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Alicia Dubois is CEO of the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, Which Guarantees Loans for Indigenous Groups in Alberta

Alicia Dubois is the first-ever CEO of the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, which was created to in November 2019 to guarantee loans for Indigenous groups to facilitate investment in natural resource projects and related infrastructure.

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Craig Skauge, President of Olympia Trust Company, Returns to Discuss How Small to Medium Size Businesses can Raise Money Through RRSPs

We welcome our CP Alumni Craig Skauge back for another interview.

Craig Skauge is President and CEO of Olympia Trust Company in Calgary. He was also a national Top 40 Under 40 recipient in 2019. He established a website recently specifically geared to small and medium size businesses raise money through RRSPs to help them in these challenging economic times.

To watch and listen to his previous interview, click here.

Mike Gettis Co-Founder and CEO of Endy Discusses The Growth of the Company and Offerings

Mike Gettis is Co-Founder & CEO of Endy, a Canadian-based, e-commerce company that sells sleep products online.

Jenn Lofgren Offers Practical Advice & Resources for Leaders Navigating Through COVID-19

Jenn Lofgren is the founder of Incito, an executive leadership coaching firm in Calgary. For the last 15 years, Jenn has been coaching leaders and executives to be the bold, daring and magnetic leaders they know they can be. In this interview, she offers practical advice and resources for leaders who are looking to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Laura Hambley, Workplace Psychologist, Discusses Being an Entrepreneur and Coping with COVID-19

Dr. Laura Hambley is a Workplace Psychologist, Speaker and Author. She describes herself as a serial entrepreneur with businesses including Calgary Career Counselling, Canada Career Counselling, Synthesis Psychology and WorkEvOHlution. Hambley talks about being an entrepreneur and how to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.

Brett Wilson, Owner of Multiple Businesses and Part Owner of the Nashville Predators Discusses the Short and Long Term Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy

Brett Wilson is a well-known Canadian entrepreneur and former dragon on Dragons’ Den on CBC TV. He is an investor, owner of several businesses and a part owner of the Nashville team in the National Hockey League. He talks about the impact COVID-19 has had and will have on the economy.

Brent Willis, CEO of Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Remote Working as the New Norm

Brent Willis is CEO of Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd., building a new pharmaceutical industry in Western Canada. Voyageur owns three barium projects in B.C., including one with a resource estimate, Iodine properties in Utah, has a Joint Venture with privately held Chief Medical Supplies Ltd. (a Canadian pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution company) to manufacture and market contrast agents (made with barium and/or iodine compounds) used for radiology digital imaging in the healthcare industry. In this podcast, Brent discusses the challenges of operating his business during the COVID-19 pandemic and how remote working actually increased efficiency and will become the new norm for his business.

Dr. Kristina Zakhary Offers Advice for Entrepreneurs on Making it Through a Crisis like COVID-19

Dr. Kristina Zakhary, a facial surgeon in Calgary, is an entrepreneur, mom to twins and a cancer survivor. She is one of only a few in Canada who are able to perform closed Rhinoplasty.