2016 Sea Cadet Provincial Qualifying Regatta

November 17, 2016 vassiliangelblazer Uncategorized

Every year the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets across the country have a national sailing regatta hosted at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Before competing at the final event in Kingston, cadets from every region must qualify at the regional regatta to move forward. This year the regional event for British Columbia is hosted at the “South Vancouver Island Cadet Nautical Training Site” in Esquimalt Harbour, and out of the 40 sailors that compete, only 20 can qualify in the Provincial Qualifier so that they may participate in the National Qualifier next spring, and finally the best 8 sailors … Read more..

International Management Research Project: Craft Breweries in Kazakhstan

November 17, 2016 vassiliangelblazer Academic Project

This project was completed for an international management course. The task was to invent a fictitious company that would do business internationally. The country I was assigned was Kazakhstan. My task was to identify challenges for expatriates from Canada working in Kazakhstan and how to overcome them.

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Background

The John Hillips brewery is a Victoria based business that first opened its doors in 2001. We specialise in craft beers made from local ingredients. The company has grown to be the 6^th largest brewery in British Columbia. We have seen progressive growth … Read more..

CPABC 2016 Case Study Competition: Team In-Credit-Able

March 20, 2016 vassiliangelblazer Business Report

On March 12^th, 2016, Team In-Credit-Ble of Camosun College (Vassili Angelblazer, Tyler Bordeleau, David Hilborn, and Bryan Johnson) participated in the CPABC Case study Competition. Sitting amongst our peers at the awards gala, we were both nervous and excited to hear the results. Since neither of us had done this competition before we had no idea what to expect.

The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia organise an annual Case Study competition for accounting students and aspiring future CPAs. This year 30 teams from colleges and universities across British Columbia applied. For a team to qualify they needed … Read more..

Fat and Lazy: Analysis of Casey Neitstat’s daily routine

January 16, 2016 vassiliangelblazer Uncategorized

I like the way he describes most people/Snapchat at 0:36

“You could build a city with all the free time people spend sitting around being bored, sending me snaps, of themselves, sitting around, being bored.”

Important to keep in mind that his definition of “work” is anything that is contributing to the creative process. Besides sitting at a desk working, there is also: travelling, having deep productive conversations with other people, team meetings, and all the while, Casey is also filming.

Even when he goes for a run, he brings a camera, it adds to his daily blog. Everything is … Read more..

The Smokey Saxophone

January 12, 2016 vassiliangelblazer Uncategorized

Edward “Sonny” Stitt, was an American jazz performer who rose to fame playing the tenor saxophone (after having played the alto saxophone early in his career) from 1945 to his death in 1982. He was one of the most documented artists of his generation having recorded over a hundred albums. Sonny’s music associated him with the biggest names in jazz such as Charlie Parker, Gene Ammons, and Miles Davis. Herman Leonard’s 1953 portrait of Sonny Stitt playing the saxophone is a graphic representation and immortalization of the passion, emotion and soul Sonny poured into his music.

“In the beginning was … Read more..

Greater Victoria Development Agency Seminar: Selling to Europe

December 16, 2015 vassiliangelblazer Business Report

On the 21st October 2015 we, Vassili and Felix Lukas(exchange student from Germany), were invited to represent Camosun College at the Greater Victoria Development Agency’s (GVDA) seminar: “Selling to Europe”, sponsored by PWC and HSBC. The main topic of the day was the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union and how it impacts Canadian businesses. Speakers with exporting experience shared their insights on overcoming trade barriers, common mistakes when entering new markets and hedging business risk/protecting your assets. This is especially relevant for small Canadian businesses since SME create the largest share of the … Read more..

Analysis of Germany and Canada’s 1981 Taxation Agreement

December 16, 2015 vassiliangelblazer Uncategorized

The following is a report I worked on for a school project. Its purpose was to answer questions about exporting goods to Germany from Canada.

Exporting and Tax Concerns When Exporting Goods from Canada to Germany

To avoid double taxation on Income and “Certain Other Taxes”, Canada and Germany signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion on July 17^th 1981. It was replaced by a new updated agreement on March 28, 2002 after many changes in German political economics, mainly the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 and establishment of the … Read more..

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