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Embracing Inclusive Recruitment: Insights from the December CODE Workshop
The second CODE workshop of the season, hosted by The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, focused on a vital topic for today’s workforce: Inclusive Recruitment. Designed to help businesses navigate the…
Category: Chamber Blog
Safety Protocols at Your Next Chamber Event
A big part of being a Chamber Member has always been about networking and connecting with other members. As we slowly start to plan in-person events again, we are excited…
Bizzz Best Practices
Bizzz is our new Winnipeg Chamber online business directory for our business community to list and find local and credible professional services and goods worth buzzing about (see what we…
Reimagine Stories- Little Bluestem Landscape Architecture
We connected with Darcy Granove, Founder and Principal Landscape Architect at Little Bluestem Landscape Architecture, to talk about how when COVID hit and many of their projects were put on…
Your Chair in Your Community- June
Change has been forced upon us by the pandemic and it continues to push us to adjust our path. The idea for this blog titled, Your Chair in Your Community,…
12th Annual Spirit of Winnipeg Winners
What a night! Our first ever virtual Spirit of Winnipeg Awards! Huge thank you to all our sponsors, supporters, finalists and attendees for making it such a fun filled night!…
Thinking of Getting an Electric Car?
Post Contributed By: Kayla Buehler, The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 Although flying cars are still very much a thing of the future, electric vehicles are making…
Province Outlines Reopening Path
Province outlines reopening path, still working on more biz support The provincial government has outlined a path toward a full reopening of the economy with minimal restrictions by Labour Day,…
Q+A with Career Trek– Non-profit and Social Enterprise Finalist
Career Trek is a registered charity that helps young people discover the importance of education and career development. Career-oriented programming, complete with hands-on activities, ignites participants’ passion for learning. Career…
Using Gender Pronouns and Gender-Inclusive Language
Pride Month is celebrated each year in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that started on June 28th when police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City. After…
Winnipeg Staples for Celebrate Winnipeg
The past 16 months have brought on many challenges, hardships. In a normal year for our Celebrate Winnipeg luncheon, we would be gathering in the beautiful downtown Winnipeg enjoying some…
Meet Lara Rae- Q&A
We sat down with our June Luncheon keynote, Lara Rae, Co-founder of The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and award-winning writer, comedian and public speaker to talk about her career, her experience…
FAST FIVE FOR BUSINESS: JUNE UPDATE
The Winnipeg Chamber’s Director of Policy, Colin Fast, highlights five things Winnipeg businesses should be aware of this week: City offers second round of support grant The City of Winnipeg…
Why we should be talking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are becoming a global conversation. With it comes a reverberating call for businesses and organizations to assess their way of doing things and transform to…
Making Important Connections with PegCityLovely
Natalie Bell is a people person through and through. As a Senior Human Resources (HR) Consultant at Acuity HR Solutions and also the CEO– Creative Energetic Original– of PegCityLovely– a…
Barb Gamey: Leading by example
Post Contributed By: Jaime Kyle, The Winnipeg Foundation, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 On May 14, the Leadership Winnipeg class had the opportunity to spend some time with Barb Gamey, Founder of…
Mondetta Provides Vaccine Bonus for Staff
In January 2020, Ash Modha, CEO of Mondetta– a Winnipeg-based global leader in sustainable, technical, lifestyle and active wear– was in Korea visiting one of their distributors for MPG. He…
From Fitness Coaching to Corporate Wellness
Growing up Arturo Orellana’s parents have always instilled the values of happiness and well-being in his life. Now, as Partner and Chief Strategic Officer at GFIT Wellness it’s his hope…
Five facts about Canada Goose
Leading up to our May luncheon with Kara MacKillop, Chief of Staff and EVP of People & Culture at Canada Goose, we thought we would share some of what Canada…
How To Create Your Profile in Bizzz
Introducing Bizzz.ca We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of our BRAND NEW Business Directory: Bizzz.ca. Our online directory has always in the past has been an incredible resource…
Q+A with Arts Junktion – ENVIRONMENT + ENERGY FINALIST
ArtsJunktion is a community-based, charitable organization that redistributes reusable materials. They support a creative community by providing materials through a take-what-you-need, pay-what-you-can model and through their community art space. While…
FAST FIVE FOR BUSINESS: May Update
The Winnipeg Chamber’s Director of Policy, Colin Fast, highlights five things Winnipeg businesses should be aware of this week: Financial help for summer hires The Manitoba government has launched two…
