We are excited to be part of the Guelph Awards of Excellence Gala, hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce on June 27, 2019. This annual event recognizes the achievements of exceptional individuals and businesses in the Guelph community. Find out more about the Innovation Guelph Awards and this [...]
Pitch Competition Results PRESS RELEASE Guelph, ON June 7, 2019 – For Immediate Release – Innovation Guelph (IG) is excited to announce the Rhyze Award recipients for 2019. The Rhyze Awards are provided to local women entrepreneurs in Guelph and Wellington County. From approximately 70 applicants, [...]
Ever heard of brand democracy or conscious capitalism? It’s the idea that consumers elect brands as enablers of social change by giving them their business. And the reason it’s a big deal – or that it even exists at all – is because consumers increasingly care [...]
On June 6, help us cheer on our finalists as they pitch for the 2019 Rhyze Awards! Register online: https://rhyzeaward.eventbrite.ca The Rhyze Award program not only provides funding for women entrepreneurs to finance their businesses, but the mentoring and support they need at key stages of their development [...]
Access Press Release Guelph, ON February 15, 2019 – Innovation Guelph with the partners for International Women’s Day present their seventh annual Ignite.Empower.Innovate event held in collaboration with other Guelph-based business and women’s organizations and presented by title sponsor Miller Thomson at the Hanlon Convention Centre. Feature [...]
Imagine an event focused on celebrating women, where female entrepreneurs proudly share their wares and guests enjoy a wonderful dinner and an empowering keynote! That’s exactly what Ignite.Empower.Innovate delivered yesterday at the Hanlon Convention Centre in Guelph. Innovation Guelph, with the Partners for International Women’s Day, hosted [...]
Innovation Guelph’s Executive Director, Anne Toner Fung is part of a delegation of eight, with the City of Guelph, heading to the Global Food Summit in Munich, Germany. The Global Food Summit is a scientific conference featuring innovations in the food sector, taking place March 20 [...]
Joni Lien started SupperWorks with a very simple premise: to give families a little more “together time” in an increasingly busy world. What she didn’t realize? While she was helping her customers establish a better work-life balance, she was sacrificing her own. She remembered lying in bed, [...]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Navdeep Bains each sent messages of encouragement and support; while MP Lloyd Longfield announced that Innovation Guelph and Bioenterprise will receive an additional $2.8 million to continue their partnership in delivering federal seed funding programs to [...]
Agriculture in Canada is kind of a big deal. It generates $113.8 billion, or 6.6% of our national GDP, according to the Agricultural Institute of Canada. It accounts for one in every eight jobs in Canada. As a country, we’re the fifth largest exporter of agri-food products [...]
