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BCBusiness + Royal Roads University By the age of 33, Georgina Maddern had forged a promising career with Vancouver Coastal Health in the mental health and substance abuse field, but wanted to advance further. After careful consideration, she chose Royal Roads University’s (RRU)...
BCBusiness + Chartered Professional Accountants As a youth, Amanda Burns imagined that one day she would break into the business world and attain a position of influence, formulating strategies that would propel her colleagues to greater levels of success. Burns, now 40, is living...
High-school students were welcomed into a number of tech office spaces in the province's capital on Tuesday. As part of Doors Open to Technology, an initiative created by Vancouver-based brand experience firm Inventa and driven by industry leaders to expose youth to careers in one of the province’s fastest growing sectors, students...
BCBusiness + Cross Canada Corporate Services Every technological advancement has a downside, but what plagues today’s connected populace is the lack of face-to-face social skills. In light of advancing digital and social media technology, what comes as a shock to employers is how...
New York–based Harris Insights & Analytics has released its recent Harris Poll, commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, on Canadian baby boomers and retirement trends. Its findings show that most workers aged 54 to 72 are satisfied with their jobs and would prefer to stay in the workforce as semi-retired, rather than make...
BCBusiness + Chartered Professional Accountants When Chartered Professional Accountant Jennifer Duffy welcomes new business students to her class at Langara College, it’s not long before she tells them that her professional skills were invaluable during her four-year stint as a choreographer for the BC Lions Felions dance team. The disclosure baffles the students...
BCBusiness + Thompson Rivers University Thompson Rivers University’s MEEM and MScEEM tackle environmental economics and management issues. Increasingly, global economic growth in the 21st century—regardless of the business or industry—is linked to the call for sustainability and environmental stewardship. It follows, then, that business...
On Oct. 17 marijuana became legal in Canada, and the Canadian cannabis industry has exited the black market and is making some legal green. As hiring plans continue to evolve for companies within this industry, increased media buzz surrounding the sector has caught the attention of Canadian job seekers.
The Women's Executive Network (WXN) has named 25 B.C. women to its 2018 Top 100 list. The awards recognize outstanding women across Canada who have advocated for diversity in the workforce and who serve as an inspiration for the next generation of...
More than 98 percent of Canadian businesses are small or medium-sized, according to the Business Development Bank of Canada. A new study looks at gender and generational differences among of Canadian entrepreneurs. Sponsored by customer relationship management firm Salesforce and conducted...