Meetup #544 Sasha Ivanov – 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.
Meetup #544 Sasha Ivanov – From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan is listed for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at the University of Calgary and built immersive prototypes at Meta Reality Labs, e.
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.
The listing is associated with the University of Calgary and built immersive prototypes at Meta Reality Labs, e.
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