Annex Business Media: Podcasts

The latest episode of Blue Line, The Podcast features Amy Ramsay, the past president of the International Association of Women Police and the founding president of the Ontario Women in Law Enforcement. She joins Blue Line editor Brieanna Charlebois for a conversation on the importance of education within the Canadian police service. Ramsay, an advocate for increased education standards among law enforcement professionals, retired on June 30, 2018 as a Sergeant with the OPP. She has taught at Laurier University, Sheridan and Seneca Colleges, the Canadian Police College, Dalhousie University and Northwestern University. She holds undergraduate degrees in Sociology, Women's Studies, and Religious Studies. She also has master’s degrees in Criminology, Education, and Theological Studies as well as doctorates in Criminal Justice, and Management and Organization, specializing in leadership.

What does US$175 million and a cannabis R&D Centre of Excellence achieve for a Moncton, N.B.-based licensed cannabis producer? The future. Organigram CEO Greg Engel talks to Grow Opportunity about the details of British American Tobacco’s investment in Organigram, what it means for the company’s future product offerings, employment opportunities, and the company’s global expansion. Engel also share his thoughts on the cannabis industry, the lessons learned over the last two years of legalization and creating a dynamic, more responsive medical cannabis sector. Guest: Greg Engel, CEO, Organigram

Feeds are a critical component of any RAS production environment – it can make or break the health of both fish and systems. This episode provides a variety of perspectives when it comes to fish feeds in closed, containment, land-based aquaculture. Co-hosts Mari-Len De Guzman and Brian Vinci hash out the details of diets made for RAS. Guests: Kim Schøn Ekmann, senior product developer, BioMar George Nardi, VP of aquaculture services, Innovasea John Ng, president, Hudson Valley Fish Farm

Click to listen to an interview with Andrew Ellis, Director and Special Advisor to the Board of INKAS, talking about the armoured car manufacturing, the burgeoning EV market, and their outlook for 2021.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic, we check in with funding expert Bonny Koabel for an update on government financial compensation measures meant to help pizzerias, restaurants, bakery/cafés and other small businesses adversely affected by the shutdowns. In this podcast we learn about: -Extension of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy -Canada United Small Business Relief Fund -Information for those who opened a business in 2020 New developments in the Canadian Emergency Rent Subsidy Program (CERS) program And other important insights from an expert who is up to date on financial funding. Bonny Koabel is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Certified General Accountant. She is president of president of AKR Consulting Canada – a Mississauga, Ontario, firm specializing in government grants, subsidies, tax credits, refunds and rebates since 2003. For more in-depth information, you can reach Bonny at AKR Consulting Canada at www.akrconsulting.com. Thanks for listening to the Canadian Pizza Podcast. You can find

Jessica Thornton joins the Talent Show to discuss the latest future of work report by the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship – Yesterday’s Gone: Exploring the future of Canada’s labour market in a post-COVID world.

Click to listen to an interview with Bruce Nurse, head of Business Development and Alexandre Mongeon, CEO., talking about the EV boating market, their outlook for 2021, and their acquisition of MAC Engineering.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, we’ve released a special episode of The CFI Podcast, as part of our Women in Forestry series. In this episode, CFI editor Ellen Cools spoke with Carol Walker, a registered professional forester and manager of forestry policy and planning for the City of Toronto. Carol recently wrote a blog post for Women in Wood sharing her experience as one of few women of colour in the industry, in an effort to raise awareness about forestry as a potential career for women of colour. We spoke with her about her experience in the industry, the barriers to getting more women of colour into forestry, the importance of fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce, and more. According to Carol, for the industry to become more diverse and attract more women of colour, women of colour need to see themselves represented in the career. They need to be exposed to forestry as a career option and see images of diverse people in those careers. “People of colour have to see themselves. We

This special episode of Machine Language celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8 by focusing on some of the challenges and opportunities for women in the sector. Jenan Abderrahman, an engineer and part-time robotics teacher, discusses her work in engineering, process control and automation, the challenges she's faced along the way, and the role she currently plays in getting kids and young women interested in robotics and science.

