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Malcolm Seaboyer is a marketing manager working in tourism and on the side – and strictly voluntarily – works with a great group of dedicated volunteers on the Y-CON Gaming & Comics Convention. Y-CON has shown enormous growth since its beginnings in 2019, enduring through the pandemic, growing steadily. and this year it has outgrown its original location with upwards of a thousand participants expected to take in the 3 day event in Yarmouth.To find out more about Y-CON and their events visit their website yarmouthcon.comFollow them on Facebook, Instagram, X, Twitch and YouTube.To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.

Dr. Daniel Rasic is a practicing psychiatrist focused on treatment of service members and first responders.Virtual Hallway is a game changer for Rural areas. It enables GPs and nurse practitioners to connect with specialists quickly, getting consultations done in hours or days that previously would take months to happen, helping to eliminate waitlists and speed up much needed patient care.To find out more about Virtual Hallway visit their website Virtual Hallway.caFollow Virtual Hallway on Linkedin and follow Daniel Rasic on Linkedin too.To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.

Dr. Karen Cross of MIMOSA Diagnostics is an award-winning scientist, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and an entrepreneur. The MIMOSA pro is an amazing innovation - a handheld, portable imaging device that provides state-of-the-art imaging accurately and non-invasively, enabling doctors anywhere to find wounded damaged tissue and vascular issues. This has huge implications for those in rural areas or anyone not close to medial centres with Diagnostic Imaging equipmentTo find out more about MIMOSA visit their website www.mimosadiagnostics.com and folloe them on LinkedinFollow Dr. Cross on Linkedin tooTo find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.

In the fifth and final episode of our annual Women Founder series, Wade talks with Speaker, Adult Educator, Coach, and Author Debbie Adams. A degenerative eye disease took Debbie from a Military career to unemployment and forced her to reinvent herself completely. She’s been through it all and now teaches others what she has learned about what it takes to survive and to flourish. To find out more about Debbie and what she does, visit her website peoplecanbiz.com and follow her on Linkedin.To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.

In the fourth of our annual Women Founder series, Wade talks with Maria McGowan, marketer extraordinaire who is the founder of Sociable Media. She’s been in the business for twenty-plus years, was one of the early adopters of social media marketing and remains on the forefront of it. Maria has a great love for community and strongly believes in giving back to that community, and we’ll talk about that, as well as her Podcast The Reimagined Energy Podcast, and her recent adventure, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.To find out more about Sociable Media visit mariamcgowan.com and https://sociablemedia.co/ Check out the Reimagined Energy Podcast; the website is https://reimaginedenergy.com/ or find them on YouTube.Follow Maria on Linkedin.To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.

In the third of our annual Women Founder series, Wade talks with Chef Gabrielle LeGuerrier, a native Nova Scotian who with her husband European Sommelier Gabor Bodo have created something truly unique – GourmetGab by Pertu. GourmetGab brings high-end culinary and wine experiences right to your home. Chef Gabrielle is a Michelin trained chef who has cooked for many celebrities, world leaders and most notably in her last job just before the creation of GourmetGab was Sous Chef to the Royal Family and one of the last to work for Her Late Majesty The Queen of England. To find out more about GourmetGab by Pertu visit their website pertu.ca. They are on Facebook as Gourmet Gab Events by Pertu, and follow their Instagram page, This is Gourmet Gab.To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com. Ignite can be found on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Wade on Linkedin and on Facebook.