Training grants being offered by Yves Landry Foundation
For Immediate Release: January 12, 2009
Oakville, Brampton & Mississauga Ontario
Manufacturing companies are invited to attend a free information session on how to improve the way you innovate in the heat of a recession. Process Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma consultant and Professor
Michael Kukhta will conduct a 1-hour seminar on how to develop the tools and the mindset for keeping innovation alive in your organization during a slowing economy.
Those companies that attend the event will learn about special grants being offered to Ontario manufacturers by the
Yves Landry Foundation. Businesses are eligible to receive up to $50,000 to support new training initiatives or the re-training of existing personnel.
"We know that many Canadian businesses in the manufacturing sector are coping with skilled labour shortages," said
Karen Brearly, Executive Director of the Yves Landry Foundation. "These grants are our way of helping companies invest in technological education and skills training."
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SheridanCorporate (A division of Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning) |
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Tuesday February 3rd, 2009, 11 am - 1 pm |
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Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
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Residence Boardroom |
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1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville ON, L6H 2L1 |
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Wednesday February 4, 2009, 11 am - 1 pm |
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Mississauga Civic Centre |
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Committee Room A |
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300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON |
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Friday February 6, 2009, 11 am - 1 pm |
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Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
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Davis Campus - CHC Building |
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7899 McLaughlin Road, Brampton, ON L6Y 5H9 |
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| RSVP: |
Lydia Spanoudis, 905.815.4160 or |
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lydia.spanoudis@sheridaninstitute.ca |
Media Contact:
Susan Atkinson
(905) 845-9430, ext. 2096
susan.atkinson@sheridanc.on.ca