Retreatify is Keeping Remote Businesses Together with Virtual Team Building Classes

Retreatify

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having a hard time optimizing workflows and team communication? Retreatify is bringing teams back together with virtual classes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Working remotely can make maintaining cohesive communication and relationships difficult. With all non-essential businesses adapting to working from home for the past month, dips in team energy and connectivity are understandable. Toronto Start-Up company Retreatfiy, is now […]

Isolation Preconceived: Tips on How to Approach Your Time in Isolation

Isolation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In these strange times of the novel coronavirus, everybody is adapting differently to the confines of isolation.  For some, this period may represent a time to relax, unwind and slow down the rapid pace that has come to envelop 21st century life.  Yet for many, such time in confinement may paradoxically increase their level of […]

Modular Home Company, Dwellito, is now Delivering Mini Office Spaces to your Door

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having trouble working from home? You can now get a modular home office from Dwellito delivered to your door.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tiny and modular homes have been a growing trend over the last few years. Their compact design and size make them more affordable for people who wish to be home owners, but can’t take on the […]

Women Who Lead: Ania Wysocka is Helping Canadians Manage Anxiety with Rootd

Rootd

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”peacoc”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are many moments in a person’s life that on reflection can be defined as transformative. For Ania Wysocka, it came as a quick intense rush in the form of a panic attack.  Without warning during her final year of University, Wysocka was far from home and had no access to a family doctor. […]

Start-Up Spotlight: Adam Zivo is Helping Low-Income Seniors with Food Box Initiative, LifeCrate

LifeCrate

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social entrepreneur Adam Zivo deploys LifeCrate, a non-for-profit food box delivery initiative to low-income, at risk seniors in Toronto. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#1a99b2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Like many Canadians Adam Zivo’s life intersected with the novel coronavirus when he least expected it.  In early March Zivo and his mother both returned to Canada following respective trips out of the country. […]

The Intersection of Consumer and Corporate Social Responsibility during COVID-19

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Culture Counsel is a monthly column focusing on the intricacies of law through the lens of pop culture and business. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]In today’s COVID-19 environment, an interesting shift is emerging, bringing a heightened sense of consumer awareness. Consumers are carefully watching how companies are pivoting during this time. Some businesses are applauded and some are (rightfully) […]

What do I do if an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]It’s tough to be a business leader right now. Managers are dealing with unpredictable markets, a damaged economy, and keeping productivity and spirits as high as can be during an international crisis.  Moving to remote work is one thing, but what if the worst happens, and an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19?  Realize that this […]

Canadian Luggage Brand Monos Debut’s CleanPod a UVC Light Sanitizer

Monos

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vancouver born luggage brand, Monos, has pivoted business resources to create CleanPod, a hand-held rechargeable sanitizer that uses ultraviolet UVC light to effectively sanitize and disinfect products and surfaces used on a daily basis, including cell phones, bags, and more.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]The spread of COVID-19 has challenged a lot of businesses to think quickly on their feet […]