FALL 2024 • THE ASSINIBOIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 5
Message from the
President | Executive Director
Message from the
Chair
Key Strategies for
Business Safety
by Kristin Marand
Winnipeg's Rising Crime Rates
Push Businesses to Take Action
by Todd Lewys
Prevention & Protection:
Retail Theft & The Winnipeg
Police Service
by Wendy King
Count on Change:
Navigating Workforce Trends
in Accounting & Beyond
by Kristin Marand
Trending in the Right Direction:
Educators Examine Recent
Workforce Trends
by Jim Timlick
Workforce Trends Focus
on Human-Centred Approach
by Jennifer McFee
Embracing Diversity:
The Workforce Shift Shaping
Tomorrow's Success
by David Drake
Assiniboia Chamber
of Commerce 2024
Business Excellence Awards
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COVER STORY:
Fortifying Business
Security with
Alpha Technologies
FALL 2024
THE ASSINIBOIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
assiniboiachamber.ca
Kristi Meek
President | Executive Director
Jessica Robinson
Marketing & Office Coordinator
THE FREE PRESS
winnipegfreepress.com
Chief Executive Officer
Mike Power
VP Revenue and Business Development
Michele Prysazniuk
Director, Advertising, FP Features
Charlene Adam
Editor
Kristin Marand
Writers
Kristin Marand
Jennifer McFee
Todd Lewys
David Drake
Wendy King
Jim Timlick
Photography
Darcy Finley
Numerous organizations supplied
Design
Karen Spence
Ken Waterman
BUSINESS REVIEW
WEST WINNIPEG
Land Acknowledgement: The Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that we gather
on ancestral lands, Treaty One Territory, traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree,
Dakota, Lakota and Dene Peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
