Ontario East Quarterly Meeting and Networking Event
Friday, June 3, 2022
Residence Inn by Marriott, Kingston ON
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Details and Registration Coming Soon
Ontario East Municipal Conference 2022
Wednesday, September 14th to Friday, September 16th
Nav Centre, Cornwall
Ontario East is pleased to announce that the Ontario East Municipal Conference (OEMC) is scheduled to be held in-person on September 14-16, 2022 at the NAV Centre in Cornwall.
SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES
Support OEMC and take advantage of the many opportunities to access Ontario East Members and OEMC attendees. Each year our delegates comprise a diverse group of elected officials, economic development professionals, entrepreneurs, municipal service providers, private sector business leaders and provincial ministry representatives. We have created a variety of sponsorship options to fit the range of marketing objectives and level of investment of our supporters.
Check out the OEMC website for the most up-to-date details regarding this year's event.
If you have any news that you would like us to share, please forward to info@ontarioeast.ca.
Ontario East Back in Trade Show Business
at SIAL Canada, in Montreal
Last week, the Ontario East team exhibited at the SIAL Canada Show, our first live promotional event in more than two years.
SIAL Canada is an international trade show that promotes food and related products and Ontario East showcased local products and demonstrated the ability to produce a diverse array of food and beverage products in eastern Ontario.
The participants report a very busy event with many new contacts and investment leads identified.
One of the highlights was an invitation to a reception by the Poland in Canada delegation where Ontario East team members connected with Dariusz Wisniewski, Consul General and Michal Pszczolkowski, Vice Consul, Economic Affairs, pictured above with with Chris King, President, Ontario East and Vicki Bristow-Ferguson, Food & Beverage Sector Lead.
Ontario East regional investment attraction outreach continues in May with participation in theRestaurants Canada Showin Toronto and theCanadian FDI Forumin Montreal.
Ontario East Talent Identification Support Project Update
(OE-TISP)
OE-TISP: Helping EO Employers Stay Competitive In Attracting Talent It’s not just salary amount that matters when attracting new employees. Share this article with your employers across your office's social media so they get some ideas on what else they can be doing:
Arnprior pharmaceutical plant sells to cosmetics giant
By Derek Dunn, the Toronto Star, April 14, 2022
A pharmaceutical plant in Arnprior with a long history is writing a new chapter. Pillar5 Pharma recently sold to Anjac Health & Beauty, a cosmetics conglomerate of 14 companies based in France.
“This is a good news story for Arnprior, Pillar5 and their employees,” said Mayor Walter Stack, reading from a prepared statement during the April 11 regular meeting of council. “Pillar5 has recently (March 14) been sold to a company from France.”
New jobs training program launched for Peterborough region
By Matthew P. Barker, Peterborough Examiner, April 19, 2022
Pathways to Prosperity aims to guide unemployed, underemployed workers to better paying jobs through training to improve their job readiness and skill sets.
A new program to help Peterborough area workers find training to pursue better paying employment opportunities was launched Tuesday by officials.
The Ontario government is providing $2,714,847 in funding over 12 months to the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development agency to develop and administer the new Pathways to Prosperity program, which aims to offer training for people to pursue in-demand and better-paying jobs in the city and county.
“This is something that came together because of ingenuity, entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to be able to do more, to do better for our community and to put our community in a better position,” said Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith.
The city is anchored by multinational giants, homegrown successes and high-growth startups with top talent
Strategically located close to the American border—and midway between Canada’s most populous cities, Montreal and Toronto—Kingston, Ontario offers a unique and thriving business community anchored in innovation and collaboration. The city boasts easy access to global markets and a highly skilled talent pool that keeps growing, thanks to internationally renowned post-secondary campuses and an influx of newcomers each year drawn to the city’s quality of life...
...With a growing population, Kingston boasts countless corporate success stories that continue to rise in number each year. Over the past two decades, Kingston’s regional business community, research institutions and government initiatives have laid the groundwork for an economy driven by innovative and enterprising minds. While the city is welcoming to small startups with a variety of incubator programs, it also has ample amenities like serviced industrial parks that more mature companies need to flourish.
