TELUS announces that President and CEO Darren Entwistle has been named a 2026 inductee into the BC Innovators Hall of Fame, an honour recognizing visionary leaders whose contributions have helped shape and strengthen British Columbia’s innovation and technology ecosystem. The recognition celebrates Darren’s transformative leadership and longstanding commitment to innovation, connectivity and economic growth in British Columbia and across Canada.
Over the past 26 years and under Darren’s leadership, TELUS has transformed from a regional telecommunications provider into a world-leading technology company with global operations spanning digital connectivity, healthcare, agriculture, customer experience, security and artificial intelligence capabilities. Throughout this transformation, TELUS has maintained a deep commitment to British Columbia through significant commercial and social investments, and the company recently announced plans to invest $15 billion in the province through 2030 to enhance connectivity, support Canadian AI leadership and drive economic growth.
Key milestones realized in British Columbia under Darren’s leadership include:
- Since 2000, TELUS has invested $70 billion in British Columbia and $294 billion across Canada to enhance and expand TELUS’ world-leading broadband networks, driving connectivity, innovation, sustainability and economic growth across Canada. Today, TELUS’ 5G network reaches more than 90 per cent of Canadians and its PureFibre network connects 3.7 million homes and businesses
- As part of TELUS’ copper retirement program resulting from its pervasive fibre build (and associated commitment to net-zero carbon footprint), TELUS has undertaken “urban mining”, reclaiming more than 4,600 tonnes of copper and enabling a reduction of 9,300 tonnes of GHG emissions — equivalent to removing nearly 2,000 cars from the road for one year.
- Through the TELUS Living initiative, TELUS is helping address housing availability and affordability by redeveloping central office buildings (that have become redundant owing to TELUS’ fibre build) into purpose-built residential rental developments.
- TELUS is developing one of the world’s leading and most sustainable AI infrastructure ecosystems through three advanced facilities in British Columbia, including an AI data centre in Kamloops and two planned facilities in Vancouver.
- Over the past 26 years, TELUS has built a $1 billion TELUS Ventures portfolio, supporting innovative entrepreneurs and small businesses across the province.
- Since 2000, TELUS and its team members have gifted more than $1.8 billion globally to innovative social programs, inclusive of helping communities all across British Columbia.
- Through TELUS’ unique social products of Internet for Good, Mobility for Good and Tech for Good, complemented by TELUS Wise, TELUS has helped bridge digital divides for more than 204,000 people across British Columbia while keeping them safe online.
- Since 2018, TELUS Health for Good has supported more than 145,000 patient visits for underserved British Columbians through 17 tech-enabled mobile clinics founded by TELUS.
- TELUS has invested more than $12.6 million in local storytelling and emerging creators in British Columbia through STORYHIVE and TELUS originals.
- The TELUS Friendly Future Foundation launched the TELUS Student Bursary in 2023. This program has already supported 300 student bursaries in British Columbia that will help realize future innovators in the province.
Established by BC Tech in 2023, the BC Innovators Hall of Fame celebrates leaders whose vision, leadership and innovation have made a lasting impact on British Columbia’s economy and technology sector. Inductees are recognized for advancing innovation, fostering economic growth and helping position B.C. as a globally competitive innovation hub.
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Darren Entwistle named 2026 inductee into the BC Innovators Hall of Fame
TELUS announces that President and CEO Darren Entwistle has been named a 2026 inductee into the BC Innovators Hall of Fame, an honour recognizing visionary leaders whose contributions have helped shape and strengthen British Columbia’s innovation and technology ecosystem. The recognition celebrates Darren’s transformative leadership and longstanding commitment to innovation, connectivity and economic growth in British Columbia and across Canada.
Over the past 26 years and under Darren’s leadership, TELUS has transformed from a regional telecommunications provider into a world-leading technology company with global operations spanning digital connectivity, healthcare, agriculture, customer experience, security and artificial intelligence capabilities. Throughout this transformation, TELUS has maintained a deep commitment to British Columbia through significant commercial and social investments, and the company recently announced plans to invest $15 billion in the province through 2030 to enhance connectivity, support Canadian AI leadership and drive economic growth.
Key milestones realized in British Columbia under Darren’s leadership include:
Established by BC Tech in 2023, the BC Innovators Hall of Fame celebrates leaders whose vision, leadership and innovation have made a lasting impact on British Columbia’s economy and technology sector. Inductees are recognized for advancing innovation, fostering economic growth and helping position B.C. as a globally competitive innovation hub.
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