With less than three weeks’ notice, last week we launched the first-ever Ottawa Entrepreneur Week. It was incredible! To the thousands of people who participated, or heard, about the 36 events across our region, we proved that Ottawa has great entrepreneurial energy in our companies, in our labs, and on our campuses. What I also ...

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Every day we compete. We compete for attention. We compete for approval. We compete for excellence. This week our City competes to be recognized as ‘the’ place to be an entrepreneur. Ottawa has it all and we’re telling the world as we engage in the first Ottawa Entrepreneur Week in conjunction with other cities around ...

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From catering to guitar lessons to pet supplies and video production, this year’s Summer Companies represent a diverse selection of services and products. Ottawa area residents are encouraged to support these new entrepreneurial ventures and the young people in charge. The following new companies are up and running in Ottawa, Nepean, Manotick and Casselman: All ...

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As has been well-documented in the local media, last week the City of Ottawa’s Finance and Economic Development Committee approved a new $5.5 million Economic Development Strategy for Ottawa. This is good news for Ottawa, good news for business in Ottawa and good news for OCRI. The management team at OCRI looks forward to working ...

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Anyone who has lived in Ottawa for most of their life can tell you that we have two seasons–winter and construction. Most of us can identify with the pain of trying to navigate city streets through construction season. It can be an endless source of frustration. As orange pylons begin sprouting up all over the ...

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 In an earlier blog we explained the win/win scenario for the companies and students that participate in a co-op program. We also announced the new award that will be presented by the City of Ottawa to the Co-op Student of the Year at the 2011 OCRI Awards on April 7th.  We are very pleased to ...

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Lots! according to our co-op students and the companies that hire them.  In a recent study conducted by Ipsos Reid, it was revealed that the majority of Canadians who enrolled in a co-op education program as part of their post-secondary education believed their co-op experience had a significant impact on: their career choice; getting their first ...

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Welcome to  OCRI.tv where you can get caught up on who said what, when and how it can impact the way you approach your business on a daily basis. Currently, archives include media clips and entire presentations from our events to give you a full picture of what you’ve missed but going forward we’re just ...

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Talent is a key area of focus for Ottawa. While we have high quality, local talent with many students graduating every year from our universities and colleges, we need to encourage strategies that attract, engage and retain talent in Ottawa.   Ottawa is expected to face shortages of skilled knowledge workers in specific sectors in the ...

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If losing weight or saving money was not one of your New Year resolutions perhaps getting more involved in your community was. This will be a blast from the past for some and for others more of a mainstay or rite of passage growing up. Junior Achievement programs are back in Ottawa and we’re looking ...

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