Workshops and Events

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June 30, 2026

Search Engine Optimization: Understanding the Basics

Learn search engine optimization and the best tactics you as a business can use towards increasing your searchability.

Learn about:

  • What SEO is
  • Importance of keywords
  • Utilizing AI for SEO 
  • On-page tactics
  • Off-page tactics
  • Technical SEO
  • why you should consider AI with SEO for your business and how you can easily get started.

Hosted by Digital Main Street

10:00 - 11:30 am

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Aug. 20, 2026

Starting a Food Business & Regulatory Compliance

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

This session is for you if you are in the early stages of development and are looking to gain knowledge in the food and beverage industry.  You will learn about:

  • Creating a Business Model
  • Doing your Market Research
  • Analyzing the Competition
  • Your Value Proposition
  • Codes and regulations

10:00 am to 11:00 am webinar

Cost: Free

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Aug. 27, 2026

How to Sell Your Food Product

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

Successfully selling your product involves more than just having great tasting food. Pricing, marketing, and how you position your product all play a key role in ensuring that people will buy it.  Learn key factors to consider in successfully selling your product, whether you're selling at markets, online, or to retailers.

Speaker: Nicole Haney, former Founder & CEO of Boho Bars

10:00 am to 11:00 am webinar.

Cost: Free

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Sept. 3, 2026

Costing & Pricing to Make Profits

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

If you want to run a successful business it’s important for you to know the ‘numbers’. Learn how to cost and price your products and services for profitability and how the decisions you make about your operations and production processes affect your bottom line. Understand how to budget and spend money so you can pay all your bills and still have money left in your pocket at the end of the year.

Speaker: Nicole Haney, former Founder & CEO of Boho Bars

10:00 am - 11:00 am Webinar

Cost: Free

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Sept. 10, 2026

Marketing & Branding your Food Product

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

Hear expert insight, from how to create your brand, how to retain and grow your brand to what sort of colours and typography styles are right for your product. You will learn the difference between designing for store shelves vs. food markets vs. digital spaces. She will also cover tips for working with a graphic designer and determining exactly who your product is for.

Speaker: Amanda DeVries of Eye Candy Design

10:00 am - 11:00 am Webinar

Cost: Free

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Sept. 17, 2026

Food Safety Fundamentals for Startups

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

When you’re launching a food product, understanding food safety is essential not only for protecting your customers, but also for meeting regulatory expectations and building retailer trust.

Learn simple, actionable steps you can take to build food safety into your business from the very beginning—without getting overwhelmed by regulations. 

You’ll leave with a clear understanding of basic food safety expectations, practical steps you can implement immediately, and the confidence to move your food business forward safely!

Speaker: Lisa Cove, Food Safety Consultant and Founder of Shelf Ready Inc.

10:00 am - 11:00 am Webinar

Cost: Free

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Sept 24, 2026

Labelling & Packaging your Food Product

Part of the FoodPreneur Startup Series, this session is offered 4 times per year.

This session is for you if you have a food or beverage product that needs an accurate and compliant label.

Nicole Haney, former Founder & CEO of Boho Bars will guide you through what to consider when choosing a package for your food product, what to include on your label, and what mistakes to avoid when packaging your food product.

This session is part of the Foodpreneur Advantage Series.

Speaker: Nicole Haney

Hosted by: Small Business Advisory Centre

10:00 am - 11:00 am Webinar

Cost: free

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Oct. 21-22, 2026

Ontario Tourism Summit

Westin Hotel Ottawa - 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa

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Nov. 17-18, 2026

SEe ON Tourism Summit

Both days will be packed with incredible speakers, forward thinking ideas and inspiration to spark creativity and help Envision Tourism Growth in South Eastern Ontario.

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

DEV Hotel & Conference Centre, 1950 Montreal Road, Cornwall 

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Nov. 20, 2026

Leeds Grenville Economic Development Summit

North Grenville Municipal Centre, Kemptville

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Mar. 4, 2027

International Women's Day

Memorial Centre, Brockville


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