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This is the first episode of “All Psyched Up About”, a new series whereby clinical psychologist, Dan McMillan, will discuss, and seek to unpack, a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ To learn more about Daniel McMillan and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Daniel McMillan LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-mcmillan-946775aa/ Assured Psychology Website | https://www.assuredpsychology.com Facebook | @assuredpsych or https://www.facebook.com/assuredpsych/ Instagram | @assuredpsychology §§§ Mental Health | Psychology | Psychologist | Health Clinic | Counselling | Counseling | Mental Well Being | Therapy | Community Support | Shame | Compassion | Mental Illness | Vulnerability | Vulnerable | Self-Esteem | Self-Value | Loneliness | Isolation | Depression | Self-Criticism | Self-Abandonment | Self-Care | Self-Worth | Couples Counselling | Work Place Mental Health | Anxiety | Stress | Resilience | Calgary | YYC | Alberta | Podcasting | Podcast Guest | Ca

This is the 3rd episode of “Errol’s Eye on”, a series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ Episode 3 focused on sustainability in the retail sector with ideas around: Sourcing more sustainable materials and products Obtaining certification of the “Global Recycle Standard” (or GRS) Partnering with the global network “1% for the Planet” §§§ The links from two key entities mentioned during this episode include: GRS - Global Recycle Standard | https://bit.ly/3I1Awx2 1% for the Planet | https://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly/3mzjRa0 Director o

This is the 2nd episode of “Errol’s Eye on”, a series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations §§§ Episode 2 covered some important topics for businesses and their staff around remote work which Errol summarized into 5 key elements: 1st | CRM - customer relationship management 2nd | Task management 3rd | Cloud-based filing system 4th | Messaging and communication 5th | Tracking system Errol also provided his suggestions on affordable and effective tech solutions for each of these 5 elements. §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly/3mzjRa0 §§§ Remote Working | Work-from-home | Cloud-based solu

This is the first episode of “Errol’s Eye on”, a new series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly/3mzjRa0 §§§ Business Process Outsourcing | Learning | Education | Podcasting | Canadian Education | Technology | Innovation | Startups | Founders | Canadian Podcast | Small Business | Marketing | Digital Marketing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Architecture is a fantastic field that involves every aspect of our lives from our living spaces to our work fronts to our leisure and recreation areas. Architecture impacts virtually all human beings in every thing we do. However, there appears to be an inherent bias that prevents equity (or more equal representation) in ensuring the individuals (mainly women) that have the ability and skills are hired, promoted or otherwise involved with the “grass-roots” projects that are embedded in our communities. To learn more about Kayla and her work, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ BOLD Workshop Architecture website | http://www.boldworkshop.ca BOLD Workshop Architecture on Instagram | @Bold.Workshop BOLD Workshop Architecture on LinkedIn  | https://www.linkedin.com/company/bold-workshop-architecture/ §§§ Kayla Browne on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-browne-7a505057/ §§§ Canada | Calgary | Architecture | Architect School | University of Manitoba | Winnipeg | Chicago | Landscapi

What happens when chemistry meets creativity?  This is not a riddle for some soon to be released Warner Bros movie.  As I learned from chatting with Brandon Carbol, President of Weatherskin, the 50+ products (or SKU’s) make available for their residential and industrial clients is an elixir of being responsive to changing market conditions and the constantly evolving needs of the Weatherskin customers In fact, the “weather” in Weatherskin really has meaning as it relates to Weatherskin’s expertise in adapting its products to adhere to the harsh Canadian climate. To learn more about the work of Brandon and his team at Weatherskin, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ Weatherskin LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/weatherskin/ Website | https://weatherskin.com §§§ Brandon Carbol on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-carbol-11a67614/ §§§ Calgary | Podcast | Canada | Small Business | Entrepreneur | Founder | Construction | Supply Chain | Chemicals | Chemistry | Innovation

