‘I wouldn’t be the athlete I am today without Crohn’s disease’

Anyone who watched Alyxandria Treasure clear a 1.94-metre crossbar to advance to the high jump finals at the Rio Olympics would have seen an extraordinarily fit and healthy young woman. Understanding more about the challenges she had to overcome along the path towards this performance only deepens the appreciation for the Canadian athlete’s accomplishments.

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Ready for liftoff?

It’s now more than a quarter century since the first exchange-traded fund launched in Canada, an event many market watchers assumed signalled the beginning of an inevitable, rapid disruption of the fund industry. Surely, the thinking went, making low-cost, tax-efficient investment diversification available to Canadians everywhere on the wealth spectrum would change everything.

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Seeing it all while looking your best

Karen Shuh wakes each day at 6:30 a.m. and pops in her contact lenses. On weekdays, she is out the door at 7:30 a.m. to get her son to the school bus, and then herself to the office. After work most evenings, Shuh is either off to the rink to watch her son play hockey, or she’s getting him to another extracurricular activity. “It’s go-go-go in our household until I take my contacts out around 10 p.m.,” says the busy single mom.

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Harnessing the multigenerational advantage

With an estimated 60 per cent contribution to the GDP, family businesses are a vital cornerstone of Canada’s economy. They generate job growth, make significant philanthropic contributions and continue to outperform their non-family business counterparts on many parameters. Yet in the coming decade, a high number of family enterprises face a significant challenge when Canada’s boomer retires.

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Ambitious program aims to prepare young Canadians for global tech opportunities

As Canadians prepare to celebrate the country’s 150th birthday in 2017, one group is already looking ahead to the bicentennial and developing strategies to help ensure that future generations are prepared for the challenges of a rapidly changing world defined by technology and science.

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The power of inclusion

It may be 2017, but according to a recent Minerva Foundation report, it will take another 75 years at today’s rate of change to close the earnings gap between men and women. Compared to the rest of the world, most western women are immensely privileged – yet 108 years after the first Women’s Day event was held in New York City, Canadian women earn 72 cents for each dollar a man earns for similar full-time work. 

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Industry input enables timely response to changing conditions

While greening post-secondary institutions takes many forms across the country, colleges and institutes have a unique approach: they utilize a feedback loop to – and from – industry as a reality check, says Rod Miller, associate vice-president, corporate training solutions at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).

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Going green

Moving towards sustainability goals by greening Canada’s colleges and institutes

Judging by the number of green initiatives and innovations, Canada’s colleges and institutes appear determined to show the world they are fertile ground for furthering environmental sustainability. Their green activities are varied and diverse, affecting the curriculum, areas of research, campus management and community outreach, says Denise Amyot, president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).

 

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Pipeline approvals welcomed, but questions remain

After more than two years of declining oil prices, production cuts and job losses, Canada’s energy sector has had good reason to feel more cheerful over the past few weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order advancing the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Canadian government’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) and Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement are the best news Canadian energy companies have had in years. But for some projects, the light at the end of the tunnel may still be a long way off.

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Specialty brews boost coffee sales in Canada

Coffee, Canada’s go-to drink, has become a multi-billion-dollar industry spurred on by increasingly adventurous consumers looking for new taste challenges

Innovation is driving the growth of Canada’s $6.2-billion coffee industry with specialty coffees, new preparation methods and technology helping lift sales to new heights, according to Lesya Balych-Cooper, president of the Coffee Association of Canada (CAC).

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Helping new Canadians realize their potential

It means a lot to Chuck Tsui when his colleagues wish him a Happy Chinese New Year. “It’s the most important holiday for people of Chinese origin, and working in an organization that recognizes and celebrates this special date makes me feel respected and supported,” says the business development manager of TD Direct Investing from Vancouver.

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