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Industry Announcements
Call for Nominations - Innovation in Practice Awards
16 February 2012
For the first time ever, celebrate the practice of Innovation!
As a longtime observer of business
innovation, Progress Media is launching an
awards program to recognize, reward, and promote innovation in the
public sector. Here is your opportunity to nominate!
Governments at every level influence business, education, social
and cultural institutions right across Atlantic Canada. Now
governments face unprecedented challenges - housing, jobs, rising
health care costs, environmental issues, demographic shifts, and
the confluence of falling revenues, and increased social welfare
spending.
Governments need to embrace innovative approaches to daunting
problems.
With innovation as a priority objective, our region will become
more productive, competitive, and resilient.
An efficient, effective public service sector is integral to
Atlantic Canada's prosperity.
With government focused on creating an innovation driven region it
is possible for scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy
makers to collaborate in building a new era of opportunity and
prosperity.
In addition, facing long-term budget constraints, governments will
come to depend upon social innovation - social entrepreneurs and
creative public sector initiatives - to face the incumbent emerging
challenges.
Any organization in the public sector in Atlantic Canada, which
includes provincial, federal, municipal governments, crown
corporations, agencies, educational institutions, NGOs - not for
profits/industry associations, economic development agencies,
military, universities, school boards, health boards, is
eligible.
There will be a celebration of Innovation in Practice - Public
Sector workshop and awards reception for finalists representatives
on April 25, 2012, presented by Cisco. All finalist
representatives, sponsors, and very special guests will engage in
an Innovation Laboratory, and finish the day with a keynote by the
President of Cisco Canada, and the presentation of awards.
Progress print and online will feature finalists, winners
and photos. Nominate the public castor of your choice for an
exciting, fun, productive experience!
Click here to submit your nomination.
Nominations are due by Monday, March 5th at 5:00 pm.
Supplier registry open for N.S. shipbuilding
24 January 2012
For companies in this province hoping to get a foot in on supplying the $25-billion in shipbuilding work in Halifax over the next 20 to 30 years, Irving Shipbuilding has laun-ched an online registry of suppliers.
Click here for more information.
Repeated fixed term employment contracts do not necessarily lead to indefinite term employee status
20 December 2011
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has released a ruling that provides some insight into repeated fixed term employment contracts. While courts generally look for ambiguities in these contracts and interpret them strictly against the employer's interests, carefully drafted contracts can be used to hire independent contractors for repeated terms without making them indefinite term employees.
To read this eCaseNote in full, click here or visit www.bensonmyles.com for more.
HK Trade Development Council provides incentive for Canadian companies to attend ICT Expo
10 November 2011
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is looking for 6 Canadian Comanies to attend the ICT Expo from April 13-16 2012.
As an incentive, HKTDC has reserved a booth and will offer these 6 companies free exhibition space, pay for 4 nights per company, and offer a position on the industry panel. This is offered on a first come, first serve basis, so interested parties should act quickly in contacting Gerry Whalen at gerry.whalen@acoa-aepca.ca to discuss.
Cick here for additional information.
LOOKNorth Call for Expressions of Interest
27 October 2011
LOOKNorthCall for Expressions of Interest:
Monitoring Technologies for Northern & Oil Sands Applications
LOOKNorth, a Canadian Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) hosted by C-CORE, is soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Newfoundland & Labrador that have developed remote sensing or other monitoring technologies that can provide significant positive impacts on the sustainable development of Canada's Northern natural resources and oil sands.
This request for EOIs is the first phase of a proposal process intended to identify a maximum of three (3) projects. Successful projects should demonstrate or validate technologies that will provide impacts such as an increase in operational safety, operational cost effectiveness, increased environmental responsibility, accelerated regulatory process for permits and other benefits as described in the LN-EOI Detailed Description Fall 2011 document.
EOIs are accepted until 23:59, 14 November 2011 Newfoundland Time via email at proposals@LOOKNorth.org or fax at 709-864-4021. Successful candidates will be required to submit a complete proposal by 23 January 2012.
For EOI submission details and template please go to www.looknorth.org/tvp.
October 2011 Guest Advisor Program
04 October 2011
Canada Business Newfoundland and Labrador
October 2011 Guest Advisors
Tuesday, October 25
Accounting
with John Dearin,
Business Management Services Inc.
Wednesday, October 26
Business Planning
with Mike Green, BDC
Thursday, October 27
Small Business Banking
with Carson Chafe, TD Canada Trust
Friday, October 28
Legal Consultation
with David S. Williams, O'Dea, Earle
Location:
Boardroom
90 O'Leary Avenue
St. John's, NL
October 2011
To make an appointment call:
1-888-576-4444
or Email info.cb.nl@acoa-apeca.gc.ca
Appointments are from 1-4 pm
