Rebecca Gao, Author at Canadian Business – How to Do Business Better

Rebecca Gao is a Toronto-based journalist writing about tech, business, culture and health. She has bylines in publications like Bon Appetit, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and Best Health.

The front desk of Maple's new head offices in Toronto

Design

Workspace: Inside Maple’s New Homey Office

By Rebecca Gao

Passage founder Martin Basiri

How I Made It

How Martin Basiri Is Helping to Solve Canada’s Labour Shortage

By Rebecca Gao

TerraFixing co-founder Vida Gabriel

How I Made It

How Vida Gabriel Is Making Carbon-capture Technology Even Greener

By Rebecca Gao

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Ideas

Is There a Sustainable Solution to the Lithium-Battery Shortage?

By Rebecca Gao

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Ideas

Food App Couriers Rely on Tips—but Customers Are No Longer Feeling Generous

By Rebecca Gao

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Move Over Quiet Quitting, We’re Loud Quitting Our Jobs Now

By Rebecca Gao

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Ideas

The Cost of Living Is Through the Roof—Can You Use It to Leverage a Raise?

By Rebecca Gao

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Ideas

How This Marketing Lead Negotiated Four-Day Workweeks and an Extra Week of Vacation

By Rebecca Gao

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Ideas

Everyone Sees Themselves in the New Barbie—and That’s a Goldmine for Brands

By Rebecca Gao

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‘I Was Worried About How I’d Connect With My Coworkers’: Young Employees Are Struggling to Adapt to the Office

By Rebecca Gao

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Climate Change Is Influencing How Young People Invest Their Money

By Rebecca Gao

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Feeling Stressed? Here’s How to Take a Mental Health Leave From Work

By Rebecca Gao