Shaping Society By Anna Guy Leading Canadian architecture firm Parkin Architects Limited, is an award-winning firm with a legacy of innovative and practical design for some of the country’s most notable buildings. When John B. Parkin founded John B. Parkin Architects in the late 1930s, the firm quickly established a reputation for preeminent [...]
Helping kids be kids By Anna Guy It’s hard to imagine: putting a price on a child’s mobility or comfort. Thankfully, through the help from donors, Easter Seals Ontario helps families from cost getting in the way of something so invaluable. The reality is living with a disability is expensive. For a family, [...]
Service and safety in the sky By Anna Guy Clients know exactly what to expect from Nolinor Aviation: impeccable service and safety standards. But for Nolinor Aviation, no two customers are alike, and that’s just the way they like it. “Nolinor Aviation offers customized, tailored air transport solutions,” says Marco Prud'Homme Vice President [...]
Reliability Services Company Recognized as Best Managed Company, 2017 As a leading provider of lubrication analysis and management solutions, Fluid Life has the expertise to help its customers achieve a higher level of reliability. Strong Roots in Analysis Back in 1981, Devar Chisholm was selling speciality lubricants and was using oil analysis services to [...]
Solutions for your Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Needs By Anna Guy Winnipeg’s SMS Engineering continues to lead sustainability and energy reduction goals for its clients. For commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, energy management is as important as the brick and mortar. But this wasn’t always the case, making retrofitting older buildings for energy [...]
Capacity Development. Relationship Building. Reconciliation. By Anna Guy “There is a clear recognition out of the corporate business community that the old way of doing business with Aboriginal companies is gone, and the new way means fundamental changes for full engagement and participation with the Aboriginal community.”—Phil Fontaine, Ishkonigan. Canada’s top indigenous consulting [...]
Heart of the industry Open the dictionary to the definition of “Agriculture and Biotechnology,” and you should find a map of Saskatchewan. Next to that should be a list of a vast range of industries and products that extend well beyond crops and livestock. Biomedicine, bioproducts, digital technologies, environmental stewardship, biofortification, animal welfare and [...]
An independent voice of labour for 65 years By Rajitha Sivakumaran Unions and trades go hand in hand, but many Canadians are unaware of the deep history behind independent unions in Canada. The rise of unions not affiliated with any labour federations is a story about fighting the norm of labour unions rooted in [...]
Experts in efficient design “We are very conscious of the sustainability, durability and energy efficiency of every building we design, because someone is going to operate that building, and they want low operating costs and high durability.” Jean Desjardins, President of Desjardins Expert Conseil. Based in Laval, QC, Desjardins Expert Conseil is a multidisciplinary [...]
A world of inspiration Literature, design, philosophy, nature: architecture and urban design firm ADHOC draws inspiration from all around them. Projects from the Montreal, QC-based firm are generating excitement from its peers with forward-thinking design and style that incorporates elements from wherever inspiration hits. Take a triplex built by ADHOC in Quebec City, for [...]