Carbon Neutrality — What is the Hard-Nosed Reality?
What if Vancouver Island as a region was to set an objective to become carbon neutral as a way to promote our reputation for one of...
Introducing the 2016-2017 Board of Directors
Introducing VIEA’s 2016-2017 Board of Directors! Looking forward to an exciting year ahead. Darrell Paysen, Chair Elect    Po Wan, Chair    Ron Cantelon, Past Chair   ...
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...