Invest Durham Enews - August 2022

Explore Durham Region’s Signature Sites

Durham Region’s booming growth offers exciting and immense development potential. Market-ready land is available now, with additional desirable parcels coming to market soon.

Including multiple properties across the region, the Signature Sites document provides a quick reference of some of the best opportunities for investment in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

HOPA has also recently welcomed funding from the Federal Government to support the Port of Oshawa expansion plan. The $14 million contribution, to be drawn from the National Trade Corridors Fund, was announced by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra recently.

Read the news release.

Access IO – Technology Supporting Accessibility, Belonging and Inclusion

September 14, 2022

Hosted by Grandview Kids and Abilities Centre, this is an invitation-only, high-energy and high-impact event series focused on sourcing new technologies, investing, making connections, telling stories, promoting the investor ecosystem, supporting innovation and growing the Canadian economy.

Use registration code InvestDurham2022 to gain access to this event!

Feast On the Farm Durham Region

hosted at Slabtown Cider Co.

Join the Feast On network of food service operators and producers for Feast On the Farm taking place September 18 and 19 at Slabtown Cider Co. in Uxbridge. Feast On the Farm is a two-day, zero-waste event series produced by the Culinary Tourism Alliance in collaboration with Durham Tourism.

Each event consists of one consumer day followed by an industry day; and showcases the best of Ontario destinations, local food and beverages, and top chef talent.

Consumer Day: Sunday, September 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Feast On the Farm’s consumer day provides an interactive and immersive experience where consumers can connect with chefs and producers to celebrate the taste of the host destination.

Industry Day: Monday, September 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Industry day offers a combination of discussions and demonstrations with industry experts, hands-on skill building workshops and networking for the foodservice industry.

Slabtown Cider is located at 4559 Concession Road 6, Uxbridge.

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Ajax Pickering Board of Trade - Skilled Labour Forum

September 15, 2022.

Presented by Trent University Durham GTA, this event brings together experts and professionals from businesses, municipal/regional offices, and academic representatives to discuss member's concerns around labour, the pandemic impact, and solutions for recovery. 

Whitby Chamber of Commerce presents

The Business Summit: Resilience and Reinvention September 21, 2022.

This year's summit will focus on how much stamina, creativity and recalibration a business requires daily. Like an iceberg you see the top—the business idea, product or service. But beneath the waterline lives significant resilience, reinvention and a drive to succeed—slowly and methodically. 

Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards September 21, 2022.

Celebrate the brilliance of Oshawa business at the Annual Business Excellence Awards, hosted at the historic Jubilee Pavilion. 

Digital Durham Thrive Online

September 22, 2022.

Learn about upcoming digital trends for the future, the power of video for social media marketing, TikTok for business and more with this event presented by the Business Advisory Centre of Durham.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) paving the way for world leading Small Modular Reactor (SMR) at Darlington

Foundational work is continuing at OPG’s Darlington Nuclear site to help prepare for the deployment of a grid-scale, 300-megawatt SMR by the end of the decade. In March, OPG announced it will partner with E.S. Fox Ltd. to begin site preparation activities at the Darlington site later this year. This work will include non-nuclear infrastructure activities, such as clearing a portion of the new nuclear site to build roads and utilities.

Visit the Our Stories section of the OPG news and media web page to learn more.

Ontario Tech Ukrainian intern programmed a robot to help people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

The stressful environment of a Ukrainian bomb shelter inspired an Oshawa university’s Ukrainian intern to program an application to alleviate stress and anxiety and support people with PTSD.

Learn more in this Toronto Star article.

A long history and a dynamic future for the automotive sector in Durham Region

Durham Region is known for its strength in the automotive sector and as a leader in energy innovation. Today, these sectors are converging and creating new opportunities.

Learn more in this article in Perspective Magazine on pages 14 through 18.

For a full listing of events and webinars, visit InvestDurham/calendar.