At EG'08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.
Negative absorption and sublet space climbs across all Canadian markets
TORONTO - Challenging economic conditions in the manufacturing, retail and resource sectors coupled with access to capital constraints, all contributed to rising commercial real estate vacancy rates in the first quarter of 2009, according to the National Office and Industrial Trends First Quarter Report from CB Richard Ellis Limited (CBRE) released today.
Toronto - Recent media reports have highlighted the difficulty that recipients of social assistance face in purchasing a healthy diet. Dietitians of Canada (DC), the national association of dietitians, contends that the most appropriate approach to ensure Ontarians can purchase a healthy diet is through poverty reduction.
WATERLOO - Ontario high school students keen about robots will compete this week in the first round of an international robotics competition at the University of Waterloo.
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister Diane Ablonczy met with one of Canada's leading youth entrepreneurship organizations, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF).
BRANTFORD – Construction on Laurier Brantford’s University Centre will begin in late spring 2009, with a target completion date of fall 2010. The facility will be located on Dalhousie St. – a key piece of the Heritage Block – and will accommodate Laurier Brantford’s projected growth over the next few years.
WATERLOO – Steve Farlow, executive director of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship, joined Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a roundtable discussion on March 18 about the role of student entrepreneurship in the future of the Canadian economy.
Economic Downturn Provides Opportunity for Organizations to Reconsider Compensation Strategy
TORONTO — Even Alberta’s formerly booming economy is beginning to feel the effects of the recession. According to the results of the third salary increase survey it has conducted in the last nine months, Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, has determined that projected salary increases for 2009 across all job categories have dropped by close to three per cent of base pay in Alberta.
MONTREAL - Montréal International (MI) is delighted at the adoption by the Government of Canada of a new policy on funding of non-profit organizations with an economic mission. The new orientations announced today by the Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, the Honourable Denis Lebel, reflect the needs expressed by MI and the other economic development organizations of the metropolitan region and Québec.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing state unemployment benefits scaled another record high early this month, government data showed on Thursday, highlighting the difficulties of getting new jobs as the economy battles a severe recession.
Guelph - In the year that the Barbie doll celebrates its 50th birthday, University of Guelph students will put their creative and marketing skills to the test at the 2009 Next Generation of Toys competition March 24.
TORONTO - Job interviewees reluctant to discuss compensation with hiring managers during tough times are getting a green light from employers, a new survey shows.
WATERLOO – Laurier MBA students Peter Galea, James Moffat and Alex Karlovski ranked second in Canada and third in their zone in the L'Oréal EStrat international online business competition on March 10. The competition attracted more than 5,000 teams from around the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Cologne Germany/Cambridge, Ontario - Industry magazine, Markt und Mittelstand, named RIMOWA as the recipient of the MuM award for being the "mid-sized company brand of the year." The decision was made by a jury of industry specialists including renowned brand experts as well as members of the magazine's editorial staff.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. solar energy industry expanded in 2008, but the recession has cut demand for some solar installations, according to a solar trade group.
TORONTO - In a Deloitte survey of 329 executives from around the world, 41 percent of respondents indicated that senior management should investigate and deal with matters internally or wait to see if there are consequences rather than make a voluntary disclosure to authorities if a significant incident of corruption was uncovered at their organizations.
TORONTO (Reuters) - The government of the Canadian province of Ontario announced a C$250 million ($200 million) fund on Wednesday that will invest in emerging technology companies amid a credit market crunch that has made it tough to raise venture capital.
"The World Bank urged the G20 leading developed and developing nations on Tuesday to toughen their stance against protectionism by agreeing to report any new subsidies or trade-restricting measures to the World Trade Organization (WTO) every three months.
Guelph - Author and motivational speaker Jeffrey Moore is speaking at a dinner seminar hosted by Guelph Women in Networking (GWIN) April 7, 2009 for business women.
VAUGHAN, ON – A new national magazine is looking to bridge the gap between Canada’s 161,000 non-profit organizations, charities, foundations and donors across the country.
Breslau – Firestone Building Products Company, LLC, recently awarded Nedlaw Roofs with its 2009 Firestone Master Contractor Award. Firestone presented the award to the local roofing firm for its high quality commercial roofing system installations over the past year.
TORONTO - MFS Investment Management, a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies, and the oldest mutual fund company in the United States, has turned 85 years old. MFS has had many accomplishments in its long history. The company began in 1924 as Massachusetts Investors Trust, the country's first open-end mutual fund, and in 1932 it established one of the first in-house research groups in the industry.
Toronto - Martin Prosperity Institute working papers highlight the diverse array of challenges and opportunities Ontario faces as it transitions toward the creative age. They represent one of twenty working papers that the institute commissioned to support the core analysis of our report: Ontario in the Creative Age.
Yep, it's really bad out there. It seems like not a day goes by without another story of doom and gloom hitting the airwaves or whispered around the water cooler. We are living in the most challenging time in recent memory: people across the country are losing their health insurance, jobs, homes, and retirement savings.
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