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Surrey EconomIQ Insights

Sit down with some of the brightest minds in the Metro Vancouver region in this podcast as we discuss the stories and insights driving Surrey, and the region’s, economic growth. Surrey has recently topped the charts as Western Canada’s second fastest growing city with a population over half a million and, in these episodes, we’ll be exploring the trends that are driving our metropolitan growth and the business opportunities they attract. This Invest Surrey podcast is hosted by the City of Surrey.

  1. 11/02/2022

    Food in the Age of Crisis: How innovation in agritech is helping the next generation of growers

    In our latest episode of Surrey EconomIQ Insights, we explore the need for sustainable and innovative food solutions in the age of crisis. Join us as we chat with Kevin Meier, the vice-preisdent and general manager of Argus Controls, a company that over the last 40 years has provided plant-centric control and automation systems for the world's most demanding commercial, horticulture, bioscience and specialty crop applications.

    22 min

  2. 10/20/2022

    Fires, Floods and Nature's Fury: 'We can't prevent the shaking, but certainly we can prepare for it'

    The "Big One" has been looming over the heads of British Columbians for decades, but what is the reality of ongoing and future natural disasters in our region? How can cities and residents prepare for these? What are the opportunities for businesses? We chat with Jeri Grant, the co-chair of Great BC ShakeOut; Naomi Yamamoto, president of BC Earthquake Alliance board; Teron Moore, founder of Northwest Seismic Consultants; and Shelley Morris, part of the City of Surrey's Emergency Support Services and assistant fire chief with Surrey Fire Service.

    27 min

  3. 08/25/2022

    Explosions, fires and collapsing floors - avoiding permit pitfalls. Interview with City of Surrey's Rémi Dubé

    How do we position ourselves to secure permits and accelerate our development process? We sit down with Rémi Dubé, the City of Surrey's Building Division Manager to discuss some permit considerations to streamline approvals and pitfalls to avoid when choosing and developing a site for a business expansion or relocation. Plus, hear some of the unfortunate permitting stories of developments gone wrong.

    23 min

  4. 07/14/2022

    Next wave of BC's cleantech engineering talent graduates from SFU Surrey. Interview with Simon Fraser University's Kevin Oldknow

    Simon Fraser University's School of Sustainable Engineering made it's debut as a first-of-its-kind program in Western Canada in 2019 and, this fall, they will be graduating their first cohort. Join us as we sit down with Kevin Oldknow, Director of the program, to discuss the types of talent that are emerging from this program, their passions for tackling some of the world's most pressing sustainability problems, and how the program itself is evolving into the future.

    29 min

  5. 06/23/2022

    Metaverse Meets City - A World First From Seoul. Interview with Jihyun Kim from Metaverse Seoul

    South Korea is in the process of creating the world's first metaverse city, planting the seeds for a metaverse ecosystem called "Metaverse Seoul". Join us as we sit down with Jihyun Kim, Director of the Seoul Convention Bureau and a member of the Metaverse Seoul team to get some insights on their vision for how metaverse technologies can enhance the services the city can deliver to residents.

    17 min

  6. 06/10/2022

    Metaverse - the next million dollar investment or hype? Interview with Metaverse Group's Michael Gord

    What is the metaverse? In which metaverse do business opportunities lie? How can businesses take advantage? Should they, or is the whole topic over-hyped? We sit down with Michael Gord, Co-Founder and COO of the Metaverse Group to get some answers to these questions, exploring the metaverse's current and potential impacts on inudstry with the first and leading vertically integrated real estate company fcocused on the metaverse economy.

    18 min

  7. 05/19/2022

    To invest or not to invest? High inflation business real estate considerations with Prospera Credit Union's Ed Michielsen

    With 31-year record high inflation rates coinciding with Metro Vancouver industrial land scarcity, expanding businesses are facing a question of whether buying or leasing is the best path forward. We invite Ed Michielsen, Vice President of Business Banking and Leasing with Prospera Credit Union to provide his insights in light of these uncertain times.

    21 min

  8. 05/05/2022

    Where is Metro Vancouver's missing middle? Great Migration Insights with Simon Fraser University's Andy Yan

    The missing middle - young families looking to establish roots - are an attractive demographic of talent for businesses and the latest census data provides some clarity as to where these people are increasingly found. Join us as we sit down with Andy Yan, Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University on where this early career demographic is choosing to live and why, as well as how businesses are starting to respond.

    21 min
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Sit down with some of the brightest minds in the Metro Vancouver region in this podcast as we discuss the stories and insights driving Surrey, and the region’s, economic growth. Surrey has recently topped the charts as Western Canada’s second fastest growing city with a population over half a million and, in these episodes, we’ll be exploring the trends that are driving our metropolitan growth and the business opportunities they attract. This Invest Surrey podcast is hosted by the City of Surrey.

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