You’d think Dcbel, a company whose business revolves around home energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging, would be reeling under the combined weight of the United States trade war and disappearing EV incentives in both the US and Canada. “Energy problems are universal problems.” Marc-André Forget, Dcbel However, CEO Marc-André Forget believes there’s little reason…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Women and youth empowerment through education Welcome to the final week of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series, where we’ve spent five weeks celebrating bold, community-rooted leaders transforming lives across the globe. This week, we highlight changemakers elevating those who are too often overlooked through education, nourishment, and…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Women and youth empowerment through education Welcome to the final week of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series, where we’ve spent five weeks celebrating community-rooted leaders driving bold solutions across the globe. We close this year’s series with two extraordinary women who remind us that education is far…
Episode Description: In this special Thanksgiving mini-episode of The Optimist Daily’s Weekly Roundup, Karissa and Arielle press pause on the usual headlines to say thank you. They share what they are personally grateful for this year, celebrate the Emissaries and listeners who keep solutions journalism alive, and invite anyone who isn’t already to support the…
The shakeup at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is continuing as Guillaume Mercier, a partner in BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Fund, has announced his departure. In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Montréal-based Mercier said he was leaving to “pursue fresh opportunities” and a “new energy” in his career. He didn’t indicate where he…
Kara LeBlanc knows a thing or two about procurement headaches. Straight out of university, LeBlanc worked for more than a decade on procuring multi-million dollar healthcare contracts in both Canada and abroad. She says those were days of Excel spreadsheets, brochures, and disorganized boardroom meetings. That’s why, in 2020, she founded MedReddie out of Saint…
Healthtech company FluidAI Medical is acquiring Emmetros Limited to power its outside-the-hospital patient care. Emmetros develops an engagement platform, SparxConnect, that helps health providers tailor their patient care “This acquisition supports FluidAI’s mission in redefining the standard of surgical care to improve patient outcomes during recovery.” The Kitchener-Waterloo-based firm said in a news release today…
Most CFOs can tell you what they spend on people, rent, or R&D. Ask them about their cloud bill, and the answer often starts with a long pause. The elasticity that makes the cloud so powerful also makes its costs unpredictable. This means that finance teams are left to track expenses that are constantly fluctuating. …
Real estate tech platform myAbode has acquired FirstList, a listing tool for real estate agents, for an undisclosed amount and is adding the Toronto firm’s co-founders to its executive team. FirstList provides a digital platform for exclusive home listings that are not or haven’t yet been shared on Multiple Listing Service (MLS). MyAbode is acquiring…
Stablecorp claims its QCAD cryptocurrency is the first Canadian dollar-linked stablecoin to receive regulatory approval. The Toronto-based company has spent nearly six years building out the necessary rails required to support its CAD-denominated stablecoin. The digital infrastructure firm services the QCAD Digital Trust, an arms-length trust that holds QCAD’s reserve assets and is overseen by…
