A mission to raise the standard of hospitality

January 7, 2026 0:19:08

Ravi Prakash, Chairman of O & O Group of Companies, is a visionary hospitality leader with a unique blend of operational expertise and strategic sales acumen. With a global mindset shaped by extensive international experience, he’s built a career on delivering world-class guest experiences across diverse cultural and business landscapes. His mission is simple: to raise the standard of hospitality by aligning exceptional service with strong commercial performance. In today’s dynamic, customer-driven economy, he believes that proactive, personalized service isn’t just a differentiator—it’s the foundation for long-term growth. He specializes in crafting impactful service strategies that foster deep customer loyalty, while empowering teams to serve as true brand ambassadors. Throughout his career, he’s transformed hospitality businesses into service-driven, results-oriented organizations—enhancing brand visibility, driving revenue, and cultivating lasting customer relationships. His leadership style focuses on building high-performing teams, boosting morale, and creating environments where both staff and guests thrive.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: Entrepreneur Extends Lifespan with Tech

August 21, 2025 0:21:05

Sameer Dhar is a serial entrepreneur and healthcare innovator passionate about using technology to create social impact. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of NiaHealth, Canada’s leading proactive health platform, helping people live longer, healthier lives by combining advanced biomarker testing, personalized clinical insights, and expert guidance.

Sameer’s entrepreneurial journey began in high school when he co-founded GEOMEER, a charitable organization focused on poverty alleviation. He later launched Sensassure, an elder tech startup that reimagined incontinence care, an effort so hands-on that Sameer lived in a nursing home for a year to design solutions that truly worked. Sensassure was later acquired by global hygiene leader Essity.

A Schwarzman Scholar, Sameer has also worked at Morgan Stanley, AIMCo, and Clairvest, and has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20, Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40, and a Satchu Prize Recipient through Canada’s Next 36.

At NiaHealth, he’s on a mission to extend healthspan and democratize access to high-quality, preventative healthcare.

NiaHealth, under Sameer Dhar’s dedicated leadership, functions as Canada’s preeminent proactive health platform, meticulously designed for modern life and backed by insights from world-leading scientists. This sophisticated approach to longevity and healthspan utilizes advanced clinical-grade testing, examining over one hundred and fifty biomarkers in the comprehensive Optimum plan. These extensive panels are often up to four times more inclusive than typical annual checkups, revealing vital data points concerning cardiovascular health, metabolic function, liver performance, and essential micronutrient levels. The platform’s scientific foundation draws from thousands of peer-reviewed papers, ensuring every piece of advice is robustly evidence-based and science-backed.

NiaHealth is dedicated to the early detection of hidden risks, an ambition achieved through detailed analysis and personalized guidance. Members often receive at-home testing services, where a professional phlebotomist collects the necessary samples, streamlining the experience for maximum convenience. Within days, typically as fast as five, members gain access to a powerful digital dashboard that intelligently combines lab results and can seamlessly integrate with personal fitness wearables. This integration provides real clarity, delivering precise, actionable insights right to the user’s fingertips.

The results are translated into a comprehensive, hand-written report crafted by specialized Canadian clinicians, never relying on generic AI-generated advice. This personalized report is a cornerstone of the service, detailing the member’s current standing across key health domains like heart, liver, and metabolism, while also meticulously considering family history and unique lifestyle factors. Following the report, a one-on-one virtual consultation is scheduled with a dedicated longevity-trained clinician. This essential consult helps co-create a custom health plan that truly sticks, focusing intensely on optimizing critical pillars of wellness: activity levels, specific nutrition strategies, and high-quality sleep hygiene.

The commitment to preventative health is powerfully exemplified by the available statistics: a significant ninety percent of NiaHealth members uncover an unknown health risk that is addressable and actionable, such as silent diabetes risk or an undisclosed genetic marker for serious heart disease. The service empowers individuals to take decisive control, not just by providing raw data, but by delivering clear, step-by-step next actions rooted firmly in the latest longevity science. Annual memberships include subsequent re-testing to track tangible progress effectively, ensuring continued health optimization and supporting a much longer, better life for its users. The platform offers various membership tiers, from the accessible Essentials with over forty clinically-validated biomarkers to the highly comprehensive Optimum. Sameer’s compelling vision successfully democratizes access to this high-quality, preventative model of care across numerous Canadian provinces, confirming NiaHealth’s place as a truly trusted partner for peak performers and proactive health seekers alike in modern society.

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Understanding the greatest human need and key to engagement

March 17, 2025 0:18:46

Maria deBruijn is a leadership expert, facilitator, and CEO with over two decades of experience helping organizations cultivate engaged and high-performing teams. deBruijn holds a Master’s degree in Communications and Technology from the University of Alberta, where her research focused on the impact of technology on engagement. deBruijn’s debut book, Understood: The Greatest Human Need and the Key to Engagement, is a compilation of the most valuable insights from her years of experience in the leadership and engagement space.

