Canada Media Fund Awards $13M in Funding for 47 Canadian Games & Shows
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has granted $13M in funding to 47 digital media projects including television shows, movies, video games, and more.
Itracks Receives $1.1M From the Business Scale-up and Productivity Program
A Saskatoon company developing market research tools was awarded $1.1M from the Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program.
$482K Invested in Manitoba Pork Risk Management Strategy Development
The AgriRisk Initiative is investing $482K in the Manitoba Pork Council to develop a risk management strategy in the event of a disease outbreak.
SCALE.AI Invests $32 Million in 14 AI Projects
The Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI (SCALE.AI) supercluster recently awarded a combined $32 million to 14 projects. Find out what those projects are.
New Clean Tech Projects Get Millions in Canadian Government Funding
We’re highlighting some of the clean tech projects that have received Canadian government funding over the past year and a half.
IRAP Provides $1.2 Million in Agriculture R&D Funding to EarthFresh Farms Inc.
EarthFresh Farms Inc. is a Burlington-based business that provides some of the most unique Ontario-grown potatoes consumers can find on local supermarket shelves. They have more than 15,000 acres of exclusive potato varieties which include organically grown potatoes, potatoes with added vitamins and antioxidants, and potatoes designed for baking, roasting, rolling, or mashing. EarthFresh Farms…
BioMass Cluster Gets $7M in Canadian Government Funding
The federal government is providing up to $7M to subsidize research into biomasses—plant or animal material used for energy production. The funding will support BioMass Canada (BMC), a research cluster focused on improving technologies for processing agricultural biomass, including waste materials, as a basis for renewable energy. Funding will come from the federal government’s AgriScience…
FedDev Ontario Funding Provides $5 Million To Palette Skills Inc.
Palette Skills Inc. is a not-for-profit based out of Toronto, Ontario that helps workers adapt to the rapid changes and new demands in the Canadian job market. Palette Skills Inc. works with companies in growing industries that are having difficulty with filling high-demand jobs, then designs programs that aim to rapidly teach workers the necessary…
Forest Enhancement Society of BC – $27M for Environmental Projects
Thirty-eight organizations in BC have collectively received $27M in funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia (FESBC). Awarded projects will increase the use of wood fibre that otherwise would have been burned as waste. Instead, the fibre will be transformed into heat energy, electricity, and pulp products (such as paper). Individual FESBC grant…
NRC IRAP: Nearly $250K in R&D Funding for Hamilton Company
VoxNeuro has received financial support from the National Research Centre’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to accelerate the company’s commercialization of the world’s first objective cognitive health assessments. The assessments use EEG-based neuroimaging to diagnose brain injuries in new ways. VoxNeuro received nearly $250K in Canadian research grants for technology that helps identify specific…