While buying and selling luxury hand-bags in her basement, Tammy stumbled onto an important market segment – a circular economy marketplace that includes authentication and certification; consignment, selling and re-selling; restoration and refurbishment and temporary rentals.  It appears that Tammy and her team are just scratching the surface (except for the handbags)! To learn more about the work of Tammy and her diverse lines of business, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ Luxe Du Jour LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/luxe-du-jour/ Website | https://luxedujour.ca Instagram | @luxedujour and @luxebagspa §§§ Tammy Le on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-le-phan/ §§§ Calgary | Podcast | Canada | Small Business | Entrepreneur | Founder | Luxury Goods | Designer Brands | Retail | Wholesale | Consignment | Circular Fashion | Recycled Materials | Sustainability | Fashion Brands | Recycling | Reduce | Reuse | Refurbish | Textiles | Renewable Goods | Circular Economy | Job Creat

Zeina shared a wonderful story of joining the Alberta government court system, Court of Queen’s Bench, to witness nearly 300 divorce claims per month over a 9 year period. Zeina took that experience to work in her own private company, aptly named Trusted Divorce Services, and recently celebrated 6 years in business. To learn more about the work of Zeina and her support of families seeking divorce services, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ Zeina on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeina-el-sayed/ Main Website | https://trusteddivorceservices.ca Legal Tech Website | divorcenavigator.ca Free instructional webinar series | https://bit.ly/3GEOpP8 §§§ Link to Zoom video | https://bit.ly/34kbwle Link to Zoom audio | https://bit.ly/3guI9yU §§§ Calgary | YYC | Legal services | Divorce service | LegalTech | Alberta Court | Canadian Legal system | Support Services | Family Law | Social Health | Psychology | Mental Health | Guidance Counselor | Child Welfare | Spousal Support | Marriage Counselor | Lega

This is the 2nd episode of “Laura’s Lens on”, a series dedicated to Laura Lirette, General Manager of Open People Network and HardBoot Inc, sharing her views on a variety of topics around the constantly and rapidly changing tech stack and the startup ecosystem she works in on a daily basis. In Episode number 2, we did a deep dive on understanding the technology-related role of “Full Stack Developers”. §§§ Open People Network Website | https://opn.ninja/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/openpeoplenetwork/ Instagram | @openpeoplenetwork Twitter | https://twitter.com/Opeoplenetwork Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Opeoplenetwork/?_rdc=1&_rdr YouTube | http://bit.ly/2MZzdGj §§§ Hardboot Inc Website | https://www.hardbootinc.com/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/hardboot-communications-inc-/mycompany/ §§§ Laura Lirette on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximiliankerz/ §§§ Software engineering | Learning | Education | Podcasting | Canadian Education | Technology | Innovation | D

This is the 21st episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with industry experts from the local business community. §§§ In this episode, three University of Calgary students: Isabella Guimet, Soumya Kumaria and Sydney Kwok from the Computer Science faculty, were joined by Sven Resch, the CTO and Co-founder at Inqli, an employee experience technology startup out of Victoria, British Columbia. §§§ LinkedIn Profiles of Podcast Guests: Sven Resch | https://www.linkedin.com/in/svenresch Isabella Guimet | https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabella-guimet Soumya Kumaria | https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumya-kumaria Sydney Kwok | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-kwok-5648491a1 §§§ Inqli Website | https://www.inqli.com LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/inqli/ §§§ University of Calgary | https://www.ucalgary.ca Schulich School of Engineering | https://schulich.ucalgary.ca §§§ Women in Computer Science (U of C) Instagram | @wi

What a terrific chat.  Hearing first hand how Dr. Moshirpour focuses on the fundamentals of coding and rather than simply teaching, he works towards coaching his students from a “learning to learn” perspective. To learn more about the exciting work of Dr. Moshirpour and his colleagues in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ Schulich School of Engineering Website | https://schulich.ucalgary.ca LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/school/schulich-school-of-engineering/ Instagram | @schulichengineer Instagram (Ignite Program, formerly “Google Ignite”) | @schulichignite §§§ University of Calgary Website | https://www.ucalgary.ca LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/school/ucalgary/ Twitter | @UCalgary Instagram | @UCalgary §§§ Dr. Mohammad Moshirpour LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-moshirpour-319aa813/# Personal Website | https://moshirpour.com Instagram | @schulicjsoftwarememes §§§ Links to a selection of

