You know it as well as I do: social media sucks. The platforms we rely on are run by foreign giants, driven by surveillance ads and algorithms that reward outrage. Gander is different. It’s a new Canadian-built social platform shaped by real users, designed to feel informative, communal, protective, and authentic. And your data stays […]

TL;DR At Gander we’re doing something hard but necessary: building a platform (and a company) that treats sovereignty, privacy, and trust as non-negotiables. We sat down with our COO Jen Mitchell to get some insight into how we make decisions, how we manage tradeoffs, and why “progress over perfection” is our operating stance.  Later this […]

TL;DR: We asked Early Access Program members to dream big about better social, then we dug into Canadian identity and inclusion, ads and monetization, trust and autonomy, and engagement and participation. Four themes stood out—Informative, Communal, Protective, Authentic—plus a clear set of features you want. Below is a plain-language summary, quotes from participants, what you […]

The US is on the edge and Canada may not be far behind. Every day, Canadians log on to platforms built under American rules where hate speech is protected. That unchecked rhetoric flows across our border freely, straight into our feeds, emboldening extremists and fueling violence here at home. The RCMP and Statistics Canada report a […]

A few nights ago, we hosted our first ever Gander Creator Jam as part of Toronto Tech Week. Actually… I guess it would be our first event, ever. The idea: get together creators, users, and anyone interested in the direction we’re taking for Gander, and get some live input and feedback over drinks. We figured […]