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A Toronto green entrepreneur is project managing the retrofit of an old building in Toronto into North America's greenest hotel, called Planet Traveller. BNN interviews Tom Rand, investor and project manager, Planet Traveller and Practice Lead for Cleantech at the MaRS Discovery District. Sept 11, 2009

A Toronto green entrepreneur is project managing the retrofit of an old building in Toronto into North America's greenest hotel, called Planet Traveller. BNN interviews Tom Rand, investor and project manager, Planet Traveller. Sept 11, 2009

Mike Williams, Toronto's general manager of economic development mentioned that although the MaRS Phase 2 project was one of the projects that was stalled in 2008-2009, because of the recession, it has now been restarted.

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Great article with clear steps on how to run an effective meeting. Use it for your next project, use it for your annual reviews - just use it!

The Star states "TowerLabs is a company that focuses on relationship making and is a project manager that helps in getting the technology installed and measures its performance in both real-world and test scenarios. It plans to test its technologies at the tower being built as part of the expansion at MaRS."

Clean Tech Funding\n\nIf you have a new, innovative technology that helps address climate change or promotes clean water, land or air, then Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) wants to hear from you.(\n\nSDTC supports late-stage development and pre-commercial demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies.( (The Statement of Interest (SOI) is an initial application used for preliminary screening and is subject to a competitive review process by SDTC and a panel of independent experts. ( (Applications are evaluated on the basis of their fit with SDTC's mandate, selection criteria, and the quality of technology, marketing and business capabilities. ( (IMPORTANT - Prior to submitting an application and to ensure a good fit:\n\n 1. First review the "Application Advice" section and subsections on SDTC's web site, starting at http://www.sdtc.ca/en/funding/advice/index.htm.\n 2. Register for one of their free online webinars or workshop to learn more - see http://sdtc.ca/en/news/events/200803-61120.htm for details. \n 3. Then discuss your proposed project with one of their Applications Managers.\n

Rotman NeXus provides a variety of services to non-profit and social enterprise businesses. In addition to providing organizational help including budgeting, market research, and operational design, Rotman NeXus calculates the social and economic impacts of projects for a small fee. Roman NeXus is staffed by University of Toronto's second year Joseph L. Rotman School of Management top-tier MBA students.

A Canadian Federally Registered Charitable Organization since 1999, Homeland Int., Inc. seeks to provide housing and better-quality-of-living services to global communities. The non-profit organization seeks entrepreneurs, lawyers, mentors, philanthropists, corporate leaders, and others. These individuals and companies can donate their time, commitment, collective knowledge, management resources, and other skills towards assisting communities with social implementation strategies and many other community-building projects.

Entrepreneurship, leadership, international, fellowship, and community are the "five pillars" that make up this local organization. Entrepreneurs are teamed up with young successful professionals (ages 18-40) to make a difference in the GTA. Both sides learn invaluable leadership lessons and networking, as well as project management, marketing, fundraising and other useful business skills.

Adam Spence, founder of the Social Venture Exchange and Manager of Special Projects at Social Innovation Generation (SiG) at MaRS was a keynote speaker at the Made in Canada Solutions - Partnerships for People event. The event is part of National Housing Day celebrations being held across Canada-a day to recognize the importance of affordable housing in our communities.