Celebrating the payroll professionals at the heart of business

The National Payroll Institute’s Portraits of Payroll program

Payroll professionals are typically used to working behind the scenes, quietly getting important things done with little attention on them and their efforts – as long as pay ends up in employees’ accounts. The National Payroll Institute had a different idea – creating its Portraits of Payroll program to shine a spotlight on the expertise and contributions of those who work in these pivotal roles in organizations across Canada.

Business, Education, Financial, InnovationRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 18, 2023Feature

Bridging markets and producers

At a time when sustainability and nutrition are top of mind, Canadian and U.S. organic producers stand tall as vanguards of responsible agriculture, offering nutritious and sustainably produced organic ingredients that both nourish North America and resonate globally.

Business, Farm to Table Magazine, Health, Home, LifeRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 15, 2023Feature

Lifestyle, affordability and opportunities for growth factor into Regina’s appeal

Canada’s cities have a lot to brag about, and in recent years provinces such as Alberta and Nova Scotia have tooted their horns to lure new residents and businesses to their communities.

Business, Arts, Innovation, Life, TravelRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 15, 2023Feature

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

Creativity, connecting, community building

After 90 years of advancing arts, culture and thought leadership, what’s next for Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity?

Revered as a creative retreat, a catalyst of artistic experimentation and a cornerstone of collaboration, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is looking ahead to its centennial as it celebrates the global impact of its programming and the 100,000 artists and leaders who have been inspired since its founding nine decades ago.

Education, Life, BusinessRandallAnthony CommunicationsSeptember 7, 2023Feature

Trans Canada Trail

Building safer trails, local capacity and community connections

When Chris Exner calls for volunteers to work on the section of the Trans Canada Trail that runs through his rural Saskatchewan community of Lumsden, residents respond more often than not with a big show of hands.

Environment, Education, Business, Life, TravelRandallAnthony CommunicationsJuly 7, 2023Feature

Florida getaways

Superlatives are hard to avoid when Florida – as a travel destination – is the subject matter. After all, the Sunshine State is packed with one-of-a-kind attractions, boasting the best beaches and the oldest town in the U.S., the world’s fishing and sponge capitals, and the only place in the world where visitors can interact with manatees.

Environment, Business, Life, TravelRandallAnthony CommunicationsJune 23, 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.

Putting consumer data preferences at the Core of Open Banking Strategy

With over 25 years of industry-wide expertise, Symcor enables secure data exchanges for many of Canada’s largest organizations. By developing solutions that address common challenges, Symcor provides both agility and security to meet evolving market needs. This critical balance is especially important as the country progresses on its Open Banking journey.

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