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    Remote Work, COVID-19, and Downtown Vancouver Edit The Long-Term Impacts of Remote Working on the City of Vancouver
    Remote Work, COVID-19, and Downtown Vancouver

    research / Talent

    A comprehensive research report that describes the tangible impacts of remote work to economic activity in Vancouver’s Central Business District.
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    Vancouver Economy Report February 2012 | Signs of recovery, but who is left behind?
    Vancouver Economy Report February 2021

    research / Resilience

    Signs of Recovery, but who is left behind? This is the underlying theme of the latest issue of the Vancouver Economy Report.
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    Esports in Vancouver and BC

    research / Digital Entertainment, Tech, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This report includes an overview of the global and local esports industry, including a summary analysis of leading hubs acting on esports initiatives ...
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    Vancouver Economy Report October 2020

    research / Resilience

    This quarterly report covers unique data and analyses specific to Vancouver’s economy.
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    Vancouver Cross-border Investment Guide - Essential legal, tax and market information for cross-border investment
    Vancouver Cross-Border Investment Guide

    research / Capital, High Impact Investment

    Essential legal, tax and market information for cross-border investment into Vancouver, Canada
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    Metro Vancouver Affordability Guide

    research / Resilience, Talent

    This guide collates data from reputable sources into an easy-to-navigate and realistic snapshot of the affordability landscape in Metro Vancouver.
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    Reality Check: Vancouver and BC’s VR/AR Ecosystem
    Reality Check: Vancouver and BC’s VR/AR Ecosystem

    research / Digital Entertainment, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Industry research, mapping and recommendations for the virtual and augmented reality sector.
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    The $426 Million Sector You’ve Never Heard of – Meet Vancouver’s Contech Ecosystem | Photo: GeoSimsCities
    The Contech Ecosystem in Metro Vancouver

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    A snapshot of the emerging construction tech industry in Metro Vancouver, including active companies, their revenues and employees
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    VEC Economy Report July 2020

    research / Resilience

    A monthly roundup of the COVID-19-related impacts, mitigations, and recovery planning for the Vancouver economy.
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    From Waste to Wealth – Vancouver’s Deconstruction Economy Potential | Vancouver Economic Commission, Unbuilders and BCIT
    The Business Case for Deconstruction

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Economic and environmental impacts of a demolition-deconstruction shift in Metro Vancouver.
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    VEC Economy Report June 2020

    research / Resilience

    A monthly roundup of the COVID-19-related impacts, mitigations, and recovery planning for the Vancouver economy.
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    VEC’s Green Building Market Forecast (2019–2032) | Vancouver Economic Commission | Green Buildings
    Green Buildings Market Research

    research / Green Economy, High Impact Investment, Capital

    Our Green Buildings Market Forecast explains how local green building policies have impacted demand for six key following product categories.
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    Today, one in 15 Vancouverites works in the green economy. In VEC’s State of Vancouver's Green Economy 2018 report, you can read about over 200 leading green businesses making great strides in innovation and the development of low-carbon solutions to traditional and contemporary problems in buildings, energy, mobility and resource management.
    State of Vancouver’s Green Economy 2018

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This report highlights over 200 leading green businesses – and the policies, innovation and culture – that have catalyzed our $31.5 billion brand.
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    INDUSTRIAL INSIGHTS Research Understanding Industrial Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Vancouver | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Industrial Insights Research

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Based on a citywide survey of industrial businesses, this reports uncovers the opportunities and risks faced by local industrial businesses.
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    Preview: Vancouver’s Green Economy

    research / Green Economy

    This preview of upcoming research highlights green economy data for two of the fastest growing green sectors – green buildings and cleantech.
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    Resilient Future Economy

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Resilience

    Together with the City of Vancouver’s Resilience Team we convened a group of private sector stakeholders to develop ideas around a collective vision ...
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    Participants at the Renewable Energy Challenge hard at work. Brought to you by the Vancouver Economic Commission, C40 Cities, and Renewable Cities. Part of GLOBE 2016.
    Renewable Energy Challenge Outcomes Report

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This workshop summary report underscores the drive in local businesses for collective action to address climate change.
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    City of Vancouver Business Energy and Emissions Profile 2016

    research / Green Economy

    Prepared for the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Economic Commission, this report by Climate Smart provides a high-level view of business sector e ...
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    TEXTILES CHALLENGE & SUSTAINABLE BRANDS | Vancouver-based entrepreneurs are grappling with the accumulation of used textiles in the region, developing new products, markets, and processes that take advantage of a resource that is treated as waste around the world. Join this interactive workshop to lend your knowledge in the emerging practices of reuse, repurposing, and recycling. | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Towards the Circular Economy

    research / From Our Peers

    This paper outlines the role Vancouver’s local and regional governments can play to help catalyze a circular economy in the fashion and textile sect ...
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    Space Matching in the False Creek Flats
    False Creek Flats: Business Emissions and Energy Profile

    research / Green Economy

    This report provides a unique view of the greenhouse gas emissions generated in the False Creek Flats.
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