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Canada Summer Jobs 2020 - EVAMAX Group. Canada Summer Jobs 2020 is an initiative of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, aiming to support young Canadians develop skills and gain work experience to successfully transition into the job market.

Canada Summer Jobs 2020 - EVAMAX Group

The Canada Summer Jobs program’s goals align with the redesigned Youth Employment and Skills Strategy. The program’s objectives include: Clean Tech Company? Cut Down Production Costs Further with Grants  Businesses involved in the green energy sectors are not only part of a prosperous market segment but are also eligible for numerous government grants that are yet to be taken advantage of.

Clean Tech Company? Cut Down Production Costs Further with Grants 

As the international economy recognizes the benefits of transitioning towards decreased carbon use and emissions, Canada’s focus on supporting the development of the Clean Energy Sector increases. This focus translates into an initiative carried through funding programs available within the Clean Technology and Innovation pillar of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.

Related: How can Business Grants Bring Innovative Ideas to the Market The following are the Clean Energy Sector’s Mission: CanExport 2020. CanExport for SME’s is an initiative of the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) aimed at encouraging Canadian companies to expand the market potential of their products through financial support for commercialization and providing a platform for foreign partnerships.

CanExport 2020

What’s New? North American Company Secures Millions in Financing. Just recently, VanillaSoft Inc. received $4 million in equity and debt financing from different sources of funding. VanillaSoft is a sales engagement platform that supports clients in achieving better sales accountability, increased productivity and higher contact rates. Essentially, they aim to optimize the sales and time of a company through software solutions by focusing on different facets of digital technology, such as CRM.

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is an approach to client interactions using data analysis on customer retention and relationships in order to increase efficiency and promote sales growth. Related: SRED Funding for Innovation Companies The purpose of CRM systems is to ultimately streamline processes and improve the profitability of companies, which shares similarities to VanillaSoft’s vision of empowering their clients. Factors That May Be Stopping You from Receiving Government Funding.

When you are about to start a new business, you are quizzed with a lot of issues chief amongst is money.

Factors That May Be Stopping You from Receiving Government Funding

Every startup requires finance for various purposes like for conducting marketing research, for hiring and training staff, for purchasing land or equipment, for paying for marketing and advertising, etc. And what better way of achieving these funding goals than by asking the Canadian government for assistance. Canadian government helps SMEs in meeting their financial goals by offering them government funding for different purposes such as innovative business ventures, hiring and training and exports.

Unfortunately, not every business receives them. There can be many reasons for this. Cannabis-Based Medicines and Tools - mCannabis Program for Albertans. Alberta Innovates has proudly announced the Exploring Cannabis-Based Medicines and Tools (mCannabis) Program on December 9, 2019.

Cannabis-Based Medicines and Tools - mCannabis Program for Albertans

The said program aims to provide new opportunity for stakeholders in Alberta’s Cannabis ecosystem collaboration. In connection with this, the coordination between stakeholders is projected to result to advance Cannabis research and innovations that aim to enhance patient care, improve patient outcomes, support the training of healthcare professionals, and responsibly grow Canada’s Cannabis industry. Related: Expanding the Cannabis Industry Through Big Data. The Next Phases of NSERC Alliance Grants 2019. NSERC has recently announced that it is accepting applications to the Alliance Grants program specifically for applications requesting $150,000 or more annually from NSERC in Option 1.

The Next Phases of NSERC Alliance Grants 2019

Significant dates to remember: December 2, 2019 – Alliance grants will be open for Option 1 applications requesting over $30,000 annually from NSERC. December 11, 2019 – Applications requesting between $20,000 and $30,000 annually from NSERC will be accepted. For option 2 applications, request for 90% to 100% support of the costs of the project will be accepted in early 2020. This component of the Alliance grants intends for proposals that:

Factors That May Be Stopping You from Receiving Government Funding.

AVIN Partnering Forum: To Speed up Growth in Ontario’s Auto Industry

17.4M Worth of Funding for Fortress Xylitol's Project. High but Not Dry: This Canadian Province is Taking the Cannabis Industry by Storm. Alberta has evidently always had a high demand for cannabis, even when it was not fully regulated and legal in Canada.

High but Not Dry: This Canadian Province is Taking the Cannabis Industry by Storm

Stats show that approximately 60% of Albertans consume or lean towards consuming cannabis, which is higher than the national average. Although Alberta is seen as an industry leader in Canada, many believe it has the potential to become an industry leader on a global scale as well. In these types of situations, EVAMAX has been assisting companies in growing their business through innovation funding and tax incentives/refunds. With many large and established retailers already operating in the province, industry experts believe this will attract not only Canadian but also international companies. Their efforts have been recognized across the country with other provinces now seeking help from the nation’s leader of the cannabis industry. $100 Million in AI Funding Provided to Albertan Companies.

Canadian Government Grants & Funding Solutions. Leader in Innovation Funding and Grants Consulting. Canada Job Training Grants. Industrial Research Assistance Program. Sustainable Development Technology Fund (SD Tech Fund) - EVAMAX. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) provides funding for clean technology development and demonstration projects (i.e., when project is past the proof-of-concept stage but has not been commercialized) through SD Tech Fund (SDTF).

Sustainable Development Technology Fund (SD Tech Fund) - EVAMAX

SDTC evaluates projects on the basis of environmental benefits, strength of technology innovation, Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Management capability, Business plan and commercialization plan, Financial strength. North American Company Secures Millions in Financing. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Engage - EVAMAX. Engage Grants provide innovative companies in Canada access to the academic resources available at Canadian universities and colleges.

