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    • News
    • Wednesday, Jan 18th, 2023

    Meet the Startups: 15 B.C. Climate Tech Companies to Follow in 2023

    With the climate crisis becoming more and more urgent, the need for innovative solutions is greater than ever. Meet the 15 emerging climate solutions startups in BC that you should keep an eye on in 2023.
    • News
    • Friday, Dec 9th, 2022
    • Green Economy, Resilience

    [Video & Highlights] Future-Proofing Vancouver: Food Security beyond Food Surplus

    Highlights from Futureproofing Vancouver: Food Security beyond Food Surplus Poverty is the root cause of food insecurity. We have enough food in the country. It is a distribution problem, and it...
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Dec 8th, 2022
    • Resilience

    Editor’s Choice: Top 10 Stories from Vancouver’s Economy in 2022

    If you only read one thing from us all year, we think you should pick from our top 10 can't-miss stories from Vancouver's economy!
    • News
    • Tuesday, Dec 6th, 2022
    • Technology

    Job Opportunity: Analyst, Economic Transformation

    Are you a believer in the power of tech & digital transformation to enable social good and business resilience? You could be the perfect fit for this position on our Economic Transformation team.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, Dec 5th, 2022
    • Resilience

    21st Century Economics: Doughnut Economics

    Doughnut economics aims to recalibrate the way people think about economics from the ground with the goal of “fully [meeting] the needs of all within the means of the planet.” The doughnut itself is a visual representation of this mission: it is expressed as one circle (humanity’s social foundation) – drawn and centred within a larger circle (the planet’s ecological ceiling).
    • VEC's Take
    • Friday, Nov 25th, 2022
    • Resilience

    Traditional Economics Explained: Minimum (and Living) Wage

    The minimum wage is the lowest wage rate that an employer is legally allowed to pay its employees. Here's a primer on its origins, history and why it may be no longer enough in the 21st century.
    • Media Release
    • Tuesday, Nov 22nd, 2022
    • Green Economy

    VEC & B2E release BC Heat Pump Technologies Attraction Strategy

    Electrifying our heating and cooling is a key step towards addressing the carbon footprint in our built environment – and heat pumps are the most efficient technology for electrification.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Oct 19th, 2022
    • Technology

    Tech Employers, We Need Your Input to Design Soft Skills Bootcamps for Newcomer Workers

    We invite technology employers to provide feedback to a survey that will help shape a series of tech industry “soft skills” bootcamps for newcomers to Canada.
    • Media Release
    • Wednesday, Oct 12th, 2022
    • Green Economy

    Vancouver ecosystem doubles down on B.C. climate technology startups

    The Vancouver Economic Commission announces the return of the popular Angels for Climate Solutions, a program aiming to increase the flow of capital investment into B.C.-based, early-stage climate technology startups.
    • Media Release
    • Thursday, Sep 22nd, 2022
    • Resilience

    Vancouver Economic Commission Moves Beyond GDP with New Economic Framework

    The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) is pleased to present “A Beyond GDP Framework for Vancouver,” a groundbreaking new perspective that promotes a more comprehensive view of economic success.
    • News
    • Friday, Sep 16th, 2022
    • Resilience

    Job Opportunity: Senior Manager, Indigenous Economic Prosperity (CLOSED)

    Are you a subject matter expert with lived experience as First Nations, Inuit or Métis persons looking for an opportunity to advance VEC’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and contribute to broader economic reconciliation?
    • Media Release
    • Monday, Sep 12th, 2022
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive

    B.C. film roars back with record-shattering $4.8 billion spend in 2021

    This is $1.4 billion more – a 40 per cent year-over-year increase – from the $3.4 billion spent in 2020, and a result of pent-up demand. Find the latest research inside.
    • VEC's Take
    • Tuesday, Aug 30th, 2022
    • Resilience

    21st Century Economics: What is economic development?

    Economic development as a field is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and – especially of late – questioning. Economic developers today may deal much with economic transformation as economic growth.
    • VEC's Take
    • Tuesday, Jun 21st, 2022
    • Resilience

    Indigenous Peoples Day: 22 Leaders, Knowledge-Keepers and Trailblazers to Watch

    This National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour and celebrate 22 of the Indigenous leaders in the community who work daily to increase the visibility and inclusion of Indigenous individuals and businesses. Which of these leaders are you already familiar with?
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Jun 16th, 2022
    • Other Sectors

    Sewing Opportunity: Accelerating Vancouver’s Performance Gear, Apparel and Fashion industry

    Jobs and Careers in Vancouver’s Fashion and Apparel Industry As with other manufacturing sectors, the performance apparel industry creates career opportunities in research, development and design, materials engineering, assembly, distribution, points of sale, repair,...
    • Media Release
    • Monday, Jun 6th, 2022

    VEC launches Zero Emissions Economic Transition Action Plan

    VEC releases the Zero Emissions Economic Transition Action Plan, an economic-development-led initiative to support businesses and workers in the transition to a zero-emissions market context.
    • News
    • Thursday, May 19th, 2022
    • Green Economy

    Job Opportunity: Manager, Economic Transformation (Circular Economy) [Closed]

    The Manager, Economic Transformation (Circular Economy) is responsible for advising, leading and overseeing select strategic programs, initiatives, events and engagement to accelerate the circular economy in Vancouver. Deadline to apply is June 1, 2022.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, May 16th, 2022
    • Resilience

    Measuring Wellbeing with World Happiness Report Author John Helliwell

    If people aren’t happy, can we really say our economy is a good one? In this new video, World Happiness Report author John Helliwell discusses measuring happiness and how to shape a happier economy.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, May 16th, 2022
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive

    An Update on Film in Vancouver: Geoff Teoli, Acting Vancouver Film Commissioner

    In the leadup to Creative Industries Week, we sat down with Geoff Teoli, Acting Vancouver Film Commissioner, for an update on Vancouver’s film scene, including areas of the city that are attracting filmmakers and how the industry has evolved into an advocate for community-building and sustainability.
    • News
    • Monday, Apr 25th, 2022

    An Interview with Circular Rubber Technologies CEO Maartje van der Sande

    Each year, 20 million tonnes of virgin rubber is used to make new tires, generating a significant amount of carbon emissions   Enter Circular Rubber Technologies (CRT), which rescues rubber from industrial tires headed for...
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