BIV Today

Tabatha Bull is the president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. She discusses the CCAB's Progressive Aboriginal Relations program and how businesses can foster diversity and inclusion through PAR. Chastity Davis-Alphonse, founder of Chastity Davis Consulting, joins BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin as a co-host.

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SFU physics professor John Bechhoefer joins BIV Today to discuss the prospect of developing microscopic engines. Research published this week delves into how this can be accomplished. Tyler Orton hosts.

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CBC Dragon's Den star Manjit Minhas discusses how employers can best attract and retain Millennial and Generation Z employees. Minhas is the founder of Minhas Breweries and a spokesperson for a new Canadian Payroll Association report. BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin hosts. 

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Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA), discusses a new ICBA program to help its employees deal with their mental health challenges. He also talks for the first time about his father’s death arising from mental health struggles and his own personal journey arising from it. He is in conversation with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

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Katie Squires Thompson, B.C.- based chief strategy officer of Women in Capital Markets, discusses why women-centric diversity programs are counterproductive in addressing issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She discusses The Equity Equation and recommendations for companies in finance. Renu Bakshi, founder of Renu Bakshi Communications, joins BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin as a co-host.

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A made-in-B.C. innovation is playing a critical role in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine rolling out across the globe. Lipid nanoparticle technology — or LNP — developed by Vancouver’s Acuitas Therapeutics is one of the key factors allowing the vaccine to work. Acuitas co-founder Pieter Cullis joins BIV Today to break it down. Tyler Orton hosts.

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Ken Peacock, senior vice-president and chief economist at the Business Council of British Columbia, discusses the latest labour market survey from Statistics Canada, which shows B.C. shed more than 43,000 jobs in April. BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin hosts.

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A new report commissioned by the GVBOT takes a close look at B.C.’s rapidly growing life sciences sector. It’s an industry poised for even great expansion, but some changes in strategy may be needed for it to reach its full potential. LifeSciences BC CEO Wendy Hurlburt joins BIV Today to discuss what’s ahead for the industry. 

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Carlo Dade, director of the Canada West Foundation's trade and investment centre, discusses highlights of China's latest five-year plan. It offers a roadmap for Western Canadian businesses that are exposed to or engaged with China, he explains. BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin hosts.

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Jennica Palecek, an associate with Colliers International, has been exploring how workplaces can enable or inhibit EDI. She shares insights from her conversations with large Canadian companies that are re-examining how physical spaces can impact inclusion and mental wellbeing. Vivian Chan, co-chair of Vancouver Startup Week and director of national operations at YELL Canada, joins BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin as a co-host.

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