Annex Business Media: Podcasts

In part five of our series, market expert Jeremy Pafford gives an overview of the North American engineering resin market, including pricing trends and new capacity coming online, that will determine supply, demand, and pricing for engineering resins during this unprecedented pandemic. BIO: Jeremy is the head of North America, market development for petrochemical market analyst ICIS, which is based out of Houston. Jeremy has been with ICIS since 2013, specializing in petrochemical markets in North and South America, and has more than 20 years experience in the news and publishing industry.

The second episode of Pulp & Paper Canada: The Podcast features an interview with Pete Augustine, president of Fabio Perini North America and board chair of TAPPI, the Technical Association for the Pulp and Paper Industry. Augustine shares how TAPPI has been helping its members navigate the pandemic, and explores the spike in consumer tissue demand and subsequent drop in away-from-home. He also discusses how the tissue industry was able to turn on a dime when faced with crisis – and where improvements still need to be made.

In part four of our series, market expert Jeremy Pafford gives an overview of the North American PVC market, including pricing trends and new capacity coming online, that will determine supply, demand, and pricing for PVC during this unprecedented pandemic. BIO: Jeremy is the head of North America, market development for petrochemical market analyst ICIS, which is based out of Houston. Jeremy has been with ICIS since 2013, specializing in petrochemical markets in North and South America, and has more than 20 years experience in the news and publishing industry.

In part two, James speaks about the importance of reliability when managing machinery and equipment. He also speaks to how companies can improve their maintenance, why some companies have a hard time achieving reliability, do’s and don’t’s of reliability, how reliability goes beyond maintenance, and how analytical methods are important for reliability.

In this episode of Direct & Current, Anthony Capkun interviews Michelle Branigan, CEO of Electricity Human Resources Canada, to learn more about EHRC’s research project, “Leadershift: Pathways to Gender Equity”. And some of the findings—in this day and age—are confounding. For example, almost 1 in every 5 men (18%) in this report believes it is easier for women to succeed in their workplace than it is for them, while 3 of every 4 women (75%) believe they have a harder time. “I do think that some of the findings in the Leadershift report will be a big surprise to those reading it,” admits Michelle Branigan, EHRC’s CEO, “But I do think it’s going to be a little bit of a wake-up call for some leaders in the sector.” CLICK PLAY and let’s untangle those pathways to gender equity.

Silvia Fraser's guest for this episode of Security Women is Lina Tsakiris. Lina, a security professional with more than two decades of experience, currently works with one of Canada's major financial institutions. Silvia and Lina discuss the different types of insider threat, how recognize a potential threat before any damage is done and how to deal effectively with the consequences.

The professionalization of policing has been a hot topic recently and so for our latest episode of Blue Line, The Podcast, we tackle education in policing and its relationship to resilience as well lifelong learning for leaders in law enforcement. Dr. Lauren D. Eisler, the dean of the faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Brantford Campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, joins us for this compelling and lively conversation. You can also stream the show here at annexbusinessmedia.com/podcasts or on our own playlist here: https://soundcloud.com/user-381015363/sets/blue-line-podcast .

Phil Bott, division chief for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and the Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI), talks about changes in education, feedback from students, the ongoing need for recruits and the growing importance of technology.

In part three of our series, market expert Zachary Moore gives an overview of the North American polystyrene (PS) market, including pricing trends and new capacity coming online, that will determine supply, demand, and pricing for PS during this unprecedented pandemic.

The latest episode of The CFI Podcast focuses on a very timely subject: wildfire research, response and prevention. Canada’s wildfire season is well underway now, with conditions right to result in severe wildfires across the country. And as we head into the hot summer months, it is bound to become worse. So, we spoke with Michael Benson, manager of wildfire operations for FPInnovations, to learn more about Canada’s wildfire preparedness and response levels in recent years, the forest industry’s research and response efforts, the impact of good forest management practices, and more. “By and large Canada really is in a fortunate position in terms of capacity, experience and expertise in the wildfire response field. However, even high reliability organizations have room for improvement,” Benson said. He called for increased co-operation and communication among the provinces’ different wildfire agencies and between the agencies and forest products companies. Being prepared to answer the call, completing requi

In part two of our series, market expert Zachary Moore gives an overview of the North American polypropylene (PP) market, including pricing trends and new capacity coming online, that will determine supply, demand, and pricing for PP during this unprecedented pandemic.

Behaviour analyst Mina Movasseli discusses how culture at work affects employees’ personal lives.

