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HALIFAX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | NOVEMBER 2019 | VOLUME 28 ISSUE 10 COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY How the new convention centre is opening doors for the city of Halifax Pg 14 A WELCOMING CITY THE POWER OF PHILANTHROPY PROBLEMATIC POLICIES The benefits of inclusion and Eradicating poverty through How zero tolerance puts connections Pg 20 education Pg 26 employers at risk Pg 31 BEN SCHULMAN PROCESS AND FARM DESIGN ENGINEER Volume 28 • Issue 10 Halifax is emerging as a global business destination.” GOOD LEAF FARMS Business Voice is published 11 times a year for members of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and Metro Halifax’s — Carrie Cussons, President & CEO, Events East Group 14 business community. Views expressed in Business Voice are those of the contributors and individual members, and are not necessarily endorsed by, or are a policy of, the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent of the publisher. While every effort has been COVER STORY: made to ensure accuracy, the publisher cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions that may occur. Please address editorial enquiries and changes to information to: 14 Halifax Chamber of Commerce COLLABORATION 100-32 Akerley Boulevard Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1N1 Tel: 902-468-7111 AND COMMUNITY Fax: 902-468-7333 [email protected] www.halifaxchamber.com How the new convention centre is opening doors Board of Directors for the city of Halifax RECENT GRADUATES Margaret Chapman, Narrative Research, Chair Gavin MacDonald, Cox & Palmer, Vice Chair DRIVE BUSINESS GROWTH Cynthia Dorrington, Vale & Associates, Past Chair Directors Robert Dean, MNP LLP Mark Sidebottom, Nova Scotia Power Inc. Richard Butts, Clayton Developments Ltd. Paul Bent, Self-Employed Consultant Saeed El-Darahali, SimplyCast Faten Alshazly, WeUsThem Stefanie MacDonald, Halifax Paper Hearts DalhousieUniversitygrad,BenSchulman,ishelping permanent, full-time job. Employers receive 25% of the Michele Peveril, NS Department of Business Brad Proctor, McInnes Cooper GoodLeaf Farms take its vertical farming to new heights. grad’s rst year salary (35% if the grad is diverse) and Captain(N) David Mazur, Maritimes Forces Atlantic Roger Boutilier, Nova Scotia Association of Realtors 12.5% of the grad’s second-year salary. Caroline Wolfe Stewart, The Berkeley Retirement Residences The company produces ultra-fresh, pesticide-free greens Andrew de Freitas, Canadian National Railway Cayla Stryncl, Fiera Properties through a relatively new practice of growing indoors in “TheeconomicsoftheGTOprogramarefantastic,”says Christopher Googoo, Ulnooweg stacked layers. This innovative method uses advanced Trevor.“Tobeabletobringsomeoneinandhavethat Chamber Staff engineering,horticulture,anddataanalytics,makingita amount of the salary subsidized, why not take advantage Patrick Sullivan, President and CEO Nancy M. Conrad, Senior Vice President, Policy perfect place for the bright minds of recent grads. of that? You get the immediate benet of new ideas, Colin J. Bustard, Director of Finance and Administration Becky Davison, Director of Marketing knowledge and energy, and then the longer-term benet of Emma Menchefski, Communications Specialist That’s where Ben, an industrial engineering graduate, futureproong your business by hiring the next generation.” Business Voice is published by came in. “For the rstyear,Iwasthe The Chronicle Herald Custom Publishing Department Publisher: Sarah Dennis engineering lead primarily focused on TheGTOprogramcanhelpbringvalue, Editor: Nicole Gnazdowsky Layout & Design: Peter Ross TABLE OF designing a new farm in Ontario and YOU GET THE IMMEDIATE energyandtalenttoasmallbusinesswhile Contributing Writers: Erin Elaine Casey, Joey Fitzpatrick, supportingourfarminBibleHill,”says BENEFIT OF NEW IDEAS, helping to create opportunities for recent Sara Ericsson, Wendy Luther, Cory Porteous, 20 Lina Reith, Jennifer Weston Ben. “I have a range of responsibilities, grads. Customer Relations Specialist: Meghan O'Neil CONTENTS: KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY, Sales Executive: Wanda H. Priddle but I focus on high-level process AND THEN THE LONGER-TERM 902-426-2811 ext. 1163 • [email protected] “This extra funding means creating jobs and Cover photo: Nicole LaPierre design, working with vendors and BENEFIT OF FUTUREPROOFING making employee training possible,” says Copyright 2019 by The Chronicle Herald. 04 Events managing our external engineers.” All rights reserved. Reproduction of any article, YOUR BUSINESS BY HIRING Trevor.“Whywouldn’twegiveyoungpeople photograph or artwork without expressed written permission from the publisher is strictly prohibited. 05 President’s message Trevor Grandy, director of engineering THE NEXT GENERATION. studying here or wanting to live here — a 2717 Joseph Howe Drive at GoodLeaf Farms, says he’s floored chancetostay?Itisuptousasemployersto Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2T2 06 New & Noted Tel: 902-426-2811 byBen’simpactonthecompany.