Dispatch

Dispatch

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

OPENED The Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Western University.

DONATED By London Home Builders’ Association, $100,000 to Kids Kicking Cancer Canada – Heroes Circle (shared proceeds from the recent sale of its Green Home Build project).

LAUNCHED By 100 Kellogg Lane, Eat, Drink and Be Merry Food + Wine Show, November 28 to December 15 (weekends only, in coordination with the Merry Market).

OPENED Healthy Planet, 3325 Wonderland Road South (third London location).

AMALGAMATED Van Bree Drainage and Bulldozing Limited and CH Excavating, to form Van Bree Infrastructure.

APPOINTED Brad J. Wallace, associate lawyer, Spero Law.

AWARDED To General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada, Silver level certification under the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations program administered by the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business.

APPOINTED Jennepher Cahill, director of philanthropy, London Community Foundation.

APPOINTED Yola Ventresca (managing partner, Lerners LLP), board director, Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund.

AWARDED With St. Joseph’s 2024 Excellence in Professional Practice Awards: Kate Grattan (nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program); Cassia Vienneau (registered practical nurse, Complex Care); Reem Ubeid (registered nurse, Geriatric Psychiatry); Colposcopy Clinic (St. Joseph’s Hospital); Sandra McFarlane (medical imaging technologist, Diagnostic Imaging); Denise Kreutzwiser, pharmacist, Pharmacy Services); and Samantha Matty (consultant, Ontario Review Board).

APPOINTED Brittany Maia, co-operative education consultant, Fanshawe College.

PROMOTED Kate Wood, to associate vice president, research development – security, privacy, infrastructure, and IT operations, Info-Tech Research Group.

APPROVED By council’s Planning and Environment Committee, Old Oak Properties’ development plans for the 8,400-unit Legacy Village (the redevelopment of the former London Psychiatric Hospital lands at Oxford Street and Highbury Avenue). Project to go to full council for final approval later this month.

October 5: 2024 London Newcomer Day

October 7: Newcomer Build Your Business Class

October 8-9: hirewesternu Career Fair

October 9: Cyber Integration for Businesses: Advanced Manufacturing

October 9: Economic Insights: Reception with Pierre Cleroux – Networking and Keynote Address by BDC’s Chief Economist

October 9: VIRTUAL: Starting A Small Business in Canada

October 2: Pillar Nonprofit Network: All About Boards Fall 2024

October 10: Women’s Canadian Club London 2024-2025 Speaker Series

 

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