Growing Forward 2 Ontario (GF2) is a $400 million government initiative funded through the Government of Ontario and administered by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farming, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The program has three streams tailored to address the needs of Ontario agricultural businesses, including a stream for Organizations and Collaborations. Through this specific stream,…
CME will be hosting a 1-hour Export Success Webinar on Effectively Selling in the Global Marketplace on November 19 at 11:00am to help early stage exporters. If your organization employs sales and business development professionals which engage with international clients, this webinar may be a good opportunity to increase their sales effectiveness. Keep in mind…
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the following article are those of the guest author and do not represent or reflect Mentor Works Ltd. It’s no secret that there are a set of specific challenges related to being a small business owner, but even more so for women in business. Women have come a long…
Most small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada have difficulty understanding the process of applying for government grants and loans. Between researching the Canadian government funding program they’re applying for, completing an application, and submitting it to a government agency for review, most SMEs have a difficult time investing the time and resource required to…
Please Note: IBGP is closed. Please consider the Business Scale-up and Productivity program for similar support. The Investing in Business Growth & Productivity Ontario government funding program is one of the programs that make up the Southern Ontario Prosperity Initiatives (SOPI), administered by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). The SOPI program, founded…
Many Canadians are unaware of how high youth employment rates are in the province of Ontario. As reported by Service Canada, in 2013 Ontario’s youth unemployment rate was 12.9%, much higher than the national average of 11.1%. This is one of the factors that contributed to youth being 1/3 of total migrants moving out of…
Ontario’s aerospace industry is a world leader, thanks to their commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. The industry, which employs over 17,000 people, is responsible for over $462 million in annual research and development spending and earns over $5.3 billion in revenue every year. To continue fuelling these research and development (R&D) activities, the Ontario…
Research in the last 30 years suggests that success is driven by your ability to work with emotions and social skills. It suggests that performance potential is less about an individual’s IQ and more about their Emotional Quotient/Intelligence (EQ). As a business leader, I look for stronger assessments and strategies to develop our recruitment processes,…
Released in 2013 as a five year, $400 million agri-funding initiative, Growing Forward 2 Ontario (GF2) provides Ontario small business grants to encourage innovation, competitiveness, market development, adaptability, and industry sustainability. Agricultural and agri-food businesses can receive up to 35-50% of project costs related to innovation, strengthening supply chains, productivity, assurance systems, and other key…
With the recent change in government, we often get questions regarding the impacts of government changes on existing funding programs available in Canada. Will the funding programs our clients accessed in the past still be available? Will pending applications still be reviewed as they were pre-election? As the Canadian Government Funding Experts, Mentor Works would…