When health and safety (HSE) in an industrial setting is combined with technology, it can have a significant impact on the well-being of a company’s employees and provide invaluable insight that goes beyond the number of incidents being reported to stakeholders. Sean Stinson provided a terrific summation of how Blackline Safety leaders managed to pivot from GPS trackers to gas monitoring sensors that protect not only a company’s entire workforce located on site but also the “Lone Worker” who may be more vulnerable in dangerous situations. Of course, such shift and innovation ultimately led to Blackline utilizing the cloud and key data to provide valuable predictive analytics for its clients. To learn more about the work of Blackline Safety and its integration of technology, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ Blackline Safety LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/blacklinesafety/ Website | https://www.blacklinesafety.com/ Twitter | @blacklinesafety Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/bl

This was a rare opportunity to speak with two founders that are in the early stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Kimberly Ihekwoaba is a chemistry major that also has a passion for writing.  Kimberly hopes to combine the two disciplines by writing the technical documents for major industrial companies. Prince Egbukwu is a website designer and project management expert that has both a profit-oriented business (Fuse Digital) and a non-profit entity called “Kids Code and Play”.  Prince is also participating in the Full Stack Developer cohort of InceptionU, as part of their Evolve learners program. To learn about the work of MindFuel and their Founders Fundamentals program, as well as Prince and Kimberly, click on one or more of the links below: §§§ LinkedIn profiles of Prince and Kimberly Prince Egbukwu | https://www.linkedin.com/in/prince-egbukwu/ Kimberly Ihekwoaba | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kihek/ §§§ MindFuel LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfuel-ca/ Website | https:/

This is the 20th episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with industry experts from the local business community. §§§ In this episode, three University of Calgary students: Joel Happ, Luke Hollinda and Niyousha Raeesinejad from the Software Engineering program at the Schulich School of Engineering, were joined by Craig Adam, the CTO at Propra here in Calgary. §§§ LinkedIn Profiles of Podcast Guests: Craig Adam | https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-adam-ca/ Joel Happ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-happ/ Luke Hollinda | https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-hollinda/ Niyousha Raeesinejad | https://www.linkedin.com/in/niyoushar/ Joel Happ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-happ/ §§§ Propra Website | https://www.propra.ca LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/propra/ Twitter | @propra_tech §§§ University of Calgary | https://www.ucalgary.ca Schulich School of Engineering | https://schulich.ucalgary.ca §§§ A few companie

This is the first episode of “Laura’s Lens on”, a new series dedicated to Laura Lirette, General Manager of Open People Network and HardBoot Inc, sharing her views on a variety of topics around the constantly and rapidly changing tech stack and the startup ecosystem she works in on a daily basis. To learn more, click on one or more of the links below:  §§§ Open People Network Website | https://opn.ninja/  LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/openpeoplenetwork/  Instagram | @openpeoplenetwork  Twitter | https://twitter.com/Opeoplenetwork  Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Opeoplenetwork/?_rdc=1&_rdr  YouTube | http://bit.ly/2MZzdGj  §§§  Hardboot Inc  Website | https://www.hardbootinc.com/  LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/hardboot-communications-inc-/mycompany/  §§§  Laura Lirette on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximiliankerz/ §§§  Software engineering | Learning | Education | Podcasting | Canadian Education |

