by vagrant | Oct 2, 2019 | Fall 2019, INSiGHT Magazine, Leadership & Advocacy
– By Morgan Peters Population growth. Workforce expansion. Labour market development. However you frame it, Fredericton (and New Brunswick) needs more people if we are going to be a sustainable province for future generations. The province is aging and our growth has...
by vagrant | Oct 2, 2019 | Fall 2019, INSiGHT Magazine, Members & Community
– Dhirendra Shukla The J Herbert Smith Centre (JHSC) for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship was founded in 1988 at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus, by the first Canadian CEO of General Electric, Herbert “Herb” Smith. Herb, a...
by vagrant | Oct 2, 2019 | Fall 2019, INSiGHT Magazine, Members & Community
– by Susanna Cloff-Clyburne Over the spring and summer of 2019, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce hosted three “Reconciliation Roundtables” across Canada – one in each of Western, Central and Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Canada session was held in Fredericton on June...
by vagrant | Oct 2, 2019 | Fall 2019, INSiGHT Magazine, Members & Community
– By Corinne Arseneau Inclusive hiring works. New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL) and the Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) program are encouraged by Fredericton businesses that are creating real-work-for-real-pay employment for individuals with an...
by vagrant | Oct 2, 2019 | Fall 2019, INSiGHT Magazine, Members & Community
– By Krista Ross Having an overarching economic development organization in the province like ONB provides the benefit of coordination of economic development activities at a local level. Without an entity like ONB, it is likely that communities would default to...