by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/d704fd08/0c761001.mp3 UNB professor Dr. Dhirendra Shukla is on a mission. He wants to help transform the Atlantic Canadian economy through an entrepreneurship revolution. The Scale Up Atlantic Canada initiative is his latest effort. Dr. Shukla convinced one of the...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/dc37b98a/ac53fd9c.mp3 While everyone has likely heard of Michelin, very few understand how important the company is to the economy in Nova Scotia. Recently, the tire maker celebrated its 50th anniversary in the province. Michelin is the second largest tire...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/6d48024e/c1a9420a.mp3 Across Canada, First Nations have been developing partnerships related to natural resources development, ensuring good stewardship and substantial economic benefits to the communities. This week on the Insights podcast, Don and David talk with...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/c050bf8c/9d256bad.mp3 In what David Campbell calls one of his favourite conversations this year, he and Don Mills speak with Jean-Paul Deveau, the president and CEO of Acadian Seaplants Limited. Acadian Seaplants is a Halifax-based seaweed company with a reach and...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/a8e4562d/22d692f9.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David talk with Pat Whalen, the chairman and CEO of Luminultra Technologies Ltd., a New Brunswick company specializing in biological diagnostic testing. Even if most people don’t immediately...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/2ed96b67/a9635bdd.mp3 Ed Greenspon, the president and CEO of the Public Policy Forum (PPF), and former P.E.I. premier Wade MacLauchlan join Don and David to talk about the PPF’s Atlantic Canada Momentum Index. The PPF is a national think tank grappling with some of...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/5799a479/62b5a09a.mp3 This week on Insights, Don and David have a conversation with Andrea Feunekes, the president, CEO and co-founder of Remsoft Inc., a global software company based in Fredericton. Andrea is also the chair of the New Brunswick Business Council....
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/47be3948/bdc8239b.mp3 After the federal government privatized national airports in the 1990s, most underwent massive modernization. There is no better example than the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) has...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/05932cbb/c07e0035.mp3 Is modular housing really the answer to New Brunswick’s housing crisis? The stereotypical images of flimsy buildings and low-quality mini-homes don’t reflect today’s reality. New technologies and practices mean modular...
READ MORE by adminhttps://media.transistor.fm/2b53f5eb/f168d270.mp3 Moosehead Breweries is a New Brunswick icon. The company has been in business for more than 150 years and is described as “the last major brewery in Canada still owned by Canadians.” With annual sales of $200 million and a staff of nearly...
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