The purpose of this email is inform you more about employer-led testing in Nova Scotia as part of our next intake on June 23rd. Employers can register at this link and indicate a preferred intake of June 23rd for the Nova Scotia cohort- this is a free program. The province provides all tests and PPE. CDL RSC provides free training, programming, digital tools, etc. paid by the federal government.
With new worldwide vaccination rates not approaching what is needed for herd immunity,and new variants like the Delta strand are a riskto reopening society and the economy, as evidenced by concerns that the UK may delay its easing of restrictions. High vaccination rates in Nova Scotia and evidence of vaccination, along with widespread rapid screening, canreduce the risk of further lockdowns in Nova Scotia so that we can safely reopen society and the economy. Widespread employer-led rapid screening will be an important way that we can prevent community spread and lockdowns if new variants emerge which cause public health concerns. And it is in our control if we want to get as many employers as possible to implement the rapid screening in workplaces.
In order to help in this regard, the Halifax Chambers and provincial Chambers partnered with Creative Destruction Lab’s Rapid Screening Consortium (CDL RSC) for an enormously successful rapid screening project. John Risley is the Chair of the CDL RSC.
“Nova Scotia has partnered with the Chambers of Commerce from across Nova Scotia, the seven Regional Enterprise Networks, CDL Rapid Screening Consortium and the federal government. So far, 275 businesses and organizations representing more than 50,000 employees have signed up to take part.”
Nova Scotia has just over 500,000 workers, so we will have employers representing close to 10% of the provincial workforce engaged in rapid screening. We have more than 200 employers in NS being onboarded with CDL RSC today, and another almost 200 registered, and that number will increase with the press release and success of the program.
Peter Nicholson and I also have a little blog on policy (Dr. Vivek Goel, incoming President at the University of Waterloo, wrote some things with us on COVID). We also did an op-ed on employer rapid screening and CDL RSC last week in the Chronicle Herald.
About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). CDL is an objectives-based mentoring program for seed-stage and massively scalable science and technology-based companies. The mission of the CDL is to enhance the prosperity of humankind through the rapid scaling of science-based companies and a new approach to business education that combines economic theory and learning-by-doing to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset. CDL aims to inspire possibility, increase labour productivity, and enhance job opportunities, thereby contributing to the overall welfare of humankind through the commercial application of scientific breakthroughs via entrepreneurship. CDL helps promising ventures transition into high-growth companies by providing access to a powerful network of national and international mentors, angel investors and venture capital opportunities. Originally launched in 2012 at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, the CDL program has expanded to include locations in Vancouver (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), Calgary (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary), Montreal (HEC Montréal), Halifax (Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University), Oxford(Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Paris (HEC Paris), Atlanta (Georgia Tech) and Wisconsin (Madison-Wisconsin).
At the beginning of the pandemic we launched a CDL Recovery Stream last summer for new testing, tracing and other technologies focused on how more and better information can help us navigate the pandemic, and lead to a safer reopening.
Last year CDL also launched a Recovery Vision Council focused on the post-pandemic world. The Council was a small group of business leaders and thought leaders who we think will have a good intuition regarding anticipating what types of innovations will have the biggest impact on economic recovery. The Vision Council included, amongst others: Mark Carney (former Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada), Kevin Sneader (Global Head, McKinsey), Angela McLean, (expert infectious diseases, Professor, Oxford, Director of the Institute of Emerging Infections, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, Dame of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society), Margaret Atwood (author), Julia Levy (former CEO, QLT), Mark Little (CEO, Suncor Energy), Catherine Luelo (CIO, Air Canada), Mark Machin (CEO, CPPIB), Jack Salzwedel (CEO, American Family Insurance), Don Walker (CEO, Magna), Helene Desmarais (Board, Christian Dior SA), Patrick Pichette (former CFO, Google), Don Guloien (former CEO, Manulife), Elizabeth Cannon (former president, U. Calgary), John Risley (founder of Clearwater) and Chris Deverell (former Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command), and more.
As mentioned in this New York Times article, at one of our Recovery Vision Council meetings Margaret Atwood said that we really need to find the equivalent of a “pee on a stick” rapid screen for COVID that employers and organizations can use so we know who is infected. The Vision Council then decided to catalyze a larger employer-led consortium to bring rapid screening across Canada. This became the CDL RSC, with John Risley as our Chair, with the following founding partners and early adopters. See Globe article.
