From Ship to Shelf: Vancouver’s Port of the Future
The COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and record e-commerce demand have shone a spotlight on the world’s supply chains. The journey of how we receive “stuff” is quite complicated—and fragile. ...
2 Maj 202324min
Ten Questions on Climate for Earth Day
On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse is joined by a special guest co-host: Lindsay Patrick, Head of Strategic Initiatives & ESG at RBC Capital Markets, where she leads t...
18 Apr 202322min
Soil: An Unexpected Climate Change Champion
Soil. We have a lot of it here in Canada, with the 12th largest agricultural land holding in the world. Our vast land presents a large opportunity to help combat climate change with sequestering carbo...
4 Apr 202329min
Cyber Wars: A Good Offense Is the Best Defense
Cyber threats have been around as long as the Internet, but attacks have ramped up in the last few years, with the pandemic dramatically shifting more of our work—and our lives—online. Organizations a...
21 Mars 202331min
Views from the Valley: Is The Worst Over for Tech?
It’s no secret that 2023 hasn’t exactly started on a high note for the tech sector. With more than 100,000 workers laid off already this year, looking in from the outside, the industry seems to have l...
7 Mars 202328min
Semiconductor Showdown: Canada Enters the Chip Race
Is the hustle to build a reliable, domestic supply of semiconductors the new space race?Semiconductors are small computer chips the size of a fingerprint that contain hundreds of millions, if not bill...
21 Feb 202327min
Canada’s Quest for Quantum Dominance
Imagine a mathematical problem so complex, it would take today’s most sophisticated supercomputer 9,000 years to solve. Now, imagine a new type of computer that could solve the very same problem in ju...
7 Feb 202328min
Davos 2023: “Things could be a lot worse”
After a three-year hiatus, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, came back with a vengeance, just as a fragmented world confronts a confluence of crises. The global meeting of...
24 Jan 202328min
