Building Good
Jen Hancock and Tim Coldwell
This is a show about building a better world. Literally. The construction industry might seem like a conservative place, but we’re changing it. Building Good is a platform for conversations around topics like indigenous architecture, hiring and retaining women in trades and building sustainable energy grids. We want to build a better world, and we think the way to do that starts with the construction industry... so come and help us build good.
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08/30/22 • 20 min
Only 17% of construction jobs are going to women, and even those are mostly in off-site roles. Jeanette Southwood wants that to be at least 30%. She’s vice president of corporate affairs and strategic partnership at Engineers Canada, but right from the start of her career as an engineer she noticed the barriers and hostility that women can face in this industry. When the stereotype is catcalls and bad jokes, how are we supposed to make construction appealing to all genders?
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07/14/21 • 24 min
Immigration is key to building Canada’s future, but we haven’t been hitting the nail on the head so far... so how do we do it right? And how do we make sure that it works for everyone in Canada? Senator Ratna Omidvar is part of The Century Initiative, which means she wants to see 100 million Canadians by 2100. She chats to Tim about what our country looks like with that many people, and helps us plot a course to get there.
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Partnerships For The Future with Pat Boucher
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11/24/20 • 20 min
We're better together, right? There’s no “I” in team. There are dozens of ways to say it, but no matter which we choose, working together is sometimes easier said than done. Today, Tim Coldwell is joined by Pat Boucher, the Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for the Canada Border Services Agency, as they explore the role of government in society. They go into detail on how a collaborative approach between the private and public sectors can help build culture, drive innovation, and create stronger communities. Inclusive economies will never be achieved without strong public-private partnerships.
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Building Good is Back!
Building Good
06/28/21 • 1 min
How do we build better systems, better lives and a better place to live? How do we build... good? Tim Coldwell and Jen Hancock are back to ask those big questions. We’re aiming to make the construction industry (and the world) a better place to live and work. Back with weekly episodes starting July 7, 2021.
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12/07/20 • 36 min
With a vision to plant over 1 billion trees by 2030, the co-founders (and cousins) of tentree, Derrick Emsley and Stephen Emsley, believe that big change starts small. They join host Jen Hancock to discuss the unique business they've built around sustainable fashion with one goal in mind—plant ten trees for every item sold and protect and preserve the world. From humble beginnings in Saskatchewan, the Tentree story will inspire you with its creative business model and resulting global impact.
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11/30/20 • 32 min
How we design our cities has a huge impact on the health and wellness of people. In a recent series of articles, A healthy city, beyond cycling, Marianne Lefever and her co-author explore the complex interconnections of health and infrastructure. For example, cycling is a great way to create healthy opportunities for people in cities but depending on where you cycle, you could be exposing yourself to harmful air pollution that may make your choice to cycle more detrimental to your health! Together with host Jen Hancock, Marianne breaks down the challenges and opportunities facing cities around the world and how a people-first approach to design and infrastructure can not only improve health and wellness but save millions of taxpayer dollars in the process.
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07/07/21 • 30 min
Looking after our minds is not something that’s just nice to have, it’s a crucial part of our occupational health. People work better when they have that support. So where do we start? Psychiatrist Dr David Goldbloom walks us through how we build good environments and good jobs that look after everyone’s mental health... and it starts at home. Specifically, it starts with everyone having a home.
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Measure What Matters with Aaron Lambie
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11/10/20 • 22 min
Community engagement is often a requirement in industrial projects and as part of the formal RFP process. Over the last decade, if we traced back all the social impact initiatives that successful proponents committed to on paper and asked them to present the results, what do you think we’d find? Not a whole lot. Today many organizations claim to prioritize ESG and CSR, but how do you know whether they’ve delivered against those priorities? How do you know what impact they’ve had? Objective metrics for social impact is a critical element lacking in supply chains. Tim Coldwell explores the concept of measuring social impact with Aaron Lambie, President and CEO of Social Awareness Group, and discusses the challenges facing the industrial sector when it comes to collecting and measuring social impact data.
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Truck Loads of Change with Kathy Tuccaro
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11/02/20 • 37 min
What do you do when your passions are in an industry that is traditionally held by people who don’t look like you? Our guest in this episode of Building Good, Kathy Tuccaro, was faced with a decision: take a leap of faith and train to be a heavy equipment operator or risk falling back into a life of uncertainty and pain. Kathy's story and the outcome of her choices will inspire you. Today, Kathy is the operator of a 797F Caterpillar 385 plus metric tonne heavy haul truck or “her baby” as she likes to call it. Embracing opportunities for living a fulfilling life, Kathy believes more women should join her in this exciting career. Kathy and Tim Coldwell, both passionate about diversity in the trades, discuss why more women should join the trades and how organizations and male peers can help create an environment that welcomes and promotes diversity in non-traditional roles.
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07/21/21 • 19 min
To build good you need to use materials that have been built good. But how do we know that the materials we’re sourcing have been produced ethically, with sustainably sourced materials in an ethical work environment? The global economy is full of people looking to make a quick buck by producing things quickly, cheaply, and dirtily. Some big companies have even found child labour in their supply chains. Martin Kotula of SAP is an expert in supply chain transparency - he even did his PHD in sourcing and procurement. He helps us unpick those opaque supply chains, and shows how technology is changing global procurement for good.
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