Dispatch
Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead
LAUNCHED By the Western University Faculty of Information and Media Studies, the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies, a research centre aiming to educate and empower communities on the impacts of digital technologies on our lives.
APPOINTED Taylor Irwin, mortgage agent, Maventure Mortgage Co.
ANNOUNCED By the Chicken Farmers of Ontario and Maple Leaf Foods Inc., partnership to provide Ontario’s food banks with a steady supply of high-quality, locally grown chicken.
ANNOUNCED By RHA Ventures, strategic investment in industrial hemp seed producer and distributor UniSeeds Inc.
ANNOUNCED By Humane Society London & Middlesex, attainment of fundraising goal for the new Old Oak Animal Campus, 1414 Dundas Street (to open early 2025).
PROMOTED Mathew Hoy, to principal product designer, web, Digital Extremes.
APPOINTED Kaila Beattie, culture transformation catalyst, The BluePrint Toolset.
OPENED Banana Burger, 1131 Richmond Street.
MARKED By Jill’s Table, 25th business anniversary.
APPOINTED Tracy Vink-Taylor, medical director, Humane Society London & Middlesex.
AWARDED ADAMnetworks, 2024 SC Award (Best SASE Solution category).
ANNOUNCED By the London Health Sciences Foundation, donation-match partnership with Mitch Marner and the Marner Assist Foundation (matching every donation made to London Health Sciences Centre’s First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program, up to $50,000, between October 8 and December 31, 2024).
AWARDED The Pairs (Renée Coughlin, Noelle Frances Coughlin and Hillary Watson), 2024 Ontario Folk Music Award CMRRA Song of the Year for Annie’s Daughter.
APPOINTED Jennifer Hollis, team lead (acting), program design (policy), settlement services, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
ANNOUNCED By YMCA of Southwestern Ontario, partnership with Family and Children Services of St. Thomas and Elgin to provide facility access to all Children’s Aid Society children and families across the Southwestern Ontario region.
October 16 – Western Accelerator Info Session
October 16 – TechAlliance: Tech Meetups
October 17 – Founders WTF* Forum
October 17 – London Chamber of Commerce October MEGA Business After Five
October 17 – Heritage Soiree – A Fundraising Event
October 19-27 – Forest City Film Festival