Martha Casey, the former CEO of Halifax startup hub Volta, has been named interim co-CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, replacing Richard Florizone, who she also worked under at Dalhousie University.

Casey joined the

This year’s Canadian Women in Ocean Industries Leadership Conference, or CWOIL, will be in St. John’s from May 9 to 11, with the aim of fostering blue economy participation by women.

CWOIL aims to increase the competitiveness of the oceans sector

The David Sobey Centre National Retail Innovation Awards recognized three Canadian startups last week for improving customer service and product accessibility.

The David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services at Saint Mary’s

We’re extending by two weeks our offer to make a $10 donation to the Canadian Mental Health Association for every completed survey we receive from Atlantic Canadian startup CEOs.

We’re delighted with the responses we’ve received so far in our

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the summer cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in June.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young

Chantal Brine, CEO of Halifax-based mentorship software startup EnPoint, has won the Universal Women’s Network’s Women of Inspiration Mentorship Award.

Based in Calgary, the Universal Women’s Network is a global association for female executives

The Irving family of New Brunswick has donated $5 million to the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre, with the money going towards hastening an already underway expansion.

The project is also being renamed the Arthur L. Irving

Halifax-based Reazent has joined the P.E.I. BioAlliance’s Emergence startup incubator as it seeks regulatory approval to sell its sustainable fertilizer products in Canada and finishes raising a seed round.

Chief Executive Sumit Verma said in an

The Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies, or COAST, is getting a $2 million funding boost from the British Columbia government via its Innovative Clean Energy Fund.

Created in 2021 and operated by regional business group

Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial agency formed from the amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc., has a president and CEO: NSBI veteran Peter MacAskill.

Since the merger last summer, Invest Nova Scotia has been headed by minister

National industry group the Ocean Startup Project is seeking applicants to its new cleantech competition, held under a partnership with the municipalities of Port Alberni, BC, Rimouski, QC and Yarmouth, NS.

The Ocean Communities Climate Challenge

Reflecting on her four years as executive director of Dalhousie University’s DeepSense hub for artificial intelligence in the blue economy as she prepares for a move to Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, Jennifer LaPlante highlights her work giving