Georgia State University has been honored with a national award for its Free Passport Initiative, which since February 2021 has remove the first hurdle for more than 1,000 students seeking […]
Category: North America
Posted inAerospace, Automotive, Business, Canada, Quebec Blog
What’s Powering Quebec’s Electric Mobility Niche in Manufacturing
Wherever you go in Quebec, talk of hydroelectricity follows. On the economic-development side, everything seems to, quite literally, flow from the province’s abundant clean energy. All it takes is a […]
Posted inCanada, Diplomacy
Canada’s New Consul General Settles Into Atlanta, Aims to Drive Momentum in Recovery Period
Canada has appointed a veteran diplomat with extensive experience in the Americas and around the world to serve as interim consul general in Atlanta for an undetermined period of time. […]
Posted inCanada, Quebec Blog
Shoe Leather
Editor’s note: Trevor Williams is traveling in Quebec for research on a special report looking at the province’s economic and trade ties with Georgia in advance of the SEUS/Canadian Provinces Alliance Conference and […]
Posted inCanada, Quebec Blog, Travel
Quebec and Masks: ’They Do Not Mess Around’
Editor’s note: Trevor Williams is traveling in Quebec for research on a special report looking at the province’s economic and trade ties with Georgia in advance of the SEUS/Canadian Provinces […]
Posted inAutomotive, Canada, Economic Development, Trade
Unveiled on Earth Day, MARTA’s Green Electric Buses Reflect Global Industry
Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority unveiled three electric buses on Earth Day that will make their debut on the streets of Atlanta May 1 thanks to knowhow from around the […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Two Former Ambassadors Join Atlanta’s Pendleton Group
Former ambassadors on both sides of the U.S-Canada border have joined Atlanta’s Pendleton Group, an Atlanta-based consulting firm with expertise at the intersection of economic development, policy and international affairs. […]
Posted inAutomotive
At Gwinnett R&D Hub, Siemens Unveils EV Charging Platform as ‘Gas Station of the Future’
Before there was CuriosityLab, the three-mile autonomous vehicle testing ground that has made Peachtree Corners a magnet for international companies running pilots of the latest mobility technologies, there was Siemens. […]
Posted inSavannah
World Trade Center Savannah Reflects on 10 Years Fostering Global Growth
Editor’s note: This commentary was written by Leigh Ryan, vice president of World Trade Center Savannah and Foreign-Trade Zone 104 Time flies when you’re having fun, and we at the World […]
Posted inBooks, Culture, United States
Books 2021: A White Journalist Crosses the Racial Divide
Book: Black Like Me Author: John Howard Griffin Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor, Global Atlanta and publisher, Grounded Global Media. If 2020 was a year to reflect on white […]