An Insider’s Look at the Booming Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is on the rise. Driven by rapid technological, economic and social change, this form of collaborative consumption is a peer-to-peer based sharing of...
What Does our Future Look like?
Get Ready for Vancouver Island Resilience (Web Extra) Douglas Magazine, June 9, 2016 By Kerry Slavens As president of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA), George...
Incoming: a look at Vancouver Island incomes
Read the original article from SANNICH NEWS by  John McKinley – BC Local News posted Apr 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM— updated Apr 4, 2016 at 12:02 PM There’s prosperity in diversity, or at...
Making it local, taking it global.
By Shannon Moneo DOUGLAS MAGAZINE – Feb/March 2016, page 26-30 Mention Vancouver Island’s specialty manufacturing industry and many of us would be hard-pressed to name half a dozen...
Two Interesting Opportunities
Early Bird Registration NOW open for VI Aboriginal Business Match     Aboriginal Business Match – February 1 – 3, 2016 at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in...
Ability to Work Together is Vancouver Island’s Competitive Edge
November 3, 2015 by Bert Zethof, Facilitator of Strategic Change  Does living and working on an island limit Vancouver Island’s potential for developing a strong and sustainable economy?  Emphatically, no. ...
2015 Summit News
The Vancouver Island State of the Island Economic Summit, now in its 9th year, provides a venue and a forum for businesses and stakeholders on Vancouver...