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Our CEO Catherine Warren penned an article appearing in the recently published Women in Business edition for Business in Vancouver. In it, she makes a case for boardroom transformation and business with purpose.

In preparation for our annual Vancouver Digital Entertainment Career Fair we asked some our hiring studios to share their advice on how best to prep for the event.

In addition to the overall systemic bias women founders experience during their fund-raising journeys, these founders, along with other diverse founders of Canada, often struggle to find comprehensive support and mentorship programs that walk them through the capital-raising process.

Over the past several years, housing unaffordability dominated BC headlines in the Lower Mainland while industrial vacancy rates quietly diminished and land values climbed. Although not widely recognised, healthy industrial infrastructure is critical to the economic prosperity of any region.

The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) is pleased to welcome entrepreneur, changemaker and digital media powerhouse Catherine Warren as our new CEO. Naturally, we had plenty of questions for Catherine during her first two weeks, and we’re eager to share some of her responses with you.

Did you know that Vancouver has been by far the fastest growing economy in Canada since 2013? That it was one of very few economies globally that suffered no real recession immediately after the...

The VEC welcomes the news of Translink securing funding for the Broadway subway and Surrey LRT and look forward to continued investments in regional connectivity and rapid transportation.

The Province of British Columbia is developing a long-term clean growth strategy to be released for the Fall of 2018. Earlier in the summer, the Province issued a call for public input into clean transportation, clean and efficient buildings, and a clean-growth program for industry. This is our reply.

Vancouver has long been a source for disruptive innovation in response to climate change – from the concept of the ecological footprint and the advent of the 100-mile diet, to being the birthplace of...

According to the data from our independent study, the total spend of B.C.’s film & TV industry has more than doubled in the last six years, from an estimated $1.6 billion in 2012 to $3.8 billion in 2017 – an increase of 135 per cent.

The Vancouver Economic Commission’s Asia Pacific Centre is pleased to announce the official opening of the Chinese International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Vancouver. This centre will serve as the North American headquarters for CIETAC.

The below article is excerpted from the State of Vancouver's Green Economy 2018 report, which may be downloaded and viewed in full here. Radical roots, progressive culture, entrepreneurial mindset catalyze low-carbon...

After careful review of the evidence for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion Project, the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) reiterates that the potential economic and environmental risks outweigh the potential economic benefits. Furthermore, the VEC has reservations about recent claims that the business community is in consensus about the proposed economic benefits of expansion.

With a highly engaged series of companies from all over British Columbia making several newsworthy announcements, including the launch of a Vancouver-based $10 million fund, the Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 (PG Connects) conference saw Vancouver and B.C. make its biggest splash yet!

Here are a few highlights we were particularly proud of from the Year of the Rooster – some of which we hope will bear fruit in the Year of the Dog.

On September 28, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Netflix announced an agreement that will see the company create Netflix Canada – a first-of-its-kind production company for Netflix outside of the United States – and...

The Amazon HQ2 Project has concluded. Please refer here for an update. For information on the context of the Amazon HQ2 Project, please refer to Amazon's announcement and to the RFP document itself. VEC...

Vancouver International Film Festival hosts the annual Sustainable Production Forum celebrating successful case studies in sustainable filmmaking and explores ways to inspire change.

Countless investment deals, co-production agreements, new films and infrastructure projects are conceived, negotiated and announced at major festivals.   Behind the red-carpet glitz and designer-brand trappings at the exclusive Festival de Cannes is its...

At times the conversation around corporate responsibility seems stuck – not surprising in a field where companies are trying to use the power of their products and services to solve some of...