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Your Winnipeg Spring Composting Guide: How to Reduce Food Waste
4.5-minute read Written by Casey Clair, Energy & Climate Advocate It’s Compost Awareness Week, and we’re here to raise awareness about composting! More than that, we want to tell you…
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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…
A Conversation about Anti-Asian Racism with Liz Choi and Amy Tung
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,…
Business Crews Testimonial- Evangel Oputa
Our first Business Crews cohort in Winnipeg is done and the conversations, collaboration and partnerships were flourishing. Participants benefited from the interactions and networking. Evangel Oputa, Brand solutions Manager at…
Interconnected
Post Contributed By: Sam Owen, Senior Counsel, Canada Life, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 Leadership Winnipeg found a way for its 2020/2021 class to stay connected during the pandemic by leveraging virtual tools so that we could continue learning…
Thinking Inside the Circle
Post Contributed By: Abigail Myers, Digital Marketing Officer, Univeristy of Manitoba, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 This April, the Leadership Winnipeg class of 2021 connected with Diane Roussin, founder of The Boldness Project –…
Giving Back to the Community
BJ Arnold, Provincial & Community Relations Lead at TC Energy, knows the value a Chamber membership can bring to an organization. In 2014, TC Energy first began to get involved…
Business Crews Testimonial- Thomas Johnson
Our first Business Crews cohort in Winnipeg is done and the conversations, collaboration and partnerships were flourishing. Participants benefited from the interactions and networking. Thomas Johnson, Financial Security Advisor, Cascade…
Building an Anti-Racist City: Ideas for everyday action from Winnipeg youth
Every year following the State of the City Address the Mayor has an opportunity to hear from our City’s youth on some of their ideas and thoughts surrounding a specific…
From Crisis to Connection Ending Homelessness in Winnipeg
On April 7, 2021, Make Poverty History Manitoba, Right to Housing and End Homelessness Winnipeg hosted their, From Crisis to Connection: Ending Homelessness in Winnipeg webinar. Hundreds of Winnipeggers came…
Why should you join Business Crews?
Our first Business Crews cohort in Winnipeg is underway and the conversations, collaboration and partnerships have only just begun. For those who don’t know, virtual Business Crews is a networking…
Advancing Indigenous achievement at RRC
How does a journey of truth and reconciliation begin? What are the first steps? Why do you need to begin this process? These are questions many business owners and individuals…
Reimagine Stories- Folklorama
We connected with Teresa Cotroneo, Executive Director of Folklorama, to discuss how they took their two-week cultural festival and reimagined it to become Folklorama at Home. On a mission to…
How Canadian Businesses are Adapting throughout the Pandemic
Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), and Palette Inc. put together three reports analyzing business trends throughout the course…
