Workforce Development Funding for Biotech Companies
As issues with climate change and rapidly depleting resources are becoming more urgent, there is a pressing need to form strategies to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). In Canada, a bio-economy is being adapted as a key strategy to support SDGs. Bio-economy is defined as economic activities associated with the invention, development, production and use […]
Training Grants Available for Quality Management System Implementations
The implementation of quality management system (QMS) standards is one way in which a company can improve their performance by reducing non-conformance issues. 9001:2015 is the latest version of international standards published by ISO, and it was developed in such a way as to allow ISO implementation with the company’s current QMS. In the latest edition […]
Linking SR&ED to Training
There are many different government funding programs available to Canadian companies. The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program is $3.5 billion tax credit initiative that encourages Canadian companies to invest in R&D. However, to optimize corporate returns from government funding programs, other grants can be leveraged in addition to SR&ED. One of the main […]
Funding to Improve Employee Skills in British Columbia
In British Columbia, the cost-sharing Canada-BC Job Grant is a program that provides funding to employers to invest in the training of new employees and to update the skills of current employees. Through this grant, an employer may receive reimbursement for up to two-thirds of eligible costs related to an employee’s training, including tuition, software, and textbooks. […]
Ontario Food Processor Qualifies for Employee Training on ERP System
NorthBridge engaged an Ontario food processor that was looking to invest in new ERP software for their manufacturing facility. The project included the purchase of the new software, the purchase of related technology and equipment, and employee training on the new software system. The purpose of the new ERP implementation was to increase efficiency, develop […]
New Round of Yves Landry Foundation AIME Opens
The Yves Landry Foundation’s Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) Global initiative, a program supporting employee training to support innovation, has opened once again as of December 1, 2014. The federal government has recently injected $9M in funding to the program, on top of the original $6M invested, to help southern Ontario manufacturers achieve a […]