Human Resources

Tech finds highly competitive options in Canada

Canadian Property Management

Tech finds highly competitive options in Canada

Eight Canadian cities rank among the top 50 North American markets for fostering tech employment, with Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Waterloo Region and Calgary all placed in the top half of the list.
Oxford expands C-suite and executive committee

Canadian Property Management

Oxford expands C-Suite and executive committee

Oxford Properties has named two new C-suite appointees, including its first-ever Chief Investment Officer, and five new executive committee members.
More prominent sponsors join CRE's global DEI survey

Canadian Property Management

Prominent sponsors join CRE’s global DEI survey

An expanded list of industry associations has signed on for the 2023 global survey of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in commercial real estate, more than doubling the slate of sponsors from two years ago.
Office attendance rates flout employer decrees

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Office attendance rates flout corporate decrees

More than 55 per cent of respondents to CoreNet Global’s July 2023 survey report that corporate personnel are not fully complying with directives to return to the office.
inclusion

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Driving inclusion among FM teams

Facility management departments need to be nimble and responsive to the rising emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
Human capital elusive for real estate employers

Canadian Property Management

Human capital elusive for real estate employers

Employers are pressed to fill new kinds of positions and to bolster tech savviness throughout their organizations, while facing labour shortages and a highly competitive market for certain skills.
Net-zero labour strategy in the works

Construction Business

Net-zero labour strategy in the works

The Canadian government is moving to establish a promised sustainable jobs secretariat and associated advisory council, meant to guide a labour strategy for wide-scale decarbonization.
FM

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Making meaningful impacts in FM

Here are some key ingredients to accomplishing meaningful impacts with teams and stakeholders in facility management.
Building trades in immigration express queue

Construction Business

Building trades in immigration express queue

Skilled building trades qualify for the express lane to permanent residency under new guidelines for Canada’s immigration application system.
FM

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Shaping employee experience: the new FM role

Facility managers are now sitting at the boardroom table, participating in discussions and strategy focused on the future of work and the organizational purpose of the workplace.
turnover

REMI Network

Study explores how worker turnover propels talent drain

The manner in which top performers leave their jobs can cause various levels of disruption within a workplace, including a potential snowball effect that involves the turnover of multiple quality employees.
BC Housing confirms Vincent Tong in top job

Canadian Apartment Magazine

BC Housing confirms Vincent Tong in top job

BC Housing has confirmed Vincent Tong as its permanent chief executive officer after he stepped into the role in an acting capacity last September.
FM

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Women execs in FM share recruitment insight

A discussion earlier this year gleaned perspectives from women executives on how they promote the FM industry.
well-being

REMI Network

Well-being struggles continue three years later

Manulife's 2022 Wellness Report reveals new insights that reflect a significant drop in productivity throughout the workforce.
IFMA

REMI Network

Black Real Estate Roundtable meets in Atlanta

Delegates to NAREIM’s second annual Black Real Estate Roundtable, representing more than 40 major U.S. investment management firms, discussed career experiences and strategies.
EllisDon

Canadian Property Management

Concert Properties augments executive roster

Concert Properties has augmented its executive roster at the c-suite and senior vice president levels, with six new appointments announced in January 2023,
Key leadership change set for Allied Properties

Canadian Property Management

Key leadership change set for Allied Properties

Allied Properties REIT has announced the pending turnover of key leadership positions through its board renewal and succession plan.