Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better • 25th November 2021

The Evidence Is There: A Four-Day Work Week Just Makes Sense

In June 2021, Katherine Regnier, CEO of the Saskatoon-based tech company Coconut Software, saw her staff of 80 feeling the stress of the pandemic and wanted to encourage them to take more time off.

Toronto Life • 25th November 2021

This guy created a tech-support service that connects seniors with high schoolers

Like many millennials and Gen Zers, Matt McCoy, 24, has fielded his fair share of tech support questions from his parents and grandparents.

The Globe and Mail • 16th November 2021

Skilled immigrant women already faced obstacles finding employment. The pandemic made it worse

Tolu Adeyemi had been working as a corporate and commercial lawyer in her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria for four years when she immigrated to Calgary in late 2019.

CAA Magazine • 15th November 2021

Top Five Modern Motels in Ontario for Your Next Road Trip

Old motels are getting a new lease on life as renovating rundown properties continues to trend across Ontario. Check in at these five revamped motels for a fun getaway.

thestar.com • 14th November 2021

What role does voice play in attracting a partner?

Over the summer, Sandro Pehar was texting with a match on the dating app Hinge. After a few jovial exchanges, she gave him her phone number, and Pehar sent her a short voice memo.

thestar.com • 14th November 2021

‘Miikshi,’ a Toronto couple’s puppet series about a sheep scientist, takes flight on TVOKids.com

Married puppeteers Justin and Lindsay Lee are bringing stories to life with handmade puppets right here in the GTA.

Toronto Life • 29th October 2021

I quit my desk job and opened a pilates studio in Corktown

As a professional ballet dancer, Jennifer Winter began practising pilates to help offset the rigours of dance. Now retired from ballet, Winter opened a pilates studio during the pandemic.

Toronto Life • 29th October 2021

"I'd break down in tears as soon as I got home": Why this nurse left the profession for good

Denise Mackie, a 49-year-old nurse at a long-term care home, thought she’d retire when she was 59, in 2031. Then came the pandemic.

Toronto Life • 26th October 2021

A student and a senior moved in together. Here's what happened

Who: Megan Parker, 19, an animation student at OCAD; Ann Langer, 77, a retired interior designer, with her nine-year-old Scottish terrier, Hazel.

Toronto Life • 20th October 2021

"After six ketamine therapy sessions, I'm a different person"

Patrick Fletch, a 50-year-old automotive service business owner, explored ketamine therapy to address symptoms of PTSD.

The Globe and Mail • 19th October 2021

These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers

Dora Strelkova has always been interested in how things work. But when she joined her school’s robotics team in Grade 9, she felt intimidated as one of only three girls on a team of 15.

Toronto Life • 14th October 2021

I gave up my career as a TD executive to become a florist

Laura Sousa spent eight years as vice-president of enterprise project management at TD. Last June, she resigned to become a florist.

The Globe and Mail • 12th October 2021

Could IVF and egg freezing become the new norm for company group benefit plans?

“Women have been delaying starting a family because of their careers,” explains Fernanda Mendes, HR and benefits administrator at Alida.

thestar.com • 12th October 2021

Planet Fabulon will take Luminato patrons to another planet in ‘The Ruins of Zindor’

Part escape room, part murder mystery and part holographic theatre, “The Ruins of Zindor” is an all-ages, medium-bending event.

Toronto Life • 8th October 2021

These friends started a yacht rental service during the pandemic, and business is booming

In June of 2020, Jeffrey Nham and his friend Issey Abraha started an Airbnb-like service for yacht rentals with a fleet of four boats rented out at $1,000 per hour.

Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better • 5th October 2021

How FoodShare Implemented Pay Transparency

At the time, FoodShare’s lowest-earning workers were paid minimum wage. “We were supporting communities that had been made vulnerable,” says executive director Paul Taylor.

Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better • 5th October 2021

How IBM Is Developing an AI Talent Pipeline

For artificial intelligence, 2015 was a watershed year: Suddenly machine learning was faster, cheaper, scalable and able to solve more complicated problems.

Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better • 5th October 2021

How Hootsuite Modernized Its Employee Benefits

In the pre-pandemic days, the social-media management platform company Hootsuite had a one-size-fits-all benefits package.

Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better • 5th October 2021

How to Track Productivity (Without Alienating Your Team)

Acto is a platform for pharmaceutical and life-sciences companies to communicate with sales reps, health care providers and patients.

Foodism TO • 1st October 2021

These Ontario distilleries are shaking things up

Geoff Dillon was midway through a double major in biochemistry and economics at Western University when he first thought of opening a distillery. He was 21 at the time, in 2006.