How can you let your loved ones know where you are and if you are okay during an emergency? Christine Sommers of ePACT has developed an emergency communications network to do that.

Aileen McManamon embraces the idea that "sport has the power to change the world." That is from Nelson Mandela's dictum. As an an expert at creating social good from sport, she feels that we in Canada are missing out on opportunities to influence change.

For the past four decades, Louise Mandell has been at the heart of aboriginal and treaty litigation. This is work that has lead to a shift in the colonial paradigm.

There are steps to the path to leadership for women in complex international organizations. That is according to Petra Kuret, Managing Director at Accenture

Gregory Henriquez is the architect that re-imagined the old Woodwards site, turning it into a model of community redevelopment. It is a model that respects the needs of the Downtown Eastside and appreciates the market value of the site.

The USS Navy guided missile Destroyer the USS Gridley (DDG-101) was in Vancouver recently, and we were there.

Hillary Clinton once said that the subjugation of women constitutes an international security threat. International Communications Advisor Patricia Leidl is the co-author of the "Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy," a book that took shape following Clinton’s statement.

It’s time to treat high school seniors with respect. That is according to Graham Baldwin, CEO of Winston Education Group. He contends that we “treat people in grades 10 through 12 a little bit more like adults than high school children, in an attempt to get them ready for not only going to university, but succeeding there. We want them to be ready for success.”

Be careful whose information you're consuming and who you can trust. That is according to Scott Hargrove of the Fraser Valley Regional Library.

Why do we have so much trouble integrating cultures? That is the question that Malfalda Arias, a cultural integration specialist, wants to address.

Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions report. That is what Jennifer Manuel is challenging us all to do.

"I don't see the Jian Ghomeshi case as a poster case for the need to change the system." That is according to Carol Baird Ellan, former British Columbia Provincial Court Chief Judge. "Having said that, I don't think survivors are well-served by our current system for a number of reasons."

What is the B Corp movement? According to Craig Ryan, a B Corp is to corporations what LEED is to building design.

Horrifying circumstances that have forced 13.5 million Syrians from their homes. More than six million people have been forced to flee fearing for their lives. 147 member states of the United Nations agreed people in fear of their lives can and will be accepted as refugees without prejudice regardless of race, sex, age, disability, religion or nationality.

The percentage of women in computing sciences is exceptionally low and many experts point to the introduction of the Personal Computer as the culprit.

Lady Fiona is the current Countess of Carnarvon. She is also a historian and the author of "Lady Almina" – the woman whose real-life story formed the basis of the popular TV show "Downton Abbey."

According to the United Nations, Canada is sixth in the world on the Human Development Index. But if we only include First Nations, we would rank 63rd. That is according to Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde.

While most Canadians seem unaware of the changing ownership of the country’s natural resources, it hasn’t gone unnoticed internationally. That's what Bill Gallagher, author of Resource Rulers, believes.

Sid Katz wants inner city indigenous students to graduate from high-school. That is why he co-founded Dogwood-25, an after school program designed to achieve that.

There are many challenges facing mining companies committed to increasing women in their ranks at all levels.