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Canada-in-Asia Conference Arrives in Singapore February 26-29, 2024

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and Universities Canada are excited to host the second annual Canada-in-Asia Conference in Singapore from February 26-29, 2024.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and Universities Canada are excited to host the second annual Canada-in-Asia Conference in Singapore from February 26-29, 2024.
  • With over 400 participants already registered, our 2024 Canada-in-Asia Conferences event (CIAC2024) will focus on two thematic areas: Agri-food (Feb. 26-27) and Climate Solutions (Feb. 27-29).
  • Over four days at the Pan Pacific Singapore, the conference program will provide networking and inter-disciplinary discussion on some of the most pressing issues in Canada-Asia co-operation, trade, and investment in the agriculture and climate spaces.
  • The Canada-in-Asia Conference is presented with the assistance of the Government of Canada.

Tive Announces New White Paper: "Digitizing the Dinner Plate: Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Food Traceability & End-to-End, Real-Time Shipment Visibility"

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tive, the global leader in real-time, end-to-end shipment visibility solutions, has released a compelling and revealing new white paper focusing on leveraging technology for expanded food traceability. "Digitizing the Dinner Plate: Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Food Traceability & End-to-End Real-Time Shipment Visibility" examines ways in which the food industry is heading toward a new reality, one in which every bite of every meal tells a story—a transparent, totally traceable tale from farm to fork.

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  • BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tive, the global leader in real-time, end-to-end shipment visibility solutions, has released a compelling and revealing new white paper focusing on leveraging technology for expanded food traceability.
  • "Digitizing the Dinner Plate: Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Food Traceability & End-to-End Real-Time Shipment Visibility" examines ways in which the food industry is heading toward a new reality, one in which every bite of every meal tells a story—a transparent, totally traceable tale from farm to fork.
  • Food shippers and retailers are not just adopting cool gadgets—they are helping reinvent the food supply chain as they tackle pressing demands for more transparency and stringent safety measures.
  • The full white paper is available for download on the Tive website .

Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution is insightful and beautiful; a reminder of how Anglo-American our conception of modern art is

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Friday, July 7, 2023

But there’s much more to this exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia than a Frida Kahlo love-in.

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  • But there’s much more to this exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia than a Frida Kahlo love-in.
  • The context for the exhibition, aptly titled Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution, is set in its first gallery.
  • This is the backdrop to a high point in Mexican avant-garde art by Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and a host of other modern artists in this exhibition.

‘Mexicanidad’

    • His scenes of the everyday include Calla Lily vendor (1943), showing two traditionally dressed young girls nursing their gigantic basket of lilies.
    • The cultural vibrancy of post-revolution Mexico fostered the production of modern art by artists including Guatemalan/Mexican Carlos Merida.
    • Merida’s vibrant black and bronze abstract shapes dance across the canvas in Variation on an old theme (1960).

Enigmatic self-portraits

    • Her enigmatic self-portraits such as Self-portrait with monkeys (1943) have an undeniable ability to draw in the viewer, her introspection transferring itself to her audience.
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      Here's looking at Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with monkeys

      She suffered polio as a child.

    • The point about her disability could have been made more gently by the photographs in the space.

Artistic vision

    • The exhibition is testament to the vision of two emigres, Jacques Gelman and Natasha Zahalka who settled in Mexico City.
    • They met and married, and from the 1940s began collecting and commissioning work from this exciting period in Mexican art.

An insightful exhibition

    • There is a delightfully intriguing side to this exhibition in Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura’s video Dialogue with myself (2001).
    • This is an insightful exhibition, beautifully curated by Tansy Curtin who weaves around the drawcards Kahlo and Rivera to present the breadth of modern Mexican art, situating it in its political and cultural context.
    • The exhibition catalogue with its fold-out Rivera mural is an indispensable aid.

DAX signed as exclusive ad sales partner for brand-new scripted podcast, Popcorn for Dinner

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

NEW YORK, TORONTO and LONDON, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Popcorn for Dinner is a first of its kind in audio: a sharply written series packed with all the recognisable elements of a classic sitcom (yes, laugh track included). It delivers a familiar format, yet modern storytelling, with a charming running commentary from Gen-Z narrator, Ciara Bravo (YouTube Premium's Wayne, Russo Brothers' Cherry). 

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  • Popcorn for Dinner (10 x 30') is created by Maddy Kelly and produced by Kelly&Kelly and UTA's Clamor for DAX , the pioneering digital ad exchange created and operated by Global, the Media & Entertainment group.
  • DAX is the exclusive sales partner, providing advertisers in the US and the UK with sponsorship, host-read and spot ad opportunities throughout the series.
  • The ad sales deal was brokered by Les Hollander, CEO of DAX US.
  • Les says: "Popcorn for Dinner is a podcast that couples quality storytelling with a good dose of nostalgia and lots of laugh-out-loud moments amongst friends.

