SFU Beedie and the Vancouver Economic Commission launch new industry-academia research lab

The Vancouver Economic Commission and Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have launched the Economic Transformation Lab (ETL), a platform for collaboration between industry and academia that researches the seismic trends anticipated to impact Vancouver’s economy in the coming decades.

The program’s objective is to develop actionable goals, programs, or insights that shape policy advocacy and will help future-proof Vancouver against these trends.

In addition to helping build resilience in the local economy, ETL projects involve or respond to critical global drivers over the next 10–15 years, such as climate change, technological advances or demographic shifts.

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