OAFT pro-actively supports the continued development and adoption of new agri-food technologies in a manner which will stimulate improvements in farm and food processing and industrial sustainability, profitability, and improve Ontario’s strong position in the agri-food sector, both nationally and internationally. They offer a number of funding programs to agricultural producers and processors, as well as grant writing assistance.
Ontario Creates enables creative industry companies to increase productivity, build scale, mitigate risks, access international markets, and achieve critical and commercial success. Ontario Creates is an agency of the provincial government whose mandate is to be a catalyst for economic development, investment and collaboration in Ontario’s creative industries including the music, book, magazine, film, television and interactive digital media sectors, both domestically and internationally.
Provides business skills training, mentoring, financial assistance, help with business planning, and help with marketing to entrepreneurs with disabilities. In order to qualify entrepreneurs must be at least 16 years old, be a resident of Ontario, be able to work in Canada, have a disability expected to last a year or more, and have a disability that makes it hard to find or to keep a job.
OGI seeks to support those in the genomics field with funding and award opportunities for research, commercialization, training and education. Some examples of funding include the Pre-Commercialization Business Development Fund and the ODI Technology Seeding Fund.
Persons with a disability could receive financial assistance for training to start a business and for living expenses while they learn. To be eligible an individual must have a permanent physical or mental disability, be unemployed or work less than 20 hours a week, be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, and be unable to receive benefits.
Downtown Tomorrow Community Improvement Plan provides financial incentives such as grants and loans to property owners and business tenants in order to encourage downtown, neighbourhood and community revitalization.
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