Archive for the Marketplace Category
A Magical Coffee Shop
Situated in the quiet neighbourhood of West Vancouver is this small coffee shop that is truly magical and charming named Amadeo Bakehouse and Coffee Shop.
The wall is decorated with murals, handpainted by an artist. The seats have figureheads, each one featuring a different person.
The pastries, European, of different types, scones, croissants, eccles, cinnamon rolls, bagels,…… [...]
Is there a Message on Your Head?
“A head that turns head” is the tagline for a company called Bald Media in Toronto. Imagine a bald head as a blank canvas or a blank billboard, where you are free to post your company logo or advertising message. Then send this bald head to roam around high traffic areas like the mall, downtown [...]
Sprouting your Business
A Canadian company has launched a social networking site called “Sprouter“ designed for entrepreneurs to connect, share ideas, experiences and exchange information in an online community. The concept is similar to Facebook, except the Sprouter will be a social site dedicated only to entrepreneurs, thereby reducing the noise from the rest of the social networking [...]
AFCA-BC - the little engine that could!
An organization in its infancy, AFCA-BC (Association of Filipino Canadian Accountants BC Chapter) put on a very impressive show on Oct 17, 2009 for its Second Annual Professional Development Workshop with a turn out of over 50 accountants and student accountants, seven of them from FAACPA (Filipino American Association of Certified Public Accountants - Seattle [...]
The Douglas College Self employment program
This video clip is a submission by Alvin Barrera of www.mixmediaworld.com, a graduate at the Douglas College Self Employment Program Intake no. 143. Alvin Barrerra is a Filipino-Canadian immigrant who has recently became an entrepreneur with the launching of his company called MIXED MEDIA. He did two video clips of his graduating class, featuring the [...]
Is your Foreign Accent Holding You Back?
In the movie “My Fair Lady” based on the play “Pygmalion”, a phonetic expert named Professor Henry Higgins made a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can make a street flower girl named Eliza Doolittle pass off as a refined high-society lady, by teaching her how to speak with a upper class accent [...]
L2 Accent Reduction Centre - An interview
Many immigrants face barriers to good job opportunities because of their strong accents. A foreign accent means that you are either new to the country, or not born in this country, which translate to: “No Canadian job experience”. Jennifer Yun, the co-founder of L2 Accent Reduction Centre, in Kerrisdale, Vancouver knows this problem intimately. Using [...]
Profiles of Canadian Businesses
If you are a small business operating in Canada, we would love to profile you in this category.
Simply email us at info@thenewcanadians.com and someone from our office will contact you and arrange for an interview.
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