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Seven Innovators making a difference in Metro Vancouver

Vancouver is home to some of the brightest minds in North America.

Vancouver is home to some of the brightest minds in North America. As part of their 2014 Community Summit Innovation: The Shock of the Possible, SFU Public Square profiled seven of Metro Vancouver top innovative thinkers who are making a difference in our community through their innovations.

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1. Sirish Rao and his partner Laura launched the Indian Summer Festival only a few years ago, bridging culture through art and expression. In his video profile, Sirish asks “What if the box didn’t exist?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxj3cIwT5sE

2. Ben Wells has changed the way we look at deliveries in the Lower Mainland with Shift Delivery. Ben’s question to you is “How do you define happy?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a2h2Qmg_AY

3. An award winning dancer, choreographer and producer, Judith Marcuse is making a difference with the International Centre of Art for Social Change. Judith wants to know “What matters to you?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fznaXeimDeQ

4. As we try and create a sustainable Vancouver, David Helliwell’s Pulse Energy is leading the pack with their energy intelligence for utilities’ commercial customers. Here David asks “What are you going to do in the next week to make a difference?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglfa8O_NrQ

5. We all know it isn’t easy to find affordable housing in Vancouver, but David Eddy is making a difference through his work with the Vancouver Native Housing Society. David’s question: “What do you think Vancouver would look like if only wealthy people lived here?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNpouv2lam0

6. By founding Core Education & Fine Arts (CEFA), Canada’s first junior kindergarden, Natasha Beim is helping improve early childhood education. In her profile, Natasha asks: “How can you change your habits so we can live in an innovative society?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd0t14uh2bU

7. Starting Recycling Alternatives with only a hatchback and a trash-busting bug, Louise Schwarz is helping Vancouver offices recycle their paper. Louise wants to know “What change do you see needed?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp_CxwFRRHI

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