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    • VEC's Take
    • Friday, Jun 5th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    Access to Early-Stage and Venture Capital remains crucial topic for BC

    If starved of investment, our region's entire innovation ecosystem could dry up over time, beginning with the startup ecosystem, and ultimately impacting the entire range of mid-sized and mature companies that generate local IP and revenues.
    • News
    • Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Impact Enterprises will Lead the Global Pandemic Recovery: An Interview with Decade

    As the world turns toward economic and social recovery, many individuals and businesses are questioning whether it makes sense to return to “normal” – with many calls to base our rebuilding efforts on improving our collective future and outlook.
    • VEC's Take
    • Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
    • Technology, Resilience

    Why Tech could form the backbone of BC’s economic recovery

    Technology is already supporting our recovery process by enabling people to work and purchase remotely – and safely. Forced to isolate and physically distance themselves, people use tech to maintain social connection, entertain themselves, and stay informed. Here are five considerations and assumptions that could be integral to productive and thoughtful discussions of technology and its role in economic recovery.
    • News
    • Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
    • Resilience, Green Economy

    SPUD’s “Stay Home” Program is a Model of Economic Resilience

    Vancouver-based grocery delivery service SPUD has introduced the “Stay Home” program to support at-risk individuals, frontline workers, the elderly and others facing difficulties accessing vital nutrition during the global pandemic.
    • VEC's Take
    • Monday, Apr 20th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Public Transit is Essential for Healthy, Connected and Sustainable Cities

    TransLink’s numerous operations actively support our social, economic and ecological wellbeing. As such, it is deeply integrated with the health and sustainability of our city and its residents.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    AbCellera Biologics Describes Unprecedented Speed of Innovation

    Within days of using their industry-leading antibody technology to analyze a blood sample from a recovered COVID-19 patient, the AbCellera team identified 500 antibodies with potential to treat the respiratory illness – the world’s largest panel of antibodies to date.
    • News
    • Thursday, Apr 9th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Vancouver Apparel Companies Outfit Frontline Workers

    Vancouver's local clothing companies are redirecting focus from fashion to function to help outfit frontline healthcare practitioners with life-saving protective apparel. Outdoor apparel makers like Arc’teryx, Boardroom Clothing and Mustang Survival are collaborating with Vancouver Coastal Health to design and produce gowns that bring new levels of protection to healthcare workers.
    • News
    • Monday, Apr 6th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Breaking Bread Champions National Support for Independent Restaurants

    Breaking Bread was inspired by a collective desire to support workers whose livelihoods depend on continued operation of the restaurant industry.
    • News
    • Sunday, Apr 5th, 2020
    • Resilience

    Small Businesses Pivot to Join the Fight Against COVID-19

    Small businesses in Vancouver are demonstrating hope, compassion and resilience in the face of COVID-19 by rallying to support each other, and to protect the public and slow the spread of the pandemic.
    • VEC's Take
    • Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology, Other Sectors

    How Speedy Government Funding is Facilitating Unprecedented Research

    We are witnessing the sheer agility that governments and funding bodies can achieve during crises. We are also experiencing firsthand the corresponding speed of innovation made possible by adequately resourced minds and institutions.  
    • News
    • Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    STEMCELL: Supporting Science against COVID-19

    British Columbia’s life sciences industry, which typically employs more than 11,000 people, has risen to the challenge of speedy research into COVID-19 and developing promising treatments that carry significant potential to improve patient outcomes and save lives.  
    • News
    • Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2020
    • Resilience, Other Sectors

    AG Hair Pivots to Produce Hand Sanitizer to Relieve Shortage during COVID-19

    Global haircare manufacturer AG Hair is shifting focus from hair products to hand sanitizers to help Canadian health organizations battle COVID-19.
    • News
    • Monday, Mar 23rd, 2020
    • Resilience, Technology

    Vancouver-based AbCellera on Leading Edge of COVID-19 Drug Development

    Vancouver-based biotech firm AbCellera Biologics Inc. has captured global attention as a leader in the fight against COVID-19.
    • News
    • Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2020
    • Resilience

    A Message from Our Acting CEO

    The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) continues to work on improving the resilience and inclusion of Vancouver’s diverse, low-carbon economy by making the following efforts as the COVID-19 situation continues to unfold.

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