According to Food and Beverage Ontario, Ontario’s broader public sector spends roughly $750 million on food each year. Ontario public institutions are looking for great tasting, safe, and quality products. Could your product be what they are looking for? Food and Beverage Ontario is offering a free learning and networking workshop where you will meet…
The Local Food Fund (LFF)Â received more than 300 application in the first year, amounting to more than $60 million in funding requests. A highly competitive application process saw the approval of 112 projects, which represent a provincial funding commitment of more than $16.6 million. Based on the popularity and success of the previous round of…
The Holiday season is nearly upon us; don’t miss your chance to come out and meet the Mentor Works team before 2014 has expired. In addition to Government Funding Workshops and Webinars scheduled for this month, Mentor Works’ Founder and President, Bernadeen McLeod, and Business Development Executive, Alexandra (Alex) Barlow, will also be present at…
The Advanced Manufacturing Summit in Hamilton, Ontario was the backdrop to a significant funding announcement on November 17, 2014. The Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) association received $20 million in funding for its CME SMART Advanced Technologies for Global Growth grant program. The program is being supported by the FedDev Ontario program, Investing in Business…
Earlier this week (November 25, 2014) in Ottawa, Minister of State (Finance), Kevin Sorenson, underscored the Government of Canada’s commitment to strengthening Canadians’ financial literacy. The recent news release from the Federal Government highlights a study by Intuit Canada that found a lack of financial literacy skills as a major barrier affecting the success of…
The Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program (AOP) is a unique cross-provincial collaboration between industry and academia that aims to solve key industry challenges in both Ontario and Alberta. AOP is managed by Alberta Innovates and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Industry-academic projects are also eligible for funding through Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) if they…
Ottawa, ON. Last week (Nov. 17, 2014) The National Research Council of Canada (NRC)’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) announced that it would fund an Orleans, Ontario robotics firm up to $349,000 to develop and assist in the commercialization of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems in the 25kg class. This new round of…
Mentor Works would like to remind owners and leaders of small and mid-sized businesses in the food sector of an important event that is fast-approaching. Mentor Works, the Canadian Food Exporters Association’s (CFEA), and Export Development Canada (EDC) are co-hosting a complimentary event taking place on December 3rd, 2014 in Toronto, ON. Exclusive Event: Funding & Insurance…
The Forge, a collaboration between McMaster University and Innovation Factory has been awarded $1M in government funding from the province of Ontario to support entrepreneurs and start-ups in the region of Hamilton. This comes as part of a larger initiative, Ontario’s Youth Job Strategy, a $295M fund aimed at providing employment opportunities, entrepreneurship and innovation…
Still reeling from the recent closure of the Heinz plant, the people of Leamington, Ontario received good news in the form of a funding announcement from the federal government. Investments of up to $200,000 to the Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation will support existing food processing businesses while attracting new investment to the region. The investment…