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New Accessibility Standards for Customer Service
Information Session: March 24, Southshore Community Centre
Find out about the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and how it will impact your business. Contact SEDO at 705-728-9850 or email invest@barrie.ca to register. -
Discovery 2010: Be at the right place ahead of your time
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, May 17-18, 2010
This innovation and commercialization event is part of the Ontario Centres of Excellence program and features trends in advanced health, clean technology, digital media, manufacturing and the green economy. Register as an exhibitor or attendee before the early bird deadline of April 16, or learn more about the 2010 Premier's Innovation Awards. - SR&ED Federal Tax Incentive Program The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program gives tax credits to Canadian businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to encourage companies to innovate and conduct R&D in Canada. Find out more
- Industrial Safety Trainers hosts Labour Minister's Announcement Barrie, Feb. 2, 2010 - Ontario Labour Minister Peter Fonseca visited Barrie's Industrial Safety Trainers to announce that Ontario is initiating a safety blitz focusing on forklifts and lifting devices in February. Click here for more information.
- Access Research and Innovation Funding The Ministry of Research and Innovation offers a wide array of funding to companies for research and innovation in health, environment and technology related fields. A comprehensive list of all current government funding programs by federal and provincial governments is available here.
- Barrie City Centre Investment Opportunity Click here to download the 2010 Barrie Prospectus - Barrie City Centre Investment Opportunity
- Barrie Receives 2,293 Additional Hectares of Land On December 15, 2009, the Barrie-Innisfil Boundary Adjustment Act received Royal Assent, providing Barrie with 2,293 additional hectares of land for development. The new boundary will come into effect on January 1, 2010. A map and a full copy of Bill 196 can be viewed here.
- $12 million Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) Initiative On Nov. 30, 2009, the federal government announced a $12 million investment in the Yves Landry Foundation's AIME Initiative, which funds up to 75% of advanced skills training projects to a maximum of $50,000. Examples of eligible skill training projects include developing new engineering skills, training in the use of new software, hardware or other tools to support iinnovation; and retraining to use new technologies, new manufacturing methods, or new processes or procedures. To apply, please click here.
- Download the 2009-2014 Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan The 2009-2014 Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan was approved by Council on November 23, 2009. Cick here to download.
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Sustainable Development Technology Canada - Call for Applications to Access Pre-venture Capital Funding
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) operates a $550 million fund to support late stage development and demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies. SDTC actively seeks to support innovations that deliver environmental benefits related to clean water, clean soil, clean air and climate change, and especially those that integrate benefits in two or more areas. An arm's-length Foundation funded by the Government of Canada, SDTC's mission is to act as the primary catalyst in building a sustainable development technology infrastructure in Canada.
For more information on their application process, visit their website.
