Volume 107 | April 28, 2022 |
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Proudly presented by the Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Western Canada. |
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Be it from home, from the office, from Alberta or on site – many roads lead to Rome or, in our case, to the SCCC AGM 2022. On April 27, 2022, the Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce successfully hosted its first hybrid Annual General Meeting (AGM).
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Saving Swiss Edelweiss Village |
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The crowdfunding campaign for Saving Swiss Edelweiss Village in Canada has been launched in April!
There are two ways to support the crowdfunding. The Swiss Edelweiss Village Foundation has created a digital art collection inspired by the sturdy Swiss guides known for their picturesque mountaineer look. Each NFT purchase comes with an original art piece associated with one of the 1000 symbolic plots of the village. The other way is to support the crowdfunding by GoFundMe donations.
Join the crowdfunding campaign here.
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Swiss Edelweiss Village Project © 2022 |
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OurGlassZoo album release
Friday, May 27, 2022, 7:00 pm
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Our member Josias Tschanz is inviting you on May 27th, 2022 to his band's OurGlassZoo album release with Special Guests 29 East + The Lunchtime Band.
OurGlassZoo has a fresh mix of electronic rock with a few drops of synth pop. The band completed the recording of its first full length album entitled ‘Aftermath’ with the support of Creative BC in late 2021. The single ‘Free’ which includes a collaboration with Juno award hip hop artist Prevail (‘Swollen Members’) was released on February 25th and has since surpassed 20K streams on Spotify already.
If you want to know more about the story of the band and the new album, you can find more information in this article.
Join the album release and purchase the tickets with the link below.
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Photo credit: OurGlassZoo |
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Google to build sub-sea fibre optic cable from Vancouver to Japan
Google is planning to lay a cable the width of a garden house, and carrying 16 pairs of fibre-optical wires, from Vancouver to Japan.
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This summer's Formula E race event in Vancouver called off
"It was a decision made between the organizers and the City of Vancouver," according to spokesperson Kirsten Mihailides. "The timeline and parameters for the event were not achievable." Read more on why the event is cancelled in this article.
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Experts say Swiss e-vote system is improved, but not perfect
The Federal Chancellery, which oversees e-voting on behalf of the government, said the system being developed by the state-owned Swiss Post had been significantly updated since 2019, but further enhancements were required. Read more here.
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No one upstages the Grand Tour of Switzerland
For its 2022 ad campaign, Switzerland Tourism has paired Roger Federer with Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Anne Hathaway. This promotion takes Federer and Hathaway on a much-abbreviated Grand Tour of Switzerland. However, they had to learn the hard way, that no one upstages the Grand Tour of Switzerland. See here for yourself.
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More Swiss abroad, and more with multiple nationalities |
At the end of 2021, more than one in ten Swiss nationals were living abroad – some 788,000 in total. The share of the Swiss population living abroad increased by 1.5% compared to 2020. Read more in the article of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA.
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Let's make everyday Earth Day! |
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In April we had our first virtual Members for Members event hosted by Svend Andersen from GHG accounting on the topic of innovative climate action. It was a really interesting presentation and a great Q&A session about what GHG accounting is, how the different factors are measured and what can be done to improve the situation.
This topic matched well with the celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, 2022. In honor of this day find below some interesting insights. Let's make everyday Earth Day!
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Here are 5 ways to live more sustainably
We know individual actions can only get us so far, and solving the astronomical issue of climate change is the job of governments and policies. But we also know that our decisions matter. Read more here what matters and what you can do in order to live more sustainable.
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Listen. Learn. Act.
This year for Earth Day, Spotify is using the power and impact of their global platform to amplify the voices of next-generation climate activists fighting to dismantle global environmental injustices and find climate justice across social, economic, and policy changes. Read and listen more here.
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Share your stories with us!! |
Things are slowly getting back to normal and that means a lot of events and highlights are happening in our member community! We want everyone to be a part of these highlights.
Therefore, we invite you to share all your exciting news, insights, and events with us to include them in our newsletter.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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