Volume 81 | January 30, 2020
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Chamber Insights January 2020
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Proudly presented by the Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Western Canada.
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Fondue Night -
SOLD OUT
NEW DATE Saturday, February 1st, 2020
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We are looking forward to our first event of the new year: our traditional Fondue Night! The event will be hosted at the cozy
Chalet from the Swiss Canadian Mountain Range Association
in
Coquitlam. W
e are looking forward to celebrating with you. Find more information on our website.
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Pints n' Pitches
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
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We will continue our events series
Pints n' Pitches
in 2020 in a new venue. Come brew your business ideas with us at The Wicklow. T
he event offers entrepreneurs to present their business ideas while others join for discussing the presented ideas and network. Since September 2019, Pints n' Pitches was carried out successfully in Sion &
Martigny in Switzerland as well as in
Abbotsford & Vancouver.
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Women in Business
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
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Save t
he date for an exciting event honoring the international Women's Day in March. Together with the
Consulate General of Switzerland we invite you to join an interesting panel discussion on women in business, their challenges and
how to overcome them
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Café Scientifique
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
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Join the
ETH & EPFL Alumni
group at the next
Café
Scientifique
on "Affordable Housing and the Opioid Crisis". SCCC member and ETH Alumni, Ulrich Geissler, will discuss affordable housing typologies and how they relate to the
opioid crisis in the Lower Mainland. Ulrich graduated with a degree in Architecture and moved to Vancouver in 2010 after having worked in Switzerland and Hong Kong.
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Pasture to Plate wins T
op Choice Meat Shop Award 2020
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All their
meats are certified organic, biodynamic, non-medicated and pasture raised. All animals are raised outdoors at Rafter 25 Ranch in Redstone, BC which provides a sustainable and transparent food chain. Visit Pasture to Plate at
Denman Street, Commercial Drive or
online.
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Photo credit: Pasture to Plate
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Dark chocolate can do much more than curing broken hearts
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Our new member, Mara Mennicken, is a big chocolate lover, health enthusiast and full of entrepreneurial energy. In 2017 she founded the
GOOD Chocolatier
in Vancouver – a social enterprise creating inclusive employment opportunities by handcrafting healthy, ethical chocolates.
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Photo credit: The GOOD Chocolatier
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Canada 2nd best country in the world after Switzerland
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A recent report ranked Canada as the 2nd best country in the world behind Switzerland. Canada was especially high ranked in the categories quality of life (#1), positive citizenship (#2), openness for business (#3) and entrepreneurship (#6). Read the article to find out more and learn about the little differences to Switzerland.
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Mastercard will open a technology centre in Vancouver
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t the
World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos, Swizerland, the Canadian Minister Navdeep Bains and Ajay Banga, CEO of Mastercard, announced that Mastercard will invest $510 million to build its latest global technology centre in Vancouver. This will be Mastercard's first Innovation Hub in Canada and will focus on digital & cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and the
Internet of Things (IoT).
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Vancouver 2nd least affordable housing market worldwide
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For the second year in a row, Vancouver has been named the second-least affordable housing market in the world according to the yearly Demographia International Housing & Affordability Survey. Only in Hong Kong is the housing market more expensive.
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Switzerland offers the 2nd highest level of freedom globally
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Switzerland has again been ranked in second place of the Human Freedom Index. Only New Zealand offers greater liber
ty. Switzerland scored very high
in relation to freedom of association, assembly and demonstration and freedom of movement. It also
almost achieved the maximum available score for
safety and robust monetary policy.
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Switzerland remains the most attractive country for talents
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For the 7th time in a row Switzerland was appointed as most attractive country for skilled workers by the Global Talent Competitiveness Index, followed this year by the US, Singapore and Sweden. In particular Switzerland's high standard of living, education opportunities and secure legal and economic conditions scored very high.
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Zurich is the most forward-looking city in Europe
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According to a recent study Zurich has the highest proportion of technology-led companies of any European city. The three key measures in the study were technology, sustainability and internet connectivity. Stockholm and Copenhagen came in second and third place.
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The birthplace of the Canadian mountain culture
Swiss guides established nearly all the first ascents of the peaks around Rogers Pass, Banff and Lake Louise and set the first mark for Western Canada's mountain culture. A recent BBC article tells the story of how adventurous Swiss created a new era in Canada by looking for unclimbed mountains and laid the foundation for skiing as it is today in this region.
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Romansh
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Switzerland's 4th national language
Romansh became
the 4th Swiss national language i
n 1938
. Today, only 0.5% of the Swiss population speaks it, mainly in the region of Graubünden. But also in Van-couver, you will find Romansh: Fabia Leoni, a Swiss Tourism expert from Engadin,
recently did an interview for the Romansh radio station (RTR) about living abroad in Vancouver.
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Endurance sports:
Swiss women at the top
Swiss women compete at the highest level in many endurance disciplines like triathlon, ski mountaineering, trail running, orienteering and mountain biking, but they are hardly household names. Find out what keeps these women going and why Swiss keep succeeding.
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