Fatima Syed

Reporter

Fatima Syed was a reporter at The Logic. She was previously a reporter with National Observer, where she established the outlet’s Queen’s Park bureau with an emphasis on coverage of environmental and energy policy. She previously worked at the Toronto Star and at The Walrus, and is a National Magazine Award nominee. She contributed chapters to two anthologies published by Coach House Books, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity and House Divided.

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Articles by Fatima Syed

Briefing

SpaceX and NASA count down to a historic launch

https://thelogic.co/briefing/spacex-and-nasa-count-down-to-a-historic-launch/

By Fatima Syed | May 26, 2020

COVID-19 roundup: Ask what your innovators can do for your country

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ask-what-your-innovators-can-do-for-your-country/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz | May 25, 2020

Ottawa should set up an “innovation corps” for co-op students whose placements have been cancelled by U.S. firms, Council of Canadian Innovators chair Jim Balsillie told a parliamentary committee on Monday afternoon

COVID-19 roundup: ‘We’re working closely with Apple and Google’

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-were-working-closely-with-apple-and-google/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz, Murad Hemmadi and Caroline Mercer | May 22, 2020

“We are working with a number of different partners on potential apps for contact tracing,” Trudeau said Friday, adding that the government is waiting for a June update from Apple and Google, after which the government “will be able to recommend strongly to Canadians a particular app that will help us manage the spread of COVID-19.”

COVID-19 roundup: RIP the office

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-rip-the-office/

By Catherine McIntyre, Fatima Syed, Zane Schwartz and Murad Hemmadi | May 21, 2020

Shopify and Facebook both made permanent work-from-home announcements on Thursday

COVID-19 roundup: A new LEEFF

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-a-new-leeff/

By Murad Hemmadi, Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin | May 20, 2020

Ottawa’s big-business loan program started accepting applications on Wednesday

Briefing

Google Cloud secures seven-figure deal with U.S. Department of Defense

https://thelogic.co/briefing/google-cloud-secures-seven-figure-deal-with-u-s-department-of-defense/

By Fatima Syed | May 20, 2020

COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa expands CEBA eligibility

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-expands-ceba-eligibility/

By Murad Hemmadi, Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz | May 19, 2020

Companies staffed by contractors rather than employees will soon qualify for Ottawa’s COVID-19 small-business loan program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday