Adam Durrant

Economic researcher focused on economic development, FDI, labour force trends and some 日本語.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Me, watching The Boys for the first time and seeing establishing shots at Heddle Shipyards and down King William #HamOnt

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

@MarioDeDivitiis Lina's Pastries at the Farmer's Market. We should go.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

A perfectly balanced lunch.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

I genuinely love getting to contribute to publications like this one.

[Hamilton EcDev @hamiltonecdev]

Data for the first quarter of 2023 are in, and #HamOnt's building permits are off to a strong start. With a total of 1,346 approved permits, the @cityofhamilton reported permit values of $388.81 million – a 24.8 per cent increase year-over-year.

More: https://t.co/w1tHq0zICu

[Hamilton EcDev @hamiltonecdev]

Honoured to be nominated for a @TalentEgg Award! This recognition is a testament to the community effort in workforce development. Thank you to our #HamOnt education partners @McMasterU, @MohawkCollege, and @RedeemerUniv for their collaboration!

https://t.co/6oKe7hmcne

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Absolutely correct and proper to hand out notebooks at the start of #SWOREF - some amazing data and insights this morning.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Another amazing #HamOnt investment.

[Hamilton EcDev @hamiltonecdev]

Congratulations to @UPS_Canada and your over 300,000 sq. ft investment in #HamOnt's Red Hill Business Park, supporting 100 jobs and further bolstering the city's goods movement sector.

Hamilton – Business moves here.

https://t.co/Qys3qS8elV

[Fred Eisenberger @FredEisenberger]

The growing yet senseless and dangerous diminished confidence in vaccines will see the rise of previously contained diseases. Tuberculosis, syphilis, whooping cough, mumps and measles: Doctors alarmed at rise of ‘retro’ diseases | The Star #HamOnt https://t.co/Mr7nHV3TTz

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Amazing start to the #OBAA2023 #HamOnt

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

This is going to be an interesting trend to watch in the coming months. Particularly since 26.5% of people aged 60-64 cited retirement as their main activity in February 2023 but that's down from 27.7% in the same cohort in 2022.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

@MarioDeDivitiis Very smooth. Mild on the bitterness with just a hint of something almost chocolatey going on. Very nice. @RelayCoffee

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Tomorrow's rocket fuel

[Picard Tips @PicardTips]

Picard management tip: When you've gotten enough sleep, an impossible task becomes an interesting challenge.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

This is your annual reminder that Latin is an amazing language, and not just because you can figure out who is cool by saying, "Romanes eunt domus," and seeing who rises to correct you.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

File under phrases that would have broke my brain this time last year.

While the grammar isn't that tough, two subordinate clauses, a tense shift, and a volitional is a lot. But as Dr. Mike Carter used to say in LATI 1P02, "It all starts with the verb."

[Hamilton EcDev @hamiltonecdev]

Our team is humbled to have received the @edco1edco Award of Excellence for Hamilton’s Life Sciences Strategy! This document outlines the key actions Hamilton is pursuing to further establish the city as a global leader in #lifesciences research and commercialization. #edco2023

[Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng]

To what extent do immigrants and Canadian-born people feel that Canadians share the following values: human rights, respect for the law, gender equality, and ethnic and cultural diversity? See our new study results: https://t.co/r9y1AZxGLQ. #CdnImm

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

A shoutout from @JasonThorne_RPP to the PED budget mentorship members today at #Hamilton GIC.

Always a pleasure to be part of a team that is so deeply focused on succession planning and transferring institutional knowledge.

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

Mr. Gaeta, set condition one.

[Mark Robinson @StormhunterTWN]

I haven’t seen a blizzard warning in Southern Ontario in a long time. Prepare now Niagara! #ONStorm

[Adam Durrant @AdamNDurrant]

We all showed up early. Good luck to everyone writing JLPT today.

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