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Ken Konkel of iQmetrix joins BIV Today to discuss how the pandemic is continuing to accelerate trends unfolding in the retail sector. Reporter Tyler Orton hosts.

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Business in Vancouver's Forty Under 40 awards for 2020.

BIV Forty under 40 winners share their most important takeaway from a year of unprecedented disruption and challenge. The awards recognize the achievements of B.C.'s young entrepreneurs, executives and professionals with demonstrated excellence in business, judgment, leadership and community contribution.

“We are very proud to honour the recipients,” said Kirk LaPointe, BIV publisher and editor-in-chief. “As it is every year, the competition was strong among a large field of nominees, which made the judging quite challenging.”

The recipients include: Braam Jordaan, Convo Communications; Troy Abromaitis, Bucci Developments; Solon Bucholtz, LBC Studios; Corinne Caldwell, British Columbia Real Estate Association; Natalie Chan, Be the Change Group; Zac Cohen, Trulioo; Jon Conlin, Fasken; Joshua Davis, JL Davis Enterprises; Emile de Rosenroll, South Island Prosperity Partnership; Mitchell Demeter, Netcoins; Joe Deobald, Full Frame Marketing; Carling Dick, Earnscliffe Strategy; Ramin Estifaie, CSN Pharma; Sarah Gulbrandsen, Ring Partner; Christian Hamm, SiteMax Systems; Kevin Heyries, AbCellera; Jennifer Hollinshead, Peak Resilience; Dustin Johnson, Save-On-Foods; Matthew May, Coast 2000 Terminals; Aliya Mohamed, Translink; Joshua Myers, BC Centre for Ability; Nima Nabavi, ExcelSense Technologies; Ryan O'Shea, Miracon Development; Kathleen Reid, Switchboard; Dylan Rekert, Very Polite Agency; Jason Robertson, Nimbus Synergies; Harj Johal, Alpine Building Maintenance Anna Sainsbury, GeoComply; Reza Sanaie, Beanworks Inc.; Vahid Shababi Shad, Victory Square Technologies; Amir Sharif, CASAcraft; Kosi Stobbs, Property Owl Group of Companies; Anna Stukas, Carbon Engineering; Rogayeh Tabrizi, Theory + Practice; Christian Thomson, Marwick Marketing; Sean Tyson, Quietly Media; Chris van Dyck; Crafty Apes VFX; Kevin Westell, Pender Litigation; Cecilia Yeung, PTSD Support for Nurses; and Russell Zishiri, Anaconda Systems. 

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David Williams, vice-president of policy at the Business Council of British Columbia, discusses a new BCBC report that examines the country’s total indebtedness. Hayley Woodin hosts.

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Rare earth minerals are increasingly important for emerging energy technologies. For Defense Metals, a Vancouver-based mining company with a large deposit of them in northern B.C., the geopolitics involving China and America are bound to have an impact on their market --- just as Canadian policies will. CEO and president Craig Taylor of Defense Metals discusses the challenges with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

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Dr. Judith Sayers, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council president and Vancouver Island University chancellor, joins Hayley Woodin for a conversation on Indigenous leadership, advocacy and sustainable development. The discussion is part of a special BIV Women in Leadership series, sponsored by the Women's Enterprise Centre.

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Webnames.ca co-founder and CEO Cybele Negris joins Hayley Woodin for a conversation on female leadership in male-dominated industries, imposter syndrome and mentorship. The discussion is part of a special BIV Women in Leadership series, sponsored by the Women's Enterprise Centre.

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Vancouver Airport Authority CEO Tamara Vrooman joins Hayley Woodin for a conversation on leadership, what it's like to be first and her appointment as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. The discussion is part of a special BIV Women in Leadership series, sponsored by the Women's Enterprise Centre.

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The Honourable Selina Robinson joins Hayley Woodin for a conversation on leadership in politics, her greatest professional challenges and her goals for her term as minister of finance. The discussion is part of a special BIV Women in Leadership series, sponsored by the Women's Enterprise Centre.

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BIV celebrated six 2021 Influential Women in Business award winners at a virtual gala on March 8. Watch the full event, which includes speeches from this year’s honourees.

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The pandemic has been cranking up stress levels across the globe over the past year. As working from home becomes the norm, how are workaholics adjusting to these changes and what can be done to bring down stress levels to healthy levels? Lieke ten Brummelhuis an associate professor at SFU’s Beedie School of Business joins BIV Today to discuss these issues ahead of a March 9 lecture. Reporter Tyler Orton hosts.

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