DAX signed as exclusive ad sales partner for brand-new scripted podcast, Popcorn for Dinner

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

NEW YORK, TORONTO and LONDON, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Popcorn for Dinner is a first of its kind in audio: a sharply written series packed with all the recognisable elements of a classic sitcom (yes, laugh track included). It delivers a familiar format, yet modern storytelling, with a charming running commentary from Gen-Z narrator, Ciara Bravo (YouTube Premium's Wayne, Russo Brothers' Cherry). 

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  • Popcorn for Dinner (10 x 30') is created by Maddy Kelly and produced by Kelly&Kelly and UTA's Clamor for DAX , the pioneering digital ad exchange created and operated by Global, the Media & Entertainment group.
  • DAX is the exclusive sales partner, providing advertisers in the US and the UK with sponsorship, host-read and spot ad opportunities throughout the series.
  • The ad sales deal was brokered by Les Hollander, CEO of DAX US.
  • Les says: "Popcorn for Dinner is a podcast that couples quality storytelling with a good dose of nostalgia and lots of laugh-out-loud moments amongst friends.

UnidosUS Report Finds Food Insecurity Highest Among Latinos in Rural Communities

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, and Knorr®, the largest food brand within Unilever, released a report examining hunger and food insecurity among Latinos living in rural communities.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, and Knorr®, the largest food brand within Unilever, released a report examining hunger and food insecurity among Latinos living in rural communities.
  • UnidosUS and Knorr®, released a report examining hunger and food insecurity among Latinos living in rural communities.
  • The findings uncovered existing opportunities at the individual, community, organizational, and policy levels to address nutrition and food insecurity among Latinos living in rural areas, including.
  • The four policy recommendations from the UnidosUS report include:
    Improving food security and food access for all Latinos;
    Improving access and enrollment to federal nutrition assistance programs;
    Improving food access and addressing barriers due to the built environment;
    Strengthening funding allocation to improve food security outcomes.

99% of HPU Graduates Are Employed or Furthering Their Education Within 180 Days

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Data collected by HPU in accordance with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards shows 98.9% of all graduates in the Class of 2022 were employed or furthering their education within 180 days of graduation, which is 14 points higher than the national average reported by NACE.

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  • Data collected by HPU in accordance with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards shows 98.9% of all graduates in the Class of 2022 were employed or furthering their education within 180 days of graduation, which is 14 points higher than the national average reported by NACE.
  • He credits HPU to opening his horizons and encouraging him to try new things as an undergraduate.
  • “HPU instilled the drive in me to leave my comfort zone and try new things,” said Voelpel.
  • Encouraging myself to enter new regions of the business world is one of the many things I learned while at HPU.

2023 Catalyst Award Winners to Be Honored at Annual DEI Conference & Dinner

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hartford and UPMC (the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are this year's Catalyst Award winners to be honored at the Catalyst Awards Conference & Dinner on March 30, 2023.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hartford and UPMC (the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are this year's Catalyst Award winners to be honored at the Catalyst Awards Conference & Dinner on March 30, 2023.
  • Since 1987, the Catalyst Award has recognized 108 DEI initiatives at 96 organizations from around the world.
  • Catalyst Award Winners lead a community of forward-thinking organizations that are developing new and innovative ways to advance talent and strengthen their organizations.
  • Join the 2023 Catalyst Awards conversation by following Catalyst on social media using #CatalystAwards and #AcceleratingEquity.

ERIK WEIHENMAYER TO HEADLINE GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL DINNER

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Monday, November 7, 2022

GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2023 Annual Dinner will feature Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, as the headline speaker. The Dinner will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center.

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  • Athlete and adventurer to speak on Jan. 26, 2023
    GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2023 Annual Dinner will feature Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, as the headline speaker.
  • The Partnership's Annual Dinner is the Greater Des Moines (DSM) business community's celebration of the past year's economic and community development successes and also provides a look forward into the future of the DSM region.
  • The dinner includes a reception that will begin at 5 p.m., with the keynote and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.
  • The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization that serves Greater Des Moines (DSM), Iowa.

ERIK WEIHENMAYER TO HEADLINE GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL DINNER

Retrieved on: 
Monday, November 7, 2022

GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2023 Annual Dinner will feature Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, as the headline speaker. The Dinner will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center.

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  • Athlete and adventurer to speak on Jan. 26, 2023
    GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2023 Annual Dinner will feature Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, as the headline speaker.
  • The Partnership's Annual Dinner is the Greater Des Moines (DSM) business community's celebration of the past year's economic and community development successes and also provides a look forward into the future of the DSM region.
  • The dinner includes a reception that will begin at 5 p.m., with the keynote and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.
  • The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization that serves Greater Des Moines (DSM), Iowa.