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A lifelong passion for entrepreneurship

February 26, 2025 0:18:50

Chris Micetich is a serial entrepreneur and investor who is a Founder of seven companies across three industries. Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a proven track record of success including closing the largest licensing deal in Canadian biotech history. Skilled in Pharmaceutical Research and Development (R&D), Biotechnology, Contract Research Organizations (CRO’s) and Life Sciences. Extensive start-up experience. Remains actively involved in the innovation ecosystem mentoring visionary leaders. Graduate of the University of Alberta.

Author of One Day You’ll Understand: An Entrepreneur’s Path To Purpose, Audience, And Voice

Chris also sits on the Board of Explore Edmonton and is a mentor in CDL Rockies.

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Discover Canada’s 1st Healthy Longevity Village Newscast – Vulcan, Alberta – Canada’s Podcast

December 1, 2024 0:13:10

Welcome to FuturVille – Your Hub for Healthy Longevity and Sustainable Living

Who Are We?
We are a for-profit company building a network of healthy longevity villages that plans to be in business for 100+ years where each of our stakeholders – residents, visitors, shareholders – will add minimum 10+ healthy years onto their life by actively up-leveling their quality of life, contribute and grow in a collective economy, and live, work and play in purpose-driven communities.

Our Vision
Everyone lives in vibrant villages, thriving with health and vitality, reaching age 100+ free from disease, embracing technology for good, and achieving remarkable environmental, social, and governance achievements, and measurable sustainable development goals.

Our Mission
By 2035, develop, promote, and connect 1 million residents and 20 million visitors to healthy longevity experiences across 4,000 villages.

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From Loss to Wellness: How Traci Bateman Built a Thriving Business Empowering Others to Live Fully

November 21, 2024 0:17:52

Traci Bateman‘s journey into wellness began at the age of 14, following the loss of her mother to breast cancer. This experience sparked a lifelong passion for living fully and helping others do the same. Traci pursued a degree in Economics from the University of Calgary, later studying Interior Architecture and Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She has since become a certified Health and Life Coach, as well as a certified menopause coach.

Traci’s approach to life is driven by the belief in living fully, loving deeply, and embracing change. She has rebranded herself multiple times, from owning businesses in marketing and interior design to founding Bliss MediSpa & Integrated Wellness in 2012, a resort-style spa that combines wellness with rejuvenation. Her career is marked by a commitment to helping others achieve their best selves through her extensive knowledge, personal experiences, and ability to connect deeply with those she supports.

Traci’s work is rooted in a lifelong pursuit of healing the mind, body, and soul. Her journey has equipped her with the tools and insights to guide others toward a life of balance, fulfillment, and well-being.

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Discover Canada’s 1st Healthy Longevity Village – Vulcan, Alberta – Canada’s Podcast

October 21, 2024 0:13:10

Welcome to FuturVille – Your Hub for Healthy Longevity and Sustainable Living

Our Mission
By 2035, develop, promote, and connect 1 million residents and 20 million visitors to healthy longevity experiences across 4,000 villages.

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Realizing the vital importance of prioritizing self-care

October 9, 2024 0:20:16

As an entrepreneur navigating significant life changes and milestones, Jacquie Verenka embarked on a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery. Through this process, she realized the vital importance of prioritizing self-care—a lesson that resonated deeply with many others she encountered along the way. Witnessing firsthand the struggles of those around her ignited a passion to create a space for healing and renewal. This inspiration led to the founding of JV Ventures Retreats, where she aims to provide others with the time and tools they need to reconnect with themselves and embark on their own journeys of growth. Through these retreats, she aims to foster a community of healing and transformation.

Her retreats are designed not only to foster personal growth and well-being among participants but also to create a positive impact in the community. She believes that meaningful transformation extends beyond individual experiences: by partnering with local charities and causes, Jacquie aims to Give Back and support those in need. Each retreat incorporates opportunities for participants to engage with and contribute to these initiatives, fostering a spirit of connection and shared purpose. Together, people can grow while uplifting their community.

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The art of storytelling is key for communications and media industries

February 1, 2024 0:21:52

Gary Lamphier, Principal of Lamphier Communications, was a business journalist for 34 years at various major international, national and regional newspapers. He covered virtually all major industries and key companies in Canada. He’s been a corporate communications consultant for more than 10 years. He explains the importance of storytelling in both these industries and discusses the Alberta economy.

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Inspiring people to take action in designing their own lives

January 11, 2024 0:26:57

Gail Taylor is a Canadian songwriter, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and passionate advocate for the power of music to inspire change. Her catalog of 13 published songs draws from her life experiences and imparts invaluable messages, taking centre stage in her speaking engagements.

For the past 35 years, Gail has stood on stage and spoken about finance and socially responsible investing. Her journey began in the business world, where she honed her skills and expertise.

Gail attained her CIMA designation (Certified Investment Manager Analyst) from Wharton University, acquired her MBA at Queen’s University, and underwent executive training at Harvard Business School, all while building a successful Investment Advisory practice.

In the late 70’s, she embarked on a parallel journey, one dedicated to personal betterment and the art of setting and achieving goals. She is currently penning her second book – Curve Balls – personal stories and tools to inspire folks to take action in designing their own lives.

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