At the end of April 2020, to varying degrees, we were just over one month into a national lockdown due to COVID-19. The economy was shutting down, yet electricians had been deemed “essential” in most jurisdictions and, by extension, their distributors. So I gathered together a panel of electrical distributors, from one coast to the other, to learn how the pandemic was affecting their operations and their ability to serve their customers. My panelists included: Cliff Backman, Franklin Empire; Elaine Gerrie, Gerrie Electric; Greg Stephenson, Bartle & Gibson; Jason Taylor, Graybar Canada; Mathieu Legris, Electrimat; Michael Gross, Wesco; Roger Little, Rexel Canada (Nedco, Westburne, Rexel Atlantic); Tim Horsman, E.B. Horsman & Son; Tim MacDonald, Ideal Supply. This is Part 2 of 2 of that discussion. In Part 1, I ask my panelists how the pandemic was affecting their operations and their ability to serve their customers.

Join Editor Jannen Belbeck, and Functional Medicine Specialist Victoria Coleman (HBSc, DC, MSc, IFMCP) for a discussion surrounding supporting immune balance for patients – sponsored by Designs for Health. Within the discussion, we address: · Why should both DCs and NDs (and other healthcare professionals) know about immune support, and what's a baseline they should know or acknowledge with patients? · Immune boosters vs. Immune support: The importance of language and avoiding buzzwords when speaking to patients. · What are the best options healthcare professionals can suggest for their patients to support their immune systems? (We discuss both lifestyle factors, and supplementation for patients.

At the end of April 2020, to varying degrees, we were just over one month into a national lockdown due to COVID-19. The economy was shutting down, yet electricians had been deemed “essential” in most jurisdictions and, by extension, their distributors. So I gathered together a panel of electrical distributors, from one coast to the other, to learn how the pandemic was affecting their operations and their ability to serve their customers. My panelists included: Cliff Backman, Franklin Empire; Elaine Gerrie, Gerrie Electric; Greg Stephenson, Bartle & Gibson; Jason Taylor, Graybar Canada; Mathieu Legris, Electrimat; Michael Gross, Wesco; Roger Little, Rexel Canada (Nedco, Westburne, Rexel Atlantic); Tim Horsman, E.B. Horsman & Son; Tim MacDonald, Ideal Supply. This is Part 1 of 2 of that discussion. In Part 2, I ask my panelists what pandemic-related changes, lessons learned, and the like will persist when the crisis eventually passes, and we get to our NEW normal.

This episode of Machine Language features an interview with Andre Vittorio, president and founder of Idealogical Systems Inc., a Toronto-area IT services provider for manufacturers. We discuss the rise in cybercrime during COVID-19, the weakest links in factory networks, the steps manufacturers need to take to make threat detection part of their network architecture, and new technologies that SMEs should be aware of when it comes to cybersecurity.

In part one, market expert Zachary Moore gives an overview of the North American polyethylene (PE) market, including pricing trends and new capacity coming online, that will determine supply, demand, and pricing for PE during this unprecedented pandemic. BIO: Zachary is the deputy managing editor of ICIS in the Americas. He has been working in the petrochemical industry for the past 15 years in Asia, the Middle East, and now the U.S. He has worked on BTX aromatics, styrenics, phenol, and acetone and the polyester chain, and specializes in the polyoelfins space, tracking PE and PP markets.

Paul Swan, vice-president, sales and marketing, Anixter Canada, Security Solutions Group, recalls his 35 years in the security business, working first in the U.K. in the 1980s then in Canada in security integration and distribution businesses. He offers his perspectives on RMR, sales, technology, market evolution, consolidation, DIY security options and new players like Amazon and Google. Swan also shares memories of mentors that have had a positive impact on his career and discusses some potential future scenarios for the electronic security industry.

Isobel Granger, recently promoted to superintendent at Ottawa Police Service, is now leading the service’s newly launched Respect, Values and Inclusion (RVI) Directorate. She joins us for the June edition of Blue Line The Podcast to share her thoughts on this fresh opportunity with RVI, living authentically, climbing and building ladders, and more on her recently published book, Smashing the Glass Ceiling: A 10-step Guide Using Creativity and Innovation to Bust Through the Barriers to Female Leadership. This episode is brought to you by Patriot One Technologies. Learn more at Patriot1tech.com.

It started out as a small RAS operation in his home basement, today founder Eric Pedersen’s Ideal Fish is successfully producing Branzino for the domestic market. We talk to Pedersen and Ideal Fish’s sales and marketing director James MacKnight about the company’s journey, its innovative strategies to reach the market, and its quest to educate the consumers about RAS-grown fish. Guests: Eric Pedersen, president and CEO, Ideal Fish, and James MacKnight, sales and marketing director, Ideal Fish