“The create the opportunity.“ TheChronicleHerald.ca 10 Members vertical farming industry is relatively Disclaimer Business Voice magazine makes no warranties of any kind, More than 1,000 graduates have already secured good jobs in the news new, so an engineer with the most up-to-date training and written or implied, regarding the contents of this magazine knowledge,likeBen,givesusagreatcompetitiveedge,” in their chosen careers with the support of GTO funding. and expressly disclaims any warranty regarding the 26 Working for you Complete applications are normally turned around within 3 accuracy or reliability of information contained herein. 14 Collaboration and says Trevor. “Ben came in, learned, and applied what he The views contained in this magazine are those of the writers and advertisers; they do not necessarily reflect to 5 business days. community 28 Halifax Partnership was learning, trial-by-re.Now,Iwouldputhisknowledge the views of Business Voice magazine and its publisher The Chronicle Herald. How the new convention up against any other professional working in this eld.” Interested in learning more about the available funding to Publications Mail Agreement No. 40032112 centre is opening doors for 29 Trends the city of Halifax hire talented grads? Visit novascotia.ca/GTO Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Hiringinnovativeyoungtalentwasmadeeasierfor Halifax Chamber of Commerce. 32 Awards spotlight: GoodLeafFarmsbytheprovince’sGraduatetoOpportunity 20 Meant to achieve Totally Raw Pet Food (GTO) program. GTO provides salary incentives to small NSCC transition year program businesses, start-ups, social enterprises and non- builds success SPECIAL FEATURES: protswhohirearecentpost-secondarygraduatefora 22 Profile:Outshine 36 Holiday gift guide BUSINESS VOICE 3 EVENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE For a full and up-to-date list of our Chamber events, please visit CHAMBER EVENTS www.halifaxchamber.com/events It takes a village Halifax’s growth can be attributed to collaboration @prezhfxchamber PINTS + POINTERS WONDER WOMEN THANK YOU TO OUR DATE: Thursday, November 7 PRESENTED BY: BoyneClarke OCTOBER SPONSORS: TIME: 3:30 – 5 p.m. DATE: Friday, December 6 Partnership, with support from a number Week. We saw 500+ attendees, hosted LOCATION: Garrison Brewing TIME: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. of other organizations each contributed events at local venues with our seven LOCATION: The Westin Nova Scotian to the overall submission and made us community partners and our two main POWER LUNCH: SAVE THE DATE: contenders for this game-changing eco- sponsors and reached thousands more Ceridian nomic impact. with our social media promotions. DATE: Friday, November 8 POWER LUNCH: While we didn’t snag the Amazon Our team is also dedicated to TIME: 12 – 1:30 p.m. LOCATION: Hailfax Chamber office, AIR CANADA contract, we did land eBay’s retail revival diversity and inclusion in the business 32 Akerley Blvd. JANUARY 17, 2020 program, a hands-on training program community and has partnered with to equip small businesses with the organizations like the Black Business 2020 HALIFAX BUSINESS ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY: skills they need to thrive in the global Initiative to invite their clients and AWARDS economy. members to our events and vice versa. Mayor Mike Savage JANUARY 23, 2020 PRESENTED BY: RBC and PATRICK SULLIVAN The Chamber also recently launched Through this, we’re able to host a more Halifax Partnership BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: PRESIDENT & CEO our Trade Accelerator Program, an holistic representation of our business DATE: Friday, November 15 THE COAST innovative and dynamic program aimed community. TIME: 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. JANUARY 29, 2020 s we start to wind down our busiest at helping Halifax’s enterprises overcome United Way’s poverty strategy is LOCATION: Halifax Convention Centre Atime of the year, I’ve been reflecting barriers to exporting. the culmination of concerned citizens on this city I love, Halifax. We’re constantly finding new wanting to make a difference. A diverse BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: We’ve seen incredible growth in opportunities for growth and we’re not group of 22 community leaders combined Sandler Training Halifax in the last several years. stopping anytime soon. their efforts to combat poverty in Halifax DATE: Tuesday, November 19 Our downtown core is lined with A huge contributor to our growth and to address the inequalities that come TIME: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. exciting projects. New businesses are is our collaboration. Once upon a time with growth. LOCATION: 1595 Bedford Hwy., Suite 602, in Halifax, we were a siloed bunch. We Bedford