Canadian seafood brand Scout has launched the first craft canned seafood line to source 100% of species off the shores of Canada and the U.S. And their timing couldn’t be better. COVID-19 has driven the demand for canned seafood to an all-time high with the global canned seafood market expected to grow by $6.9 billion […]
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New Ventures BC Competition Awards Postponed Until After B.C. Election
New Ventures B.C. has postponed awards announcement for their 20th annual competition due to the interregnum and pending B.C. election. The event was originally scheduled for Thursday, October 1st. Innovate BC is the competition’s title sponsor. As a crown corporation their communications are on hold during the campaigning portion of the Provincial election. The New […]
There Are No Small Parts In Creating A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce
As far as I know, neither Shakespeare nor Ruth Bader Ginsburg ever uttered these words. But I’m sure both of them would have agreed. Now that All Purpose, our Vancouver-based digital creative agency, is playing a big part in helping one of the world’s largest tech companies with two new social impact projects, I feel […]
Cascadia’s Vision Is Smaller Hub Cities Between Seattle, Portland, & Vancouver
Last year the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference made headlines for its 2035 vision for the region which included a proposed high-speed rail line connecting Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. This year they have even bigger plans. In the proposal titled Cascadia Vision 2050, the Microsoft sponsored group envisions the Cascadia Innovation Corridor “mega-region” as a global […]
Hootsuite No Longer Working With U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
Last night Hootsuite product trainer Samantha Anderson created a stir on Twitter when she revealed that the Vancouver-headquartered social media management platform was working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Been debating talking about this publicly because I don’t want to get fired, but it seems like the cat’s already out of the bag […]
Health and Technology District Partners with Halo Health Angel Network
Surrey’s Health and Technology District is partnering with Halo Health, Canada’s first angel network for healthcare, on a new collaboration to expand and support health-tech innovations and entrepreneurs. Located immediately adjacent to Surrey Memorial Hospital, the Health and Technology District is an ecosystem of innovators and entrepreneurs working alongside scientists, clinicians and health-care providers – […]
Virtual Vancouver Startup Week Starts Tomorrow
Back for its seventh consecutive year, Vancouver Startup Week (VSW) is using a new virtual format to explore the many pressing issues facing Canadian entrepreneurs: Scaling businesses in a recession, articulating D&I messages internally and externally, securing funding during a pandemic, and on it goes in 2020. Starting tomorrow and running until October 1st, Vancouver […]
Netflix Launches Production Hub in Burnaby
Netflix is making Burnaby its latest production hub with the a long-term lease on the Canadian Motion Picture Park (CMPP) studio complex. CMPP is one of the largest and newest film production centers in North America with over 350,000 square feet of facilities including 18 stages. According to Hollywood Reporter, Netflix intends to shoot an […]
Tiny Capital Invests In Victoria-Based Startup Button
According to BetaKit, Tiny Capital has invested and acquired a majority stake in government software startup Button. The companies did not disclose the size of the investment in Button but confirmed that Tiny Capital now holds a 60 percent stake in the company. The deal closed in May, with Button noting to BetaKit it was […]
entrepreneurship@UBC Launches New Climate Venture Studio Stream
entrepreneurship@UBC has launched a Climate Venture Studio stream to support UBC researchers and innovators building breakthrough solutions to the climate emergency. Leveraging entrepreneurship@UBC’s venture building experience and its network of business mentors and advisors, the Climate Venture Studio will work hands-on to identify climate-driven market opportunities, nurture high-potential climate solutions emerging from UBC research and […]