Mia Jensen

Mia Jensen is a reporter with the Ottawa Business Journal. A graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism, Mia previously worked as a Local Journalism Initiative reporter for the Sudbury Star covering health, mining, business and the arts. Outside of journalism, she has worked in communications with the Rainbow District School Board, and as a researcher for the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra.

‘Working for the people’: Warren Creates on AI, foreign workers and almost 40 years in immigration law

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Sarah Allison (Left), co-founder of the Trained to Help Project and Positivist Group owner Erin Patchell.

Ottawa firm The Positivist Group starts pilot to help businesses better serve people with disabilities

Ottawa

Ottawa-based consulting firm The Positivist Group is launching a pilot program to help businesses make their stores more comfortable and accessible for people with disabilities.

Ottawa’s Andrea Greenhous on how hybrid work put the spotlight on internal communications

Human Resources

Over 20 years ago, Andrea Greenhous started blazing a trail in Ottawa with her internal communications firm Vision2Voice. Today, as tech shifts or workers stay

CFIB looks for good news on carbon tax for small businesses in upcoming federal budget

Ottawa

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on the federal government to freeze the federal carbon tax and assess the possibility of implementing a

Accommodating neurodivergent employees can increase workplace innovation, creativity

Human Resources

For many businesses, diversity and inclusion is an important part of a well-rounded workplace. But when it comes to accommodating and hiring employees who are

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe (left) and premier Doug Ford at the Mayor's Breakfast on Thursday.

Province supports Ottawa’s downtown revitalization efforts; Ford calls on federal government to ‘do its part’

Ottawa

A “new deal” between Ottawa and the provincial government will support the city’s ongoing efforts to revitalize its struggling downtown core.

Tech companies are hiring fewer co-op students this year, but expect to bounce back soon.

Co-op hiring, particularly in tech, takes a hit amid tough economy, but officials expect a rebound

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Dr. Elspeth Murray, director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact at Smith School of Business. Supplied

No snow, no ice, no business: How climate change is forcing companies to come up with Plan B

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

As climate change leads to milder, shorter winters, businesses are finding ways to become more resilient and more sustainable, according to one Queen’s University professor.