These grants are intended to motivate companies to form partnerships with the academic community in Canada and support short-term research and development activities aimed at solving a specific problem for the company such as the development of a new product or improvement to an existing process. Funding Type: Engage Grants provide a maximum grant of $25,000 over a period of six months to support the joint collaboration between the academic institution and the company and offset project costs. Eligible Activities: The project must generate new knowledge or apply existing knowledge in an innovative way to solve a company-specific problem.This problem must relate directly to the company’s products and services.The company must be able to further develop the results after the project is completed.The project must have short-term objectives. CANADA MEDIA FUND (CMF) – The Innovation Program - EVAMAX. INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA FUND: Production and Concept. Definition: Ontario Creates offers a wide variety of programs to provide financial support to Ontario’s cultural entrepreneurs within the interactive digital media industry.

INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA FUND: Production and Concept

Their funding allows producers of interactive content to create new products, access existing and new markets and grow their business. Funding Type: IDM (Interactive Digital Media) Fund: Production and Concept Definition – provide IDM content creators with funding for high quality, original interactive digital media content projects including production and concept definition activities. Eligible Activities & Expenditures: Production – activities that take a project from concept definition to market-ready content that will be released to end users on a digital media platform, network or device that is capable of interactivity. Ontario Interactive Digital MediaTax Credits (OIDMTC) Ontario Creates provides a tax incentive to companies in Ontario for developing and marketing interactive digital media products.

Ontario Interactive Digital MediaTax Credits (OIDMTC)

Types of interactive digital media products include, but are not restricted to, digital games, mobile applications, and e-learning products for children. Funding Type: Two funding streams are available under the OIDMTC tax credit program: Non-specified product – A 40% refundable tax credit for products developed in-houseAll Other – The credit is 35% refundable tax credit for companies that develop under a fee-for-service arrangement or large digital game corporations that develop digital games. Eligible Activities & Expenditures: 2nd round of Intake: Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) Cost-Shared programs by federal, provincial and territorial governments: The Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) is a five-year federal-provincial-territorial initiative to increase the competitiveness, prosperity, and sustainability of the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector.

Since its launch, the CAP has been accepting applications in provinces where bilateral agreements have already been arranged, namely Ontario and Quebec. 2nd Round: Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Program. Program Overview: The partnership between the Automotive Parts Manufacturer’s Association (APMA), the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (MEDG) supports the auto parts sector in adopting industry-leading software, hardware and/or provide training to improve processes and increase the competitiveness of the industry in Ontario. The Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Program (ASCIP) seeks to increase the sourcing capabilities of Ontario-based small and medium-sized automotive suppliers, while encouraging innovation and productivity initiatives that increase success in the growing export markets.

Program Objectives: The Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) How can Business Grants Bring Innovative Ideas to the Market. Small business grants attract potential entrepreneurs, albeit lacking funding resources, to work on an idea that is usually chosen by the grant provider. Clean and Green Tech Funds - EVAMAX GROUP. Export Grants and Funds - EVAMAX GROUP. Scientific Research and Experimental Development. Clean and Green Tech Funds - EVAMAX GROUP. $15M funding for Quebec's First fully Integrated Industrial Wood Pellet. EVAMAX GROUP - A National Leader in Innovation Funding. Canadian Government Grants News. Alliance Grants: Partnering with Organizations Can Reduce Your Costs. Canadian Agricultural Partnership Cost Sharing Opportunities Ontario 2019. The Yves Landry Global AIME Initiative. $15M funding for Quebec's First fully Integrated Industrial Wood Pellet. (CSJ) Canada Summer Jobs 2019. Canada Summer Jobs 2019 is an initiative of the Summer Work Experience program.

Fed Dev Ontario Funding for Southern Ontario - EVAMAX GROUP. Go Global with Regional Economic Growth Through Innovation (REGI) On December 3, 2018, The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister announced a new funding program that will be dedicated to carrying out business scale-up and assist high potential Canadian businesses to thrive in the future. As mentioned by Navdeep Bains, the said funding Regional Economic Growth Innovation (REGI) program will be accessed in all regions of Canada as he believes that innovation doesn’t only happen in big cities. The new program will provide a consistent support to regions across the country to ensure that innovative businesses anywhere in Canada will have the opportunity to grow, have access to global markets and adopt new technologies and processes. In which will eventually fuel the economy. CAP ON - Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management Systems. CAP AB - Value-Added Products to Markets Program.

AVIN Partnering Forum: To Speed up Growth in Ontario's Auto Industry. 17.4M Worth of Funding for Fortress Xylitol's Project - EVAMAX Group. The Government of Canada and Quebec is contributing 17.4 million to Fortress Xylitol, more than half of $33 Million (the total project cost). Alberta Innovates: Alberta Bio Future: Opportunities. Alberta Innovates - Product Demonstration Program (PDP) How to leverage SR&ED benefits with IRAP funding. 2nd round of intake: Canadian Agricultural Partnership. 2nd Round: Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Program.

The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) Canada-US Trade Wars:What it means to Canadian Biz & Gov Funding Support? Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Program. GreenON Food Manufacturing Grant. Canadian Agricultural Partnership Cost Sharing Opportunities. Canadian Agricultural Partnership Cost Sharing Opportunities. Funding For the Agricultural Sector: The Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Health Technologies Fund.

Canadian Agricultural Partnership Cost Sharing Opportunities.