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    • News
    • Monday, Jan 18th, 2021
    • Resilience

    Here’s Why You Need to Download the Vancouver Cross-Border Investment Guide

    Whether seeking fresh investment opportunities, a diversified portfolio or low operating costs and taxes, it’s time for US investors to cast their attention across the border – and the first step is downloading the Vancouver Cross-Border Investment Guide.
    • News
    • Friday, Jan 15th, 2021
    • Green Economy

    Climate Smart, carbon offsets, and other green business tools for 2021

    While both business and consumer markets for “sustainability” and “green” products and services have steadily grown year-over-year, a green business also refers to enterprises with low-carbon or even zero-emission operations. VEC just renewed our Climate Smart certification for 2020, and we're taking a moment to celebrate this with a quick explainer of what it means, and share some tools available to businesses getting ready to embark on a similar journey.
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Dec 10th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Traditional Economics Explained: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

    "To get a sense for how unhinged our economy is from the real world, consider the fact that pollinators, earthworms, rainforests, clean air, parenting, friendship, sleep and solidarity are considered to be literally valueless according to our dominant metric of economic success."
    • News
    • Tuesday, Dec 8th, 2020
    • Green Economy

    Invitation to Project Zero & a recap of Vancouver circular economy webinar series

    Throughout the month of October, Vancity and the Vancouver Economic Commission co-hosted a three-part series on Vancouver’s growing circular economy. Titled Success and Opportunity in Vancouver’s Circular Economy, the webinars highlighted key local organizations and businesses leading the way, convened businesses and community support for circularity, with presenters making the case for new circular ventures and for existing businesses to transition to circular practices.
    • News
    • Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2020
    • Resilience

    Vancouver Economy Report: October 2020 Edition

    VEC’s new Economy Report strives to apply 21st-century economics to real-world issues in Vancouver and beyond. Read the October 2020 issue today for a look into how Vancouver’s economy is performing, as seen through key statistics and global rankings curated by our research team.
    • Media Release
    • Wednesday, Oct 21st, 2020
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Resilience

    B.C.’s Film, TV, VFX & Animation Industry set new records in 2019, spending more than $4 billion

    British Columbia’s film and television industry has been a longstanding and crucial pillar of the provincial economy, generating a diversity of jobs across industry verticals, including hospitality, tourism, food services, waste-hauling, aesthetics and construction.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2020
    • Green Economy, Resilience

    What Vancouver’s Next Era of Climate Action Means for Business

    More than 1,500 jurisdictions around the globe – mostly cities – have declared a climate emergency, signaling the global concern about the climate crisis and the need for accelerated, coordinated and innovative action to forge a path forward. Addressing this crisis could unlock lucrative opportunities for businesses and form another cornerstone of the strong foundation necessary for economic recovery from the pandemic.
    • News
    • Thursday, Oct 15th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    Unbounce is Moving the Dial on Pay Parity. Are You?

    Despite massive strides made over the last several decades in the fight for gender equality, the research is clear: women still make less than men. When Unbounce realized they were also dealing with a gender wage disparity, they took immediate steps to close the gap, and spent the next two years developing systems and processes to reduce the chances of it happening again. Now, they’ve launched Pay Up for Progress, an initiative that shares learnings and aims to inspire other companies to follow suit.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Sep 22nd, 2020
    • Green Economy

    Low-Carbon Resilience in Buildings: Must-read Resources from Understanding Risk 2020

    Understanding Risk BC 2020 is an online, collaborative symposium and event series that fosters place-based risk reduction strategies to proactively enhance resilience and improve disaster recovery pathways in BC. On September 22, leading practitioners and researchers from across the region will gather for a Vancouver Economic Commission-moderated panel.
    • News
    • Friday, Sep 11th, 2020
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive

    VR/AR Industry Report Sets Stage to Celebrate Vancouver’s VR/AR/XR Ecosystem at 2020 VIFF Immersed

    Vancouver’s virtual, augmented and extended reality (VR/AR/XR) industry is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, as the local and global technology landscape evolves towards rich, intuitive and immersive experiences.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Aug 26th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Business in Vancouver’s 30 Ideas in 30 Minutes Digital Salon

    Vancouver Economic Commission’s Bryan Buggey explains why COVID-19 should inspire a clean reset at Business in Vancouver’s 30 Ideas in 30 Minutes Digital Salon, aired August 25, 2020.
    • News
    • Monday, Jul 20th, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    What We’re Reading: Sheltering in Place and Offline

    First Nations Technology Council (“Technology Council”) CEO Denise Williams sat down remotely with Information and Communications Technology Council analyst Faun Rice to talk about the impact COVID-19 has had on Indigenous peoples living in BC. Immediate impacts on First Nations communities extend far beyond the ability to work remotely and include access to education, healthcare, and benefits.
    • News
    • Friday, Jul 17th, 2020

    The $426 Million Sector You’ve Never Heard of – Meet Vancouver’s Contech Ecosystem

    The $170 billion industry employees some 1.4 million people in every community and city across the country. And yet, there remains room for improvement in this mainstay industry – arguably one of our oldest and one of our most traditional.
    • News
    • Thursday, Jul 16th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    What We’re Reading: Saving Lives from the “Other Crisis” During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Lifeguard Digital Health

    Digital health is skyrocketing with the lockdowns and physical distancing necessitated by the global pandemic. Dr. Chandana Unnithan with Lifeguard Digital Health, a Vancouver-based medical technology manufacturer, dives into the importance of healthcare technology.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Jul 15th, 2020
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Resilience

    What We’re Reading: BC’s Creative Tech Sector Drives Economic Growth and Jobs in Canada

    Creative technology is flourishing in Vancouver and BC, and lockdowns resulting from the global pandemic have facilitated an even greater surge in consumption. Brenda Bailey, executive director of DigiBC, discusses the creative industry’s evolution, current challenges and future prospects.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Jul 14th, 2020
    • Green Economy

    From Waste to Wealth – Vancouver’s Deconstruction Economy Potential

    Working with a team of BCIT Sustainable Business Leadership Students, Adam Corneil and George Benson, VEC’s Sector Manager for the Built Environment, have now completed a study on the potential value of deconstructed and salvaged materials across the whole of Metro Vancouver.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, Jul 13th, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology, Digital Entertainment & Interactive

    What We’re Reading: BC’s Pre- and Post-COVID Economy

    With ICTC, we're discussing why BC’s success in flattening the curve is just one of many factors to consider when looking at BC's post-COVID economy.
    • News
    • Tuesday, Jun 30th, 2020
    • Digital Entertainment & Interactive, Resilience

    British Columbia’s Blockbuster Motion Picture Industry is Back in Business Under Phase 3 of the BC Restart Plan

    Under Phase 3 of the BC Restart Plan, motion picture and television production has been given the green light to resume, albeit with restrictions that ensure the ongoing safety of cast, crew, suppliers and other workers.
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Jun 18th, 2020
    • Green Economy, Resilience

    Why the call for a global clean restart?

    COVID-19 may have caught the world by surprise, but the climate crisis has been predicted for decades. Can we act now to “flatten the curve” on climate change?
    • News
    • Wednesday, Jun 17th, 2020
    • Other Sectors

    A brand evolution: Welcome to our refreshed look

    You may have that noticed the Vancouver Economic Commission website and social media channels have switched over to a refreshed brand identity system.
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