World Green Building Week calls for transition to sustainable built environment

Across Canada, there is wide recognition about the transformative power of green buildings.

It was here that the Zero Carbon Building standards were first created and launched, and where the government is committed to rolling out a Green Buildings Strategy – and putting effort behind developing a greener, cleaner grid and financing deep carbon retrofits. What’s more, Canada has global leaders setting the pace, including companies and cities that have signed the international Net Zero Commitment.

Environment, InnovationRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 11, 2023Feature

Coming together to alleviate the agony of arthritis

Juggling a thriving fashion and design e-commerce business and a busy household, Jameela Esmail projects the image of a woman in control of her life. Yet on days when her arthritis flares up, this illusion shatters, leaving her in pain and incapable of everyday tasks like driving or fastening a button.

Education, Health, Home, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 11, 2023Feature

Leaders in pediatric care

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice empowers families with lived experience

There may be nothing more disconcerting for the parents of a terminally ill child than to feel they are being left out of important decisions about their child’s care and their own well-being at a very difficult time in their lives.

Education, Environment, Health, Home, Innovation, Life, PhilanthropyRandallAnthony CommunicationsJune 23, 2023Feature

Time for change

Fundraising professionals urge the creation of a single secretariat for the charitable sector

Canada’s nonprofit sector makes up 8.4 per cent of GDP – more than oil and gas – and provides 2.7 million jobs, yet it continues to suffer from a Cinderella syndrome, unrecognized for its important place in the country’s economy and lacking representation at the highest levels of government.

Helping vulnerable kids thrive

Two world-leading programs spearheaded by researchers at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) are poised to make a significant difference in key areas of pediatric care: pain management, and improved participation in simple, everyday tasks by children with severely restricted mobility who are unable to communicate through speech.

Giving whales the right-of-way in the Salish Sea

“The Strait of Georgia in the Salish Sea is one of the most important marine areas in Canada in need of protection,” says Susie Washington-Smyth, co-ordinator of the Southern Gulf Islands Whale Sighting Network. “I’m worried that if we don’t act now there will be nothing left to protect.”

Strengthening agricultural systems through plant-breeding and tools for farmers

Farm productivity is subject to a complex web of conditions. On the economic side of the balance sheet, there are factors like supply chain woes, inflationary pressures and supply-and-demand imbalances. On the environmental side, there are the impacts of climate change, including severe and unseasonal weather events, and ever-evolving disease pressures.

Learning by doing

At the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, engineers of tomorrow are learning far more than simply how to build bridges or complex machines.

A profile of philanthropy work in Canada

A decade ago, the concept of teaching entrepreneurial thinking at the University of Calgary was just a novel idea. The question was, can entrepreneurial thinking be taught?

Engineering solutions at the heart of the global energy transition

The scale of the challenge is massive, and the clock is ticking. Meeting global commitments to fight climate change will require cutting the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than half by 2030, just seven years from now.

Innovation ecosystem drives research success

Creating pathways to groundbreaking impact through multidisciplinary teams is fundamental to research and innovation at the University of Calgary, says William Ghali, the university’s vice-president (research).

From invention to application

Leadership at the intersection of health and technology at the University of Waterloo

Some of the most innovative applications of technology to new health solutions are advancing towards commercialization at the University of Waterloo. This includes products from wearable monitors that call emergency services in the event of a heart attack to prosthetics with sockets that dynamically adjust to fit their users.

Roadways to success in the Back River Gold District

Weather conditions allow only a narrow window of opportunity for surface transport to reach the site of the Goose project in Nunavut, about 400 kilometres southwest of Cambridge Bay and 520 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. Accessibility depends on open shipping lanes in the Beaufort Sea, which close as temperatures drop, as well as ice roads that are only stable when it’s cold.

Legacy gifts support development projects well into the future

Ann Speak’s relationship with Cuso International began in the 1980s, when she spent two years as a volunteer in Nigeria. The experience was life-changing, she says, and it was the foundation of a strong bond with Cuso International that hasn’t wavered. Ever since, Ms. Speak has continued to be an active volunteer and donor, and she worked as a member of the organization’s staff as a fundraiser for 12 years.

Business, Education, Financial, Health, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsMay 1, 2023Feature

Catalyzing Employee-driven Impact

As the world races towards a low-emissions future, businesses are struggling to deliver on their ambitious net-zero targets. A Toronto-based company, Carbon Neutral Club, is helping organizations achieve their climate commitments by mobilizing the most powerful but often ignored force for climate action: their employees.

Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Health, Innovation, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsApril 22, 2023Feature

Bolstering Canada’s legacy as a forestry leader

When it comes to stabilizing our climate, few solutions can match the powerful potential of forests. Beyond helping to regulate ecosystems and protecting biodiversity, forests play a key role in the carbon cycle. Globally, approximately 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide – one-third of the CO2 released from burning fossil fuels – are absorbed by forests every year, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Business, Education, Environment, Health, Home, Innovation, TechnologyRandallAnthony CommunicationsApril 21, 2023Feature

Harnessing the transformative power of trees and tech for Environmental benefits

As Canada takes action to achieve its 2030 Paris Agreement and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a Certified B Corp based in Edmonton, “at the heart of the energy transition,” is helping companies move towards attaining net-zero carbon in their operations.

Education, Environment, Business, Innovation, FinancialRandallAnthony CommunicationsApril 20, 2023Feature

500,000+ CANADIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE SPOKEN

People and Profits

The Best Workplaces in Canada, and around the world, prove that investing in workplace culture makes good business sense. Employees with consistently positive experiences in the workplace are more likely to stay with the organization, experience less burnout, give higher levels of effort, and drive faster rates of innovation.

Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Innovation, Life, TechnologyRandallAnthony CommunicationsApril 14, 2023Feature

Reconciliation through economic empowerment

Improving economic outcomes in Saskatchewan, today and in the future, is closely linked to creating opportunities and support for diverse community members, including Indigenous people, says Thomas Benjoe, a member of the Muscowpetung First Nation and president and CEO of FHQ Developments, an organization supporting First Nations partners with resources and tools to create, deliver and connect on business opportunities in Saskatchewan and beyond.

Business, Education, Environment, Home, Life, InnovationRandallAnthony CommunicationsApril 11, 2023Feature

Canada’s role in global food security growing

High inflation and deepening systemic inequalities are forcing an increasing number of Canadians to turn to food banks for groceries they can no longer afford, says Kirstin Beardsley, CEO of Food Banks Canada.

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