n this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.
STRATFORD - The learning stream of the Canada 3.0 2010 forum will develop a transformative plan to enable the education system to equip young talent for the competitive digital media industry in the country and ensure that Canada is a world research leader in digital media research.
Penticton, B.C. and Waterloo Region - The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) today announced that the Okanagan Research and Innovation Centre (ORIC), a BC-based non-profit organization providing high-tech business incubator and accelerator programs and facilities, has joined the CDMN. The CDMN is working to connect organizations such as ORIC in a nationwide network to collaborate and share digital media research, technology development and commercialization expertise.
Canadian businesses optimistic about trade growth outlook and trade with the US, but concerned about effects of exchange rate fluctuations
VANCOUVER - According to the latest HSBC Trade Confidence Index, Canadian businesses are confident about the economy and trade growth, while the United Arab Emirates, India and Vietnam are the most confident about overall trade activity and growth in the next six months.
Cambridge - Amazing things happen when people come together for a common purpose. The Youth Advisory Committee of Council (YACC) in Cambridge, along with the Special Projects Enhancing Community (SPEC), tomorrow will kick-off a series of initiatives designed to make a difference.
TORONTO – After an extensive agency search Sun Life Financial has chosen Capital C as its Agency of Record in Canada. In its new role, Capital C will be handling all mass, new media, digital and branding initiatives for Sun Life's national campaigns.
There's gloom and uncertainty in the air, and most businesses are making a terrible mistake right now in their efforts to ride out the tough times. They're cutting back on marketing and waiting until the economy improves.
Extends Content Control and Security to Information Even After It Leaves the Repository
WATERLOO - Open Text Corporation, the preeminent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, today announced Rights Management Services (RMS) for the Open Text ECM Suite which allows enterprises to safeguard confidential and sensitive information from unauthorized uses for content even after it leaves the secure vault of the content repository.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - After attending the 2010 BIO International Convention, held in Chicago, - from May 3-6, the Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, praised Canada's biotechnology industry as an important part of Canada's innovative economy.
There are far too many initiatives that are considered as one-step solution(s) to the numerous challenges that are facing most business organizations today. The problem is that no single theory is a panacea. It therefore follows that these single initiatives can only be applicable to a specific challenge in a specific scenario.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – The sale of residential homes set a new record for April, surpassing the previous level set in 2007. Residential property sales through the Multiple Listing System (MLS®) of the Kitchener‐Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) recorded 724 transactions, edging above the previous record set in 2007 of 711.
WATERLOO – Wilfrid Laurier University will welcome more than 200 high school guidance counsellors and representatives from 21 post-secondary institutions to Laurier’s Waterloo campus May 6 for Regional Dialogue.
Fredericton, NB and Waterloo - New Brunswick's IT and e-Business technology cluster, including the National Research Council Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT), has become the first eastern Canadian node in the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN). The cluster fosters technology innovation and commercialization with programs supporting leading scientific research and development of critical technology platforms and programs.
Hamilton – A graduate of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine has been named the 2010 recipient of a major humanitarian award by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
AURORA - Magna International Inc. announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with the Stronach Trust under which holders of Magna's Class A subordinate voting shares would be given the opportunity to decide whether to eliminate the dual class share capital structure through which Magna's founder, Frank Stronach, and his family have controlled Magna since the late 1970s.
TORONTO - The Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc. announced a quarterly shareholder dividend of $0.36 per common share, payable June 30, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 26, 2010. This is the same amount as paid in the previous quarter.
Port McNeill; British Columbia - The SOS Marine Conservation Foundation (SOS Foundation) has released a technology report concluding that land-based closed containment salmon aquaculture is technically and economically feasible.
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