“PacifiCan is committed to supporting innovative partnerships that help B.C. Key components of the centre will be to create economic opportunities for Indigenous Peoples and help small and medium-sized agritech businesses scale up, increase profits and create good-paying jobs. The centre will focus on developing, testing and piloting solutions in simulated and real-world environments to be farm-ready for commercialization. The centre, which will officially open in September, has begun taking applications from small and medium-sized agritech operations throughout the province. The Province is investing as much as $6.5 million over three years for the centre, while the federal government is providing as much as $10 million over five years through Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan). Simply put, this centre makes us a global front-runner in agritech.” “Launching this BC Centre for Agritech Innovation will improve productivity here in B.C., meaning more food will be grown closer to home, leading to lower costs associated with transporting food. “The past two years have been challenging ones for British Columbians as the pandemic, climate-related emergencies and global conflicts have disrupted supply chains and raised the cost of food,” said Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation. The centre will bring together academia, government and industry partners (known as the triple-helix model) to create more productive, diverse and resilient food-supply chains. and around the world, while creating hundreds of good-paying jobs.Ī key commitment of the StrongerBC Economic Plan, the new centre will be located at Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Surrey campus. Centre for Agritech Innovation will further position the province as a world leader in agricultural technology, helping to improve food security in B.C. To learn more about the Company, please visit: new B.C. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'WELL' and on OTCQX under the symbol 'WHTCF'. As such, WELL owns and operates Canada's largest network of outpatient medical clinics serving primary and specialized healthcare services and is the provider of a leading multi-national, multi-disciplinary telehealth offering. WELL uses this platform to power healthcare practitioners both inside and outside of WELL's own omni-channel patient services offerings. WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services. WELL is a practitioner focused digital healthcare company whose overarching objective is to positively impact health outcomes to empower and support healthcare practitioners and their patients. Sybil is fluent in French, English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.Ĭhief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director Sybil is also highly involved in philanthropic work in South East Asia particularly in the areas of disability and vulnerable persons providing last mile and gap funding on health care initiatives. Also, her knowledge and years of experience advising on capital allocation and new market development decisions will be an invaluable asset to the WELL team and our shareholders.' 'Her passion and focus on healthcare industries and preventative health overall are of tremendous value and interest to WELL and its future direction as a company. 'We are honored to welcome Sybil Lau to our board,' said Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO of WELL.

Earlier in her career, Sybil had founded and operated a China focused global consulting firm in Guangzhou, was an investment manager at Credit Suisse, and a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. Sybil is a Director and on the Board of Directors of the Dalio Family Office in Singapore and is a Director and Board Director for a Chinese hedge fund. Born in Ottawa, Sybil received an undergraduate degree from Simon Fraser University. Sybil Lau has 25 years of experience in both public and private investments. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) (' WELL' or the ' Company'), a digital health company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sybil Lau to its board of directors.

5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - WELL Health Technologies Corp.

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