Dispatch

Dispatch: October 6, 2023

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

RANKED On the 2023 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s 425 Top Growing Companies: Waste Solutions Canada Inc. (number 201) and Paystone (number 389).

PROMOTED Kate Placide, to partnership development manager, neuroscience and imaging, Western University.

APPOINTED Tasanya Holness, associate, insurance claims & loss litigation, Davis Martindale LLP.

RESIGNED David Ciccarelli, CEO, Voices.com (to continue to serve as Voices.com strategic advisor and board member).

ANNOUNCED By the London Health Sciences Centre, acquisition of 12 3D- and 4D-capable GE HealthCare Voluson Expert 22 ultrasound machines, powered by advanced AI technology, and the establishment of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Centre of Excellence.

AWARDED Motif Labs, 2023 Extractor of the Year (2023 Grow Up Conference & Awards).

APPOINTED Kiran Bains, Western Accelerator manager, Ivey Business School at Western University.

OPENED The Banquet, 660 Richmond Street.

ANNOUNCED By Indiva Limited, rebranding of its THC-infused Indiva Life cookies to Doppio.

ANNOUNCED By International Test Pilots School (ITPS) Canada, addition of Major General Dave Wheeler (RCAF ret.) to its board of directors.

APPOINTED Susannah Gergich, development officer, Western University.

ANNOUNCED By Fanshawe College, $325,000 funding from the Schulich Builders Scholarships for Skilled Trades to provide scholarships to 10 Fanshawe skilled trade students.

APPOINTED Mark Daley, artificial intelligence (AI) officer, Western University.

ANNOUNCED By Foreman & Company (working collaboratively with Rochon Genova LLP and Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP), proposed national settlement (excluding Québec residents) reached in the Navistar Maxxforce Engine Class Action.

PROMOTED Carrie McEachern, to director, commercial talent acquisition, Info-Tech Research Group.

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