Annex Business Media: Podcasts

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 di...

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...

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 i...

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 comp...

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...

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 an...

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 patien...

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 an...

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...

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 As...

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 als...

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...

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 Peder...

Welcome to the first episode of Pump Up The Volume. We are starting things off with Peter Aulich, general manager of JW Winco Canada, who will be talking about the challenges of setting up a new branch of operations, and how to deal with all the curveballs that come with it. If you would like to be a guest on an upcoming podcast, send an email to dhorne@ippt.ca, and put in the subject line “Pump U...

The debut episode of Pulp & Paper Canada: The Podcast features an interview with Allen Kirkpatrick, executive director for the Canadian Corrugated & Containerboard Association (CCCA). Kirkpatrick details how the containerboard industry has been affected by the pandemic and how they’re handling sanitization of their products and facilities. He also discusses new technologies converters and roll-sto...

Dr. Ken Jenkins responds to common questions on reopening businesses post-pandemic.

Imran Ahmad, a partner in the Toronto office of law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, specializes in technology, cybersecurity and privacy law. He works with clients to develop strategies that address both cyber threats and data breaches. Ahmad is a well-known expert and speaker on these topics, including previous events hosted by Canadian Security magazine. Canadian Security editor Neil Sutton s...

In part one, James describes maintenance management techniques, how IIOT is changing how maintenance is managed, and where it is taking predictive maintenance. As well as sharing stories about his experiences with maintenance.

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Wild West Show. In this instalment, we welcome the show Paul Poscente, President and CEO of Backwoods Security Services, who will be talking about how companies can raise their health and safety measures by screening employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms. If you would like to be a guest on an upcoming Wild West Show podcast, send an email to dhorne@ippt.ca,...