This special International Women’s Day episode of Pulp & Paper Canada: The Podcast features an interview with Pamela Cowan, chair emeritus of TAPPI’s Women in Industry Division, chief marketing and financial officer for Pulmac Systems International and chief strategy officer at FiberWorx. Cowan discusses her work as a supplier in the pulp and paper industry, shares the robust initiatives TAPPI has to offer women, and reflects on the successes and remaining barriers for women in the sector. Find more stories about women working in the industry at WomenInForestry.ca.

Featuring the tech brains behind the innovative startup ReelData, this episode discusses the various applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to aquaculture, particularly in land-based farming. ReelDate CEO Mathew Zimola and CTO Hossein Salimian are the guests for this high-tech conversation.

The leaders of the Women in Occupational Health and Safety Society (WOHSS) discuss women’s achievements in the world of workplace health and safety, and the movement towards equality.

Women In Construction: The Podcast is sponsored by Deere Construction, and brought to you by Rock to Road, Canadian Consulting Engineer, Crane and Hoist Canada, On-Site, Canadian Contractor, Canadian Rental Service, Glass Canada, and Fenestration Review. Getting more women involved in trades and construction has been a dream in the industry for a long time. The situation may be slowly improving, but a combination of factors continues to create barriers to women who might be interested in trades and construction. On this episode, Jay Koblun, digital editor of Rock to Road, spoke with Karen Thompson, president of Haver & Boecker Niagara, based in St. Catharines, Ont., and Kristen Randall, marketing manager of Haver & Boecker Niagara, on their experiences in the industry. Visit, www.women-in-construction.com to join the conversation, access news, features, and more content focused on celebrating women in construction.

Host and Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy talks to Sean Tracey, the chair of Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada. Tracey is the former and first Canadian regional manager for the NFPA and was the deputy chief for Ottawa Fire Services before his retirement in 2019. Tracey is now championing the case for home fire sprinklers in Canada, and he shares the challenges to home fire sprinkler adoption, the perspectives of the home buyer, builder and fire service as well as the important role fire chiefs have to play in residential sprinkler adoption. To learn more about Home Fire Sprinkler Canada, visit homefiresprinklercanada.ca or follow the coalition on Twitter @HFSCinCanada. Learn more about Draeger

An interview with Kunal Phalper, Chief Commercial Officer

This episode of Machine Language features an interview with Mihaela Vlasea, an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo in the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, and Diana Facchini, team leader at the National Research Council in Mississauga, Ont. They discuss a new seven-year research partnership aimed at reducing the cost of metal additive manufacturing for manufacturers, and walk through the challenges and benefits of the production with 3D printing.

Since summer 2020, lumber prices have been strong, reaching unprecedented levels as demand skyrocketed after the first wave of COVID-19. But what does the North American lumber market look like in 2021? To answer that question, we spoke with Keta Kosman, owner of Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the latest episode of The CFI Podcast. We also discussed the lumber prices and demand seen in 2020, some of the main concerns for distributors and buyers, and other trends that we’ve seen in the past year. According to Keta, we can expect to see strong lumber prices and demand for up to two years. This is not just because the pandemic sparked a boom in the repair and remodeling market, but also because, in 2020, millennials made up the largest cohort of first-time buyers for the first time. “So, we’re now having a large demographic entering the U.S. housing market that has nothing to do with the pandemic. And that’s 25 years’ worth of people. So, it’s very positive,” she said. “Definitely through this year, there w

Ontario Society of Professional Engineers CEO Sandro Perruzza discusses best practice in air ventilation systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ryan Kershaw is the vice president of the Canadian Process Control Association (CPCA), and national sales manager at Mettler-Toledo International. In this episode of Pump Up the Volume, we look at some of the trends in instrumentation and controls, and just what the future holds in the process manufacturing sector.

Dr. Ryan Todd, the CEO and co-founder of headversity, is an advocate for mental health in the workplace. Mental health in blue collar jobs like manufacturing – specifically men’s mental health – presents unique challenges. As a veteran of treating mental illness challenges in the oil and gas sector in Alberta’s oil and gas sector, Dr. Todd shares a number of solutions and treatments for those looking for help.