The purpose of this email is inform you more about employer-led testing in Nova Scotia as part of our next intake on June 23rd. Employers can register at this link and indicate a preferred intake of June 23rd for the Nova Scotia cohort- this is a free program. The province provides all tests and PPE. CDL RSC provides free training, programming, digital tools, etc. paid by the federal government.
With new worldwide vaccination rates not approaching what is needed for herd immunity,and new variants like the Delta strand are a riskto reopening society and the economy, as evidenced by concerns that the UK may delay its easing of restrictions. High vaccination rates in Nova Scotia and evidence of vaccination, along with widespread rapid screening, canreduce the risk of further lockdowns in Nova Scotia so that we can safely reopen society and the economy. Widespread employer-led rapid screening will be an important way that we can prevent community spread and lockdowns if new variants emerge which cause public health concerns. And it is in our control if we want to get as many employers as possible to implement the rapid screening in workplaces.
In order to help in this regard, the Halifax Chambers and provincial Chambers partnered with Creative Destruction Lab’s Rapid Screening Consortium (CDL RSC) for an enormously successful rapid screening project. John Risley is the Chair of the CDL RSC.
“Nova Scotia has partnered with the Chambers of Commerce from across Nova Scotia, the seven Regional Enterprise Networks, CDL Rapid Screening Consortium and the federal government. So far, 275 businesses and organizations representing more than 50,000 employees have signed up to take part.”
Nova Scotia has just over 500,000 workers, so we will have employers representing close to 10% of the provincial workforce engaged in rapid screening. We have more than 200 employers in NS being onboarded with CDL RSC today, and another almost 200 registered, and that number will increase with the press release and success of the program.
Peter Nicholson and I also have a little blog on policy (Dr. Vivek Goel, incoming President at the University of Waterloo, wrote some things with us on COVID). We also did an op-ed on employer rapid screening and CDL RSC last week in the Chronicle Herald.
About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). CDL is an objectives-based mentoring program for seed-stage and massively scalable science and technology-based companies. The mission of the CDL is to enhance the prosperity of humankind through the rapid scaling of science-based companies and a new approach to business education that combines economic theory and learning-by-doing to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset. CDL aims to inspire possibility, increase labour productivity, and enhance job opportunities, thereby contributing to the overall welfare of humankind through the commercial application of scientific breakthroughs via entrepreneurship. CDL helps promising ventures transition into high-growth companies by providing access to a powerful network of national and international mentors, angel investors and venture capital opportunities. Originally launched in 2012 at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, the CDL program has expanded to include locations in Vancouver (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), Calgary (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary), Montreal (HEC Montréal), Halifax (Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University), Oxford(Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Paris (HEC Paris), Atlanta (Georgia Tech) and Wisconsin (Madison-Wisconsin).
At the beginning of the pandemic we launched a CDL Recovery Stream last summer for new testing, tracing and other technologies focused on how more and better information can help us navigate the pandemic, and lead to a safer reopening.
Last year CDL also launched a Recovery Vision Council focused on the post-pandemic world. The Council was a small group of business leaders and thought leaders who we think will have a good intuition regarding anticipating what types of innovations will have the biggest impact on economic recovery. The Vision Council included, amongst others: Mark Carney (former Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada), Kevin Sneader (Global Head, McKinsey), Angela McLean, (expert infectious diseases, Professor, Oxford, Director of the Institute of Emerging Infections, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, Dame of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society), Margaret Atwood (author), Julia Levy (former CEO, QLT), Mark Little (CEO, Suncor Energy), Catherine Luelo (CIO, Air Canada), Mark Machin (CEO, CPPIB), Jack Salzwedel (CEO, American Family Insurance), Don Walker (CEO, Magna), Helene Desmarais (Board, Christian Dior SA), Patrick Pichette (former CFO, Google), Don Guloien (former CEO, Manulife), Elizabeth Cannon (former president, U. Calgary), John Risley (founder of Clearwater) and Chris Deverell (former Commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command), and more.
As mentioned in this New York Times article, at one of our Recovery Vision Council meetings Margaret Atwood said that we really need to find the equivalent of a “pee on a stick” rapid screen for COVID that employers and organizations can use so we know who is infected. The Vision Council then decided to catalyze a larger employer-led consortium to bring rapid screening across Canada. This became the CDL RSC, with John Risley as our Chair, with the following founding partners and early adopters. See Globe article.
Jeff Larsen | June 13, 2021 |