Chamber Blog

Key Learnings from the 2021 TD Economic Update

October 21, 2021

TD Bank, Whitby Chamber of Commerce and Town of Whitby collaborated to deliver the TD Economic Update for the business community in October 2021. For the second straight year the event was held virtually. Derek Burleton, Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist at TD Bank walked us through some economic indicators that will shape Canada’s Read More

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Culture Without Compromise Business Summit Takeaways

September 30, 2021

The Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Summit this past September 22, 2021.  This year’s theme was Culture Without Compromise. The core message of the summit is that your business can create a positive culture without compromising profitability or productivity.  This one-day summit explored this business foundation.  Here were my key takeaways from this Read More

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Joining the Whitby Chamber During the Pandemic

September 27, 2021

I am relatively new to the Whitby Chamber of Commerce.  I’ve been a member for less than a year and only know members from this new, virtual-focused world. You would think that a reason to join the Chamber would be the networking opportunities….and while these are always better in person, the Whitby Chamber has gone Read More

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MP Candidates Business Forum Update

September 24, 2021

For decades the advocacy committee has advocated on behalf of the members of the chamber of commerce. Part of those efforts is to host a forum for the committee to ask questions of the federal political candidates vying for office which is broadcast to the entire community on zoom and local tv. To make this Read More

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Collaboration! COVID-19 Antigen Tests

September 15, 2021

For the last 10 weeks, the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Town of Whitby distributed COVID-19 antigen testing kits free to businesses. Together, we distributed 9,875 tests to the business community! Now that September is upon us, the Town of Whitby will be using their building for municipal programming, and as such, on Read More

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