Clicking on a scroll conjures up a bouncy brush-paint animation of a goat that takes the viewer on a tour of Chinese New Year festivities. The beautifully produced video clip is part of the Royal Bank of Canada’s e-card that conveys best wishes for the year ahead. Christine Shisler, RBC’s director of client strategies, sees it not only as an acknowledgment of the important holiday, but also as a gesture of appreciation for clients and staff of Chinese heritage.
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Uniting Chinese communities across the globe in a celebration of cultural identity, Chinese New Year is an auspicious time to exchange best wishes for the year ahead. It also offers unique opportunities for businesses to engage with Chinese audiences.
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DELHI: A four-day trade mission to India led by the Information Technologies Association of Canada wrapped up with delegate Goutam Shaw signing a deal with a large Indian firm, and other delegates walking away with valuable insight and new business prospects.
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India, where even happiness is a business opportunity.
Bangalore – A stated mission to build the world’s happiest IT company with the world’s happiest employees and happiest customers may sound lofty. But after meeting visionary Ashok Soota it is apparent that if anyone can do it, it will be him.
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Some things in life just get better with age.
That certainly appears to be the case with the iconic Twin Otter aircraft. Designed by De Havilland in 1965, the sturdy and versatile Twin Otter enjoyed a spectacular initial 30-year run, eventually rising to become the world’s largest-selling 19-passenger aircraft.
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Mumbai – India may be one of the world’s warmest cultures, but when it comes to talking business, overflowing hospitality can quickly give way to sharp questions.
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Mumbai – Day 2 of the Information Technologies Association of Canada-led trade mission to India included a personal introduction to one of the nation’s most prolific and socially minded global companies.
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Tech 4 Kids Inc. was only a month old when the 2008 financial crisis touched off in the United States, drastically changing the market for the young, Toronto-based toy company. Many small and mid-sized retailers in North America disappeared, leaving a consolidated market dominated by large players.
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There is no word for “tomato” in the Chinese language – one of the root words of fān qié means “originating somewhere else” – nor are tomatoes part of the traditional Chinese diet.
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As part of the Canada’s Clean50 report, published in the October 21 Globe and Mail, we asked recent Clean50 honourees what it takes to become a sustainability leader. Here are some answers:
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How do you study the glue that holds the universe together? Well, for one thing, you’ve got to stick with it, according George Lolos and Zisis Papandreou, physics professors at the University of Regina and lead researchers of GlueX, and you need to engage in international collaboration.
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While the modest store-front in a small industrial park in Burnaby, British Columbia, doesn’t exactly match the expectations that come with a name like “General Fusion,” the array of hardware – and software – behind the façade looks impressive.
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In 1991, when the first Canadian diamond mine was discovered just 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Lac De Gras, it seemed inconceivable that just 15 years later Canada would be one of the world’s most influential diamond producers. By 2006, Canada had three world-class diamond mines in production and was ranked the world’s third largest diamond-producing nation by value.
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With global demand rising and supply sources flattening, here are three new Canadian diamond mine projects worth paying attention to.
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What began as an idea scribbled on the back of a restaurant napkin in 2011 has developed into a sought-after award for sustainable development in Canada that is changing and inspiring leadership across the sector.
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Pulse Energy co-founder and CEO David Helliwell has a mission to help businesses around the world become more energy efficient.
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Helping China address its pollution problems provides a significant opportunity for Canadian cleantech companies, says Denis L’Heureux, Export Development Canada’s (EDC) Shanghai-based chief representative in China.
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The United States remains firmly entrenched as Canada’s major trading partner, but China, now in second place, represents a significant opportunity to diversify trade and open new markets in Asia’s leading economy, says HSBC Bank Canada executive vice president and head of commercial banking Linda Seymour.
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Dr. Sarah Dickson, P.Eng., has a dream: that every human being on the planet has access to clean water. As the program director for Water Without Borders, the associate professor and associate chair in civil engineering at McMaster University has a deep understanding of the scope and complexity of the problem matched by a passion for developing holistic solutions.
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