On January 30th, Mentor Works, the City of Hamilton’s Economic Development Division, and Excellence in Manufacturing (EMC) will be presenting to established small and mid-sized food and beverage sector business owners in the Hamilton-Niagara Area. Plan and Fund the Future Growth of Your Business –Event Details Date/Time: Thursday, January 30, 2014 from 8:00am-10:30am Venue: The…
The Local Food Fund is offered through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food (OMAFRA) and is a three year initiative that launched in December 2013. $10 million per year has been set aside in grants for the program, with no maximum amount of funding per project. Local Food Fund Ontario Business Grants: Program Focus…
The AgriMarketing Assurance Systems Stream focuses on the development of national assurance systems and standards that help promote food safety and security and other priority priorities. This government grants Canada program run by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) and offers up to $1 million per project. AgriMarketing Assurance Systems Stream: Snapshot Amount: Max contribution of…
FedDev recently launched a new suite of Canadian business grants and loans called Southern Ontario Prosperity Initiatives worth $530 million collectively. In response, Mentor Works is offering a string of complimentary workshops and webinars to help educate applicable businesses. Our webinars will focus on these new programs, including Investing in Business Innovation (IBI) and Investing…
Mentor Works has helped dozens of Canada’s fastest growing agriculture and agri-food businesses select and access government funding programs. Now, Mentor Works gives agriculture and agri-food businesses across Canada the opportunity to learn from Canada’s top government funding expert, Bernadeen McLeod. What You Will Learn From Mentor Works Agriculture and Agri-Food Webinar Funding resources are…
Export Development Canada’s (EDC) Barbara Grinfield wrote an article earlier this year to explain the EDC’s work on Exporting Food Safety. “Food safety is a set of skills that can be marketed,” Barbara explains. “By leveraging our (Canada’s) reputation for high-quality and safe commodities, processes foods and beverages.” The EDC has thus begun looking at…
Mentor Works cohosts regular workshops along with Export Development Canada (EDC) to educate small- and mid-sized businesses of government funding opportunities, as well as services offered by Export Development Canada that aim to help SMEs looking to enter or expand into international markets. Jane Daly recently wrote about a Canadian manufacturer that successfully expanded into…
Nightingale has offered state-of the art information management solutions to healthcare providers across North America for more than ten years. With 1000+ clinics operating with Nightingale’s solutions they know firsthand how critical it is to start off on the right foot. That is why in addition to Nightingale OnDemand and Nightingale EHR, they also offer…
Female business owners and working women in high-income countries in general, have made remarkable progress compared to their counterparts a generation ago. In the United States women in their 30’s make 4 times more than women a generation apart. Yet for me, while women in Canada have come to represent an impressive 47% of Canadian…
Having had the privilege to assist several wood product manufacturers across Canada, Mentor Works is pleased to accept an invitation from the Bluewater Alliance of Wood Product Manufacturers to share government funding opportunities with their members. About Bluewater Alliance of Wood Product Manufacturers The Bluewater area is home to over 60 business classified as advanced…