62% of Edmonton Global staff completed additional FDI training in 2020.
Edmonton Global scored best-in-class on the employee engagement index for small organizations in Canada at 90%. Scores above 82% are considered “best-in-class” by the TalentMap benchmark, which has also been adopted by the Conference Board of Canada.
As a leader in global economic development, Edmonton Global has also included the following translations to its website: French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Spanish translations.
Edmonton Global’s CEO was elected chair of the Consider Canada Cities Alliance (CCCA) in 2019. In 2020, the Chair and members of the CCCA focused on informing the Government of Canada on post-COVID recovery by submitting three documents to federal government on items that would need investments, namely broadband and 5G infrastructure, reducing interprovincial barriers, and supporting our Tier 1 airports as economic engines.
Additionally, the CCCA had four Cabinet minister engagements focused on the CCCA value proposition and recovery recommendations. Two meetings were held with The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, one with The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, and one with The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages.
The CCCA also provided several inputs from member surveys including the impacts of COVID-19 on downtown cores and related recommendations. The group reaffirmed their partnership with Invest in Canada for members focused on three items: FDI lead sharing, Marketing and Data. Finally, the CCCA enhanced their capacity by hiring a fulltime team of two focused on increasing advocacy at the federal level and creating a Thought Leadership series set to begin in Q1 2021).