Sentences with phrase «global centres of»

Ultimately, government and the private sector should commit to establishing global centres of excellence in energy research and technology that would place Canada at the forefront of energy research and innovation.

Cities like Dubai and Singapore are already aggressively competing to become global centres of finance.

MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences Discovery District) today announced a big step toward its goal of establishing Toronto as a leading global centre of bioscience commerce, with the addition of Salt Lake City - based NPS Pharmaceuticals and Boston - based VIMAC Ventures as tenants.

Our case also underscores London's position as a global centre of litigation.

The importance of the City of London as a leading global centre of international dispute resolution is also key to the continued success of the financial and many other service sectors.

«Toronto is a global centre of innovation and technology that continues to expand with unprecedented growth including the financial services sector.

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Jacqueline Palladini is Senior Economist of the Global Commerce Centre at the Conference Board of Canada.

Jacqueline Palladini is a Senior Economist with the Conference Board of Canada and contributes to research on global trade and investment as part of the Global Commerce Cglobal trade and investment as part of the Global Commerce CGlobal Commerce Centre.

Danielle Goldfarb is Associate Director of the Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre.

Global Construction Services has received a $ 27.5 million contract for work on the first stage of Scentre Group's Westfield Carousel shopping centre redevelopment.

When we had Cisco doing their innovation centres here, one of five in the world, recently we had a couple of other global companies that have come here, they talk about that as being an important consideration.

We are also looking at other areas, such as evaluating the possibility of associating with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy, which will be integrated into our business model.

Danielle Goldfarb is director of the Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre.

A global battle has broken out to attract such data centres, which already number in the tens of thousands.

A leading global university centred in Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university, which offers a global approach to education and research, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.

It offers a specialization in global energy management and sustainability, where students are put into five intensive residencies in key energy centres around the world over a period of 20 months to learn from top industry experts.

A funny thing happened on Oct. 20 (a.k.a. Axe Wednesday), when U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne moved to save his nation, a long - time centre of global finance, from the embarrassment of losing its triple - A credit rating.

At the Global Islamic Economy Summit in Dubai this year, he sat front - row centre next to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, one of the most influential leaders in the Middle East.

At the relative centre of this is Microsoft, whose operating systems dominate global computing.

For more than a decade, the threat of terrorism has contributed to rising oil prices, global instability and insecurity in major financial centres — in other words, it's been a major drag on business.

«A lot of companies are going global now and they want a person who not only has good business sense, but who is culturally aware, has the language skills, and is able to quickly adapt to whatever is thrown at them and handle it gracefully,» says Fiona Walsh, assistant dean and director of Sauder's Hari B. Varshney Business Career Centre.

Wang Tao of the Carnegie - Tsinghua Centre for Global Policy, a think - tank in Beijing, calls the airport - construction frenzy «misguided».

These are just a few examples of the slow but inexorable shift of the global political and economic centre, from west to east.

It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture, and is consistently ranked one of the world's most livable cities.

Regus, the global workspace provider, has just announced the opening of its first centre in Angola, in Southern Africa.

That's a mighty big plunge for the centre of global capitalism.

Ito Peng is Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Global Social Policy at the University of Toronto.

For a full lineup of events at Imagine Tomorrow at the Hunter Centre, and events funded by the Global Entrepreneurship Week Engagement Fund, visit the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

About Communitech: Communitech is an innovation centre in Waterloo Region that supports a community of more than 1,000 tech companies — from startups to rapidly growing mid-size companies and large global players.

With the founding of Crypto Valley Association, we are promoting more than a region: we have founded a global association as a base for the sector's most innovative and forward thinking companies, further strengthening Switzerland's position as a leading centre of innovation in this sector,» said Oliver Bussmann, President of the CVA.

The Vancouver Board of Trade also applauds the commitment of $ 3 million over three years towards a Global Maritime Centre of Excellence, to promote West Coast Tourism and strengthen Port Metro Vancouver, as well as the proposal to expand the Electronic Travel Authorization eligibility to low - risk travelers from four countries, including Brazil and Mexico, in order to make Canada a more attractive destination for tourism and business.

The country is an international financial centre with a mix of global wealth managers and specialized boutique asset managers.

Ultimate decisions about financing have become more highly concentrated in those centres where the global banks reside; this has tended to produce a concentration of deal - making talent in these centres.

The Bank therefore welcomes and strongly supports the recent initiatives of the Commonwealth Government to promote Australia as a centre for global financial services.

«After two years of developing global interest in B.C.'s LNG potential, this year's budget has selected four or five other key industries for strategic investment and growth — from the film industry to mining, aerospace, and a Maritime Centre of Excellence.»

With the announcement of an additional $ 10 - million donation, the centre will make a major impact on Canadian and global business worldwide by developing the world's first truly integrative business school curriculum.

IPIC's main source of shame, however, is its entanglement in a global money laundering investigation centred on 1MDB.

Australian banks, which were less exposed to the global financial crisis, have been raising their domestic government bond inventories since 2008 and cutting those of corporate bonds since 2010 (Graph 3, centre panel).

To mark the 20th anniversary, the competition is awarding an additional grand prize: a residency at the renowned Banff Centre for the Arts, a global leader in the development and promotion of creative work in the arts...

2016.12.12 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. launches RBC Retirement Portfolios and new education centre RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM Inc.) today announced the launch of RBC Retirement Portfolios, a unique solution bringing over 30 years of asset allocation experience to help investors reach their retirement goals...

2017.09.21 Trade Accelerator Program launches nationwide to take Canadian exporters global Today RBC and the Toronto Region Board of Trade's World Trade Centre Toronto announced the national launch of Canada...

For business leaders who aspire to better decision - making in reputation, corporate communications and corporate policy development, the Global Reputation Centre is the insight industry's most trusted source of specialist research and guidance.

The Conference Board of Canada's Global Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the pGlobal Commerce Centre has embarked on a research series to explore the magnitude of services in Canada's global commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the pglobal commerce picture and help bridge the gap on this issue between policy - makers, businesses, and the public.

By the middle of this century it is projected that the centre of the global economy will rest firmly in Asia.

Michael told advocates at the NetLeaders - hosted event in Poland that DasPay would also become a key part of the forward vision of the DasEcosystem as he seeks to make the Das brand front and centre of the global cryptocurrency world.

As patterns of global trade have shifted, the US has gone from being primarily a manufacturer of industrial and consumer goods to a centre of innovation and provider of services.

LONDON — The United Kingdom has been at the centre of the global economy for centuries, and London has long held the distinction of being the pre-eminent financial hub for Europe.

Recognizing our nation's caring spirit, the Aga Khan cites Canada as a role model for the world and has selected Ottawa as the home of a new global centre for pluralism.

In parallel, Bombardier also entered into a letter of agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) for a long - term lease of approximately 38 acres of property at Toronto Pearson International Airport on which Bombardier is planning to open a new centre of excellence and final assembly plant for its Global business jets.

Fourteen University of Toronto students who participated in the exchange program to Japan through the Kakehashi Project will talk about their experiences at a workshop organized by the Centre for the Study of Global Japan on April 10, 2018.