Shaun Michael Samaroo We’re writing the future for Durham Region. We know that people create their future. The future doesn’t just happen. Human beings envision, plan, and execute deliberate policies, programs and projects to generate the kind of future that we dream of, the future that works for us all. Our role in Durham […]
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Garth Johns Every City’s downtown core, in every municipality, suffers from three major new influences, as our world transforms into an Information and Knowledge economy that’s globally interconnected. Online shopping is fast, it’s easy and it doesn’t involve the need to go outside, drive to the store, get parked and fight the crowds. The […]
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Sara Lear When I sat in class a decade ago, my business professors were all about the hot topic buzzwords like synergy and Corporate Social Responsibility, among others. As students, we were inspired with the idea that companies recognize their ability, and even more so their obligation, to give back to society. And, around […]
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John Mutton One of the darkest day in the history of Oshawa and Durham Region was the day General Motors announced the cessation of all production at the GM Oshawa plant. While looming for many years, people never thought the long history of General Motors and Col. Sam McLaughlin would ever come to an […]
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Trim, fit, youthful, Dr Colin Carrie lounges with languid ease at his desk in his Simcoe Street, Oshawa office, focused, attentive, intent on the conversation. Although his demeanor reflects a calm, collected, confident mindset, his face and voice reveal a careful concern for Oshawa. He’s facing one of the greatest tests of his leadership character. […]
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Ray Rasouli walks this earth with a unique gift embedded in his soul: he loves to build, from scratch, brand new industries. He loves to blaze new trails. He enjoys creating an entirely new line of business where nothing existed before his magic touch. We at the Millionaire Mindset magazine sat with Rasouli for an […]
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What makes a startup technology success story? How does it happen? Are some founders gifted with divine luck? How come some founders see their startup ramp up fast, while others lag and fall behind? In this inspiring story, we see what it takes, and it’s a surprisingly simple equation. When Ryan Clements, now 32, […]
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Who sets out to generate solutions for the problems facing society? In our world of brazen business, hardnosed economic competition, rabid milking for profits, who cares to dedicate their days in service to that noble icon of human society – Solutions? Meet Pramilla Ramdahani. Ramdahani dominates a room. She stands petite, pleasant, polished, yet talks […]
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For the first time in the history of Whitby, Ontario, a Pakistani-born, Muslim Canadian woman serves as elected Councillor at the Town Council. Maleeha Shahid took her oath of office at the Town Council early December, becoming the first immigrant to be elected there. Also, for the first time in history, the Council sees women […]
Continue Reading Garth Johns, born and bred in Oshawa, serves as the Executive Director for the Oshawa Business Improvement Association (BIA). The BIA serves an important role as a business group for the biggest city in Durham Region, and Johns is looking to ramp up a full branding vision for downtown Oshawa in 2019. The BIA networks […]
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In February 2019, Durham Region gears up to host the Ontario Parasport Games, where 360 athletes in 11 different sports compete at 10 locations across the region for guts and glory. These Games celebrate people who compete in wheelchair sporting events and also cater to visually-impaired sporting heroes. Don Terry is the man behind the […]
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Sara Lear tackles life with passion. Lear works for an electrical firm in Oshawa, and when the company lost out on a bid for a contract at the City of Oshawa in what Lear sees as an unfair process, she launched herself heart, mind and soul into campaigning to become the Mayor of Oshawa. Petite, […]
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We live in a world of words. With words we create the life we live, generating reality out of understanding how to use words, language, communication, to build society, community, and our world. Doug Schneider grasps this understanding of the power of words with acute sensitivity, loving to study the origin of ideas, concepts, and […]
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Canada offers its citizens great possibilities. Multitudes of immigrants make Canada home, and many work hard, converting their dreams and desires into reality. But many Canadians do not maximize their human capital potential. What’s the secret for those who make the most of this great blessing of living here, in one of the most advanced […]
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People with gifted leadership skills show early signs of their exceptional charisma. In fact, leadership, like talent, may be an innate quality that some folks are born with, a divine gift. Of course, anybody could learn leadership skills, but a few men and women walk among us who take to leadership with such ease that […]
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Waqqas Syed. Traversing through Ajax during the recent Municipal Elections, people saw among the umpteen campaign signs along roadways and on lawns, the strange name, Waqqas Syed. Syed, a stand-out Muslim leader in Durham Region with a distinguishing beard, quiet demeanour and humble way of speaking, tossed his hat in the ring to become Trustee […]
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The business calls for charisma, dedication to customer satisfaction, and building trust,” he said. Such is the dedication to customer satisfaction, that the company became one of only six platinum stores in Canada, ranking highest in sales and service Ajax houses Durham Region’s luxury car corridor. Mark Endres owns the dealerships for Lexus, BMW, […]
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We’re known to be difficult to do business here. We’ve got 425 acres vacant prime land available for 13 years, for example. We’ve got to move to convert those kinds of assets into jobs Ajax is a bustling, thriving, exciting town in Durham Region, and many residents actually believe it is a city, like […]
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I am happy to call Canada home. Canada is the greatest country in the world. I could not have done this in Afghanistan Nadia Peerzada grew up in Afghanistan. She was 16 years old when her parents married her to her suitor who was living in Canada, nine years her senior. Her new husband […]
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