This is the 19th episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with industry experts from the local business community. §§§ In this episode, three University of Calgary students: Noel Thomas and Athul Rajagopal from the Software Engineering program with the Schulich School of Engineering and Jorge Avila from the Computer Science department, were joined by Dr. Maximilian Kerz, the CTO and Co-founder of Cherry Health here in Calgary. §§§ A few companies mentioned during this episode include: Blackline Safety (Calgary) | https://www.blacklinesafety.com Harvest Builders (Calgary) | https://www.harvest.builders  Vivametrica (Calgary), now operating as Sprout | https://www.sproutatwork.com  BioNTech (Germany) | https://biontech.de §§§ LinkedIn Profiles: Dr. Maximilian Kerz | https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximiliankerz/ Noel Thomas | https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelfranthomas/ Athul Rajagopal | https://www.linkedin.com/in/

This is the 18th episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with industry experts from the local business community. §§§ In this episode, three University of Calgary students: Divyansh Goyal, Maheen Hossain and Curtis Silva, were joined by two professionals from Endeavor Technologies, Madison Philps and Jeff Graw.   As listeners to this podcast will know, Endeavor Technologies CEO and founder, Brad Reiser, was a past guest of episode 311 on 17 June 2021.  Here is a link to that session: https://bit.ly/3gCInDM The primary technology that supports the Endeavor platform is Unity Technologies, which makes real-time 3D projects for Games, Animation, Film, Automotive, Transportation, Architecture, Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction.  The link to the Unity website can be found here: https://unity.com §§§ LinkedIn Profiles of guests of episode 325 can be found here: Divyansh Goyal | https://www.linkedin.

Since 1999, Mitacs has a deep history of forming strategic partnerships across Canada with higher education facilities (faculty, researchers, students), governments (federal, provincial, terrorities and municipal) and the local business community in which students join the Mitacs “Work Integrated Learning” problem to help companies solve their business challenges. §§§ Companies mentioned during this podcast include: SeeO2 Energy | PhD students from the University of Calgary, Paul Addo and Beatriz Sanchez, were past participants of the Mitacs program.  Paul and Beatriz also shared the SeeO2 Energy story on Episode 188 of this podcast on 14 October 2020 | https://www.seeo2energy.com/ § ParkChamp | this Calgary-based startup has benefited from the Mitacs program | https://parkchamp.ca/apps/  § Guild Education | Denver-based edtech company is focused on  re-skilling, re-tooling and/or upskilling employees at their place of work | https://www.guildeducation.com §§§ To learn about the work of the Mit

This episode pulled on a few threads that really define Mandy and her entrepreneurial spirit.  From her relocation from Vancouver to Calgary to a class project in her studies at the Haskayne School of Business that was inspired by a social encounter at her part-time job, Mandy has embarked on a series of fortunate events (and viable businesses) that benefit many in Calgary and across Canada. From Date Nights to brunch meetings to The ACE Collective, Mandy ensures that women she encounters on a personal and business level are “confident” and “accountable” to give them the “energy” they need to succeed -- not only in business but in life. §§§ Two Gary Vaynerchuk references were made during this podcast that are relevant to the work of Mandy and the "brunch" meetings she started prior to formalizing The Ace Collective. These are references: Mimi Goodwin was featured on the "Crushing It" book; she is the founder of "Mimi n Style" and Sew Sew Def magazine | https://mimigstyle.com/ High School Party Concept wa

This is the 17th episode in which students from Calgary post-secondary education institutions and related programs have engaged in a Q&A session with an industry expert from the local business community. §§§ In this episode, three students: Max Mandler, Ben Howard and Erik Stuebing from the Haskayne School of Business and leaders of the DeNovo Student Investment Fund, put forth their investment questions with Matthew Andrade, Managing Director of Public Investments at Werklund Family Office here in Calgary. Two podcasts mentioned during this episode include: Pomp Podcast | episode 703 which aired on 28 October 2021 | Anthony Pompliano ("POMP") interview with Delphi Digital founders, Anil Lulla and Yan Liberman | https://apple.co/3GJm1wP Masters of Scale podcast | episode 50 that aired on 26 October 2021 | Reid Hoffman interview with Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates | https://apple.co/3nLyKGC §§§§ To learn more about the individual guests on this podcast and their related activities, click on o