ICTC CareerConnect Small Business Grants Eligible Positions

ICTC CareerConnect Small Business Grants Eligible Positions

ICTC has condensed nearly 1000 eligible positions into more than a dozen information and communications career clusters. For more information on position eligibility and qualification requirements please contact a Canadian government funding expert. NOTE: Employees must be post-secondary graduates of a related field and permanent residents of Canada in order to be eligible to for…

NOHFC Youth Internship & Coop Program Small Business Grants

NOHFC Youth Internship & Coop Program Small Business Grants

GREAT NEWS!  While this program has been discontinued a new program offering up to $31,500 has replaced it.  Learn more about Ontario business grants for Northern Ontario Internship Program. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) offers small business grants for hiring recent graduates and students of up to $27,000 through a very popular program called…

Small Business Loans Ontario Update:  SOFII Unsecured & Secured Loans

Small Business Loans Ontario Update: SOFII Unsecured & Secured Loans

The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) is a $20M program funded by FedDev Ontario. Mentor Works has profiled this SOFII small business loans Ontario frequently over the past several months but continue to receive queries from business owners that grapple with the decision of whether or not to apply for this Ontario…

5 Tips to Help SME’s Compete in Hiring Top Talent

5 Tips to Help SME’s Compete in Hiring Top Talent

Cutbacks to small and medium-sized businesses’ human resource departments have been considered a mandatory budget cutting measure for some companies over the past several years.  While, business owners continue to scale back on HR budgets, savvy hiring managers look for ways to not only pick up premium talent in a labour market that favors employers,…

Small Business Grants for Agriculture Update: Growing Forward 2

Small Business Grants for Agriculture Update: Growing Forward 2

Announcements regarding joint federal and provincial initiatives including Canadian and Ontario business grants and loans programs under the Growing Forward 2 have begun rolling out -this on the heels of rumors that the popular Agri-Processing Initiative has been depleted of funds. Growing Forward 2 Small Business Grants and Loans Announcements Programs are being delivered by…

AgriRisk Initiative Research and Development Funding

AgriRisk Initiative Research and Development Funding

The AgriRisk Initiatives (ARI) Program is a Growing Forward 2 (GF2) Business Risk Management (BRM) Initiative. The program will provide financial and technical assistance to approved projects. Research and development funding provided through AgriRisk Initiative small business grants aim to help establish relationships between agriculture industry stakeholder organizations and private sector financial agencies. AgriRisk Initiative…

“The Accelerator Centre” Receives $1M in Canadian Government Funding

“The Accelerator Centre” Receives $1M in Canadian Government Funding

The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) announced earlier this week that The Accelerator Centre (AC) of Waterloo will receive nearly $1 million from the federal government in Canadian government funding to help the development of start-up technology firms. The Accelerator Centre is a world-renowned site for helping to cultivate technology entrepreneurship and…

Accessing Small Business Grants and Loans is Simple

Bernadeen McLeod recently joined Biz Radio Canada host, Dave Wojcik, to explain how accessing small business grants and loans in Canada can be simple, enjoyable, and even a therapeutic process for small and medium-sized business owners and leaders undertake if they have the appropriate resources and guidance. Implementing a Small Business Grants and Loans Plan…

Small Business Loans Ontario:  Investing in Business Innovation (IBI)

Small Business Loans Ontario: Investing in Business Innovation (IBI)

Investing in Business Innovation (IBI) small business loans Ontario program is run by FedDev Ontario with the aim of assisting start-up in the commercialization of new products, processes, and practices. For businesses that are having difficulty moving past the initial hurdles of commercialization, the IBI Canadian government funding for small business will accelerate the commercialization process through…

Small Business Grants for Digital Media: OMDC Music Fund

Small Business Grants for Digital Media: OMDC Music Fund

The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. OMDC supports Ontario’s cultural media through various small business grants programs, including the OMDC Music Fund in addition to other Ontario government funding programs for forms of media that include books, magazines, video games, film & television, and…