of Vidyard and Garage Capital, Jocelyne Murphy (BASc ’25) as a co-founder of Wygo, and Chris Albinson as Managing Partner of True North Fund.

Murphy says three things gave her team the financial freedom to build Wygo’s foundation before raising venture capital: Enterprise Co-op at the Conrad School, the Pearl Sullivan Scholarship for Community Leadership and the Accelerator Centre. Wygo was also the official platform behind this year’s Waterloo Tech Week.

The conversation described Waterloo as a dense web of students, alumni, founders, mentors and community partners who trade ideas and open doors for one another. The Conrad School says programs such as E Co-op let students test ideas and build ventures. The event took place the week before the September 23 report.