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Google Canada Research

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Working repository for the Google Canada era archive. The archive is now seeded and restartable: it has a continuity layer, a startup validator, and a deeper approved baseline of localized Google Canada-era sources spanning talks, interviews, local media, and both third-party and first-party transition context.

Current State Seeded era archive

The archive now has 9 approved sources and 9 local archive copies.

Ownership split Era deep here, person layer in Steven

Google Canada owns era-specific depth; `steven-woods-research` remains the shared person-centric layer.

Canonical workspace ~/Projects-All/public

This shared-public checkout is the intended active home for Google Canada work.

Summary project page Work plan Startup check Public index

Repository Workflow

01 Incoming intake

New Google Canada finds land in `incoming/` first so raw captures are logged before they are normalized into archive state.

02 Era source review

Stable Google Canada-era sources are promoted into `source-manifest.json` with dates, URLs, statuses, and notes that explain why they matter to the era archive.

03 Local preservation

Preserved local copies live in `historic/artifacts/archive-html/` so the era archive does not depend only on the Steven layer or live URLs.

Project manifest Source manifest Public handoff Workspace status Recovery audit

Expanded Baseline

Waterloo lecture listing

Late Google Canada-era public-speaking anchor with an exact date and strong retrospective framing.

Engineering HQ feature

Official Google feature documenting Waterloo HQ growth and Google Canada leadership context.

Innovation Nation

Google Canada blog source around recruiting, university ties, and the Canadian engineering story.

Google Waterloo community talk

Public community-facing talk that helps anchor the Waterloo and University of Waterloo relationship lane.

Springboard Atlantic interview

Direct Google Canada-era interview anchor that captures Steven Woods' public voice and role framing during the growth period.

Lang Tannery local media

Short but useful local-media source quoting Woods on Google Waterloo's Lang Tannery plans and early physical expansion.

Transition to Inovia bridge

Third-party BetaKit bridge article that closes the Google Canada period more clearly without collapsing ownership into Steven or Inovia alone.

University Affairs original

Browser-readable archived original of the 2013 interview, preserved locally as a reader-style copy with explicit provenance notes.

First-party Inovia transition profile

Companion first-party source that closes the era with a more explicit handoff into the Inovia period.