Game-changer: Denis Hainault helps Russia re-set the Olympic bar in Sochi

If the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are to transform Russia as it hopes, then Canada's Denis Hainault may have an important part to play. For the past 18 months, Hainault has been in Moscow organizing the games' glamour event, the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

The Art of Giving: Frederick Mulder turns Picasso's minotaurs into millions for charity

This week: art dealer/philanthropist Frederick Mulder is @World.ca For more than 50 years, Mulder has been helping others with unprecedented acts of kindness. The philanthropic world has undergone radical change, but Mulder's message has been consistent: you do not need to be rich to be charitable.

Sex, Skinheads, neo-Nazis: Painter Attila Richard Lukacs inspires a generation of gay and straight Canadian artists

This week: Painter Attila Richard Lukacs is @World.ca 

From 1985 to 2003, Lukacs was the bad gay-boy of the international art world. His controversial work led him to Berlin, New York and Hawaii before he re-settled in Vancouver, his place in art history guaranteed. 

(Warning: this article contains images and subject matter some readers might find offensive)

Venture capitalists Chris Albinson and Anthony Lee introduce Canadian companies to Silicon Valley

This week: Venture capitalists Chris Albinson and Anthony Lee are @World.ca 

Silicon Valley has a saying: "If you're going to fail, fail quickly."  Albinson and Lee's 18 month old project C100 continues to defy expectations and is beginning to slant the Silicon Valley playing field in favour of nascent Canadian entrepreneurs.

Oxford professor Jennifer Welsh re-imagines Canada's global role

This week: Oxford professor Jennifer Welsh is @World.ca  She is young, has a vision and ticks all the right academic and political boxes. She is currently co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, and some wonder whether she could be Liberal Canada's answer to Condoleeza Rice?

Canadian CEO Stella Arthur launches new Asian business magazine

This week: media CEO Stella Arthur is @World.ca. Arthur and her partner Goh Chein Yen are hoping to make ASIA360 the 'go to' source for Asians looking for news and current affairs about the region. Arthur is based in Singapore and says lots of her Canadian values have seeped into ASIA360. Will that be the edge they need in a notoriously challenging Asian market?