ISED Express

ISED Express is an electronic bulletin featuring articles and other news regarding the economic development of official language minority communities (OLMCs).

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Fall 2021

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages

• 2020–21 Annual Report
• Statement from the Commissioner - video
• Youth storytelling campaign

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Innovation Canada)

• Looking for funding, expert advice or COVID-related support? See how Innovation Canada can help your business start, innovate and grow
• Government funding : tips for a strong application

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Small Business Branch)

• Entrepreneurship in rural Canada: Necessity or opportunity driven?
• Financing of woman-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada

Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

• Fonds de développement économique francophone de l'Ouest (FDÉFO): A solid success after its first year (in French only)
• The Red River Access Project in Ste Agathe
• Government of Canada Regional Relief and Recovery Fund Saving Tourism Jobs in the Prairies

Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities

• Public Policy and Citizen-Based Practices That Support Social and Health Services for Official and Co-Official Language Minority Communities. An International Perspective: What Has Really Been Achieved and Where Are the Gaps?

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

• The Jobs and Growth Fund helps create jobs and position local economies for long-term growth in OLMCs
• FedDev Ontario supports Technology Access Centre in Bio-Innovation (TAC-B) within the collaboration space at La Cité's La Factorie Desjardins
• FedDev helps women entrepreneurs succeed through support for e-learning platform for women entrepreneurs in Prescott-Russell (in French only)
• FedDev Ontario Recipient CFDC Releases Comprehensive Report on Fonds d'aide et de relance pour les entreprises et organismes francophones du Sud de l'Ontario (in French only)

FedNor

• FedNor established as a standalone agency to better serve Northern Ontario
• Investments from the Economic Development Initiative support Northern Ontario Francophone communities: FedNor contributes to economic recovery by supporting four projects
• FedNor announces Economic Development Initiative (EDI) and Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP) funding for three projects in Northeastern Ontario

Statistics Canada

• Knowledge and use of the official minority language at work by healthcare workers
• Study: English-speaking workers in Quebec's agriculture and agri-food industries in 2006 and 2016
• Studies: French-speaking workers in Atlantic Canada, Western Canada and the territories' agriculture and agri-food industries in 2006 and 2016

CEDEC

• Join CEDEC and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) at the Creating Inclusive Economies Conference: Building Bridges Between the Public, Private, and Civil Society Sectors - May 2022 in Rimouski
• CEDEC joins the Coalition for a Better Future for a bold new economic and social vision for Canada
• Learn about how CEDEC is optimizing economic growth from the ground up through collaborative economic development