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Cities and Businesses Crowdsource Solutions to Renewable Energy Challenges
The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC), the C40 Climate Leadership Group, Renewable Cities, CLEAN and the GLOBE Series partnered to host the Renewable Energy Challenge, with the goal of creating city and business connections that will help catalyze renewable energy projects. -
Smart Logistics: Changing Delivery Downtown
As I performed my usual dodge-and-weave bike routine on my way to work one morning, narrowly avoiding trucks and cargo vans on Main Street, I couldn’t help but start daydreaming about the future of... -
Top 10 ways to make the most of GLOBE 2016
The world is coming to Vancouver for GLOBE. To help you make the most out of it, we decided to publish the advice shared in a recent panel hosted by Connecting Environmental Professionals (CEP) Vancouver. -
ChangeLab: Student Innovators Take on Vancouver’s Biggest Circular Economy Challenges
See what these enterprising young students did to impact and disrupt the cycle of wood waste in our community through their experience in SFU’s ChangeLab. -
Deadpool’s local economic impact shows industry support
When Deadpool's producers considered shooting a critical scene in Vancouver that entailed closing the high-profile Georgia Viaduct, the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC), with the Vancouver Film Office, worked with municipal policymakers and regulators to... -
VEC applauds reopening of provincial immigration process for highly-skilled professionals
“We welcome the reopening of the PNP, which helps to solve the short-term talent crunch that our companies face and ensure that they continue to flourish here at home,” said VEC CEO Ian McKay. -
VEC hosts Minister Morneau during #PBC16 Tour
Co-organized by the Vancouver Economic Commission, participants, which included prominent members of the business community in Tech, Digital Entertainment and the Green economy, urged the Minister to be bold and not hold back as our economy needs to grow. In the end, Minister Morneau pronounced the Vancouver #PBC16 the “most optimistic” of his tour.