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On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) will host its 7^th Annual BC Women in Business Luncheon at the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver, BC. The event will celebrate and honour female role models in business with all proceeds supporting the WIL Mentorship Program. Read the rest of this entry »

On Thursday, April 19 the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) and TELUS will announce a milestone campaign to make a difference for young entrepreneurs as they launch new businesses across Canada. Join CYBF, TELUS, and small business owners at the event to unveil a significant donation to support youth entrepreneurship in Canada and a cheque presentation that will help a promising young entrepreneur launch a new business. Read the rest of this entry »

Bluedrop Performance Learning Inc. has announced that it will be opening the Bluedrop Training and Simulation Centre (BTSC) in Halifax. This state of the art facility will host and develop some of the world’s most advanced training and simulation technologies to address the operational and maintenance requirements for Civil and Military Aviation, as well as Army and Naval domains. Read the rest of this entry »

Talent Technology Corporation is pleased to announce their upcoming non-sales webinar on how to Build Your Talent Networks to Ensure Recruitment Success. In a time when so many questions surround talent networks and talent communities, they hope to provide some clarity. Read the rest of this entry »

Interactive Ontario has announced that Jesse Schell, CEO, Schell Games and faculty member at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, will be a Keynote speaker at INplay 2012. A much sought after speaker, his past lectures at events such as TED and the DICE Summit have been raved about and in 2004 he was named one of the world’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT’s Technology Review. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Business of Aging Summit will be held at the MaRS Discovery District on April 30, 2012. This full-day event features renowned experts, targeted discussions and practical strategies to improve health and increase productivity both for aging employees and those caring for aging parents. Read the rest of this entry »

While organizations need an influx of fresh ideas, their efforts may be hindered as staff are often too busy juggling their day-to-day responsibilities and dealing with problems that arise, results of a recent Robert Half survey suggest. Nearly half (49 per cent) of chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed blamed being bogged down with daily tasks or putting out fires as the greatest barrier to their company being more innovative. Read the rest of this entry »

The Governments of Canada and Ontario, with IBM and a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University today announced they are collaborating to establish a new Ontario-based $210 million dollar research and development initiative that will create 145 new highly skilled jobs in Ontario and a new economic cornerstone for the country. Read the rest of this entry »

Crossing the Atlantic with their luggage full of cinematic ideas, 12 hand-picked and dynamic European producers will meet their 12 talented Canadian counterparts at the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF), from September 5 – 8 to find joint film projects. The first two editions of Producers Lab Toronto were so successful that almost all of the participants from 2010 and 2011 are in contact with one another and 27 projects are actively in development. Consequently, the MEDIA Mundus programmeof the European Union has now confirmed financial backing of the platform for the third year running. Read the rest of this entry »

Social human resources software suite developer TribeHR has announced the expansion of its online service to support company values and social goals. TribeHR’s new release expands its award-winning suite in order to better help organizations develop and support a strong workplace culture. Read the rest of this entry »