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href="https://api.io.canada.ca/io-server/gc/news/en/v2?type=newsreleases&dept=economicdevelopmentsouthernontario&sort=publishedDate&orderBy=desc&publishedDate%3E=2021-07-23&pick=50&format=atom&atomtitle=Federal%20Economic%20Development%20Agency%20for%20Southern%20Ontario" title="RSS - News Releases">聽</a></li> </ul> </section> <p class="mrgn-lft-md"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="789669cd-4bd2-4ffe-a633-2cf30cbc09fd" href="/en/media-room" title="Media room"><strong>All news</strong></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix">聽</div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 wb-eqht"> <h2>Services and information</h2> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="36ca4e1e-e5e1-4f63-8faf-28ac38f6b352" href="/en/funding-southern-ontario" title="Funding for southern Ontario">Funding programs</a></h3> <p>Find funding for your business or your organization that helps businesses grow.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5"><a href="https://sbs-spe.feddevontario.canada.ca/">Small Business Services </a></h3> <p>Find government information for your Ontario business.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="52a5443e-b3bd-4447-8c24-04ac0d8cc1e6" href="/en/indigenous-businesses-and-organizations" title="Funding and support for Indigenous businesses and organizations">Indigenous support</a></h3> <p>Connect with our dedicated team to grow your Indigenous-owned business, organization or not-for-profit.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="44d46290-3f40-4ddf-b63d-ff8f72b430da" href="/en/business-services/industrial-and-technological-benefits" title="Industrial and Technological Benefits">Industrial and Technological Benefits</a></h3> <p>Learn about business development opportunities in defence procurement.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5"><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5f8790cb-c1ae-4ad3-83a1-1a3bc55655c5" href="/en/successes" title="FedDev Ontario鈥檚 investment profiles">Southern Ontario success stories</a></h3> <p>Meet entrepreneurs and innovators positively impacting the Canadian economy.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="col-md-12 col-xs-6"> <h2>Most requested</h2> <ul class="lst-spcd"> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fe64fede-5a34-4435-a490-7503675402e2" href="/en/funding-southern-ontario/funding-businesses-southern-ontario-what-we-support" title="Funding for businesses in southern Ontario: What we support">Funding for businesses</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a3ef6abf-7d97-4749-a1ce-f881ec311092" href="/en/funding-southern-ontario/funding-organizations-help-businesses-grow-southern-ontario-what-we-support" title="Funding for organizations that help businesses grow in southern Ontario: What we support">Funding for organizations that help businesses grow</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8267faab-b7c5-44c8-a6ea-5c32ee645ac4" href="/en/visibility-guidelines" title="Promotional guidelines and graphics">How to acknowledge FedDev聽Ontario funding</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-xs-6"> <h2>Contact us</h2> <ul class="lst-spcd"> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a2f1ca5e-72e1-482a-b924-6b7b5ea3d236" href="/en/contact-feddev-ontario" title="Contact FedDev Ontario">Contact FedDev Ontario</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d596ea04-01dc-4ec3-8fc4-57db7c51dcd2" href="/en/contact-feddev-ontario/media-inquiries-feddev-ontario" title="Media inquiries at FedDev Ontario">Media inquiries</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <section class="gc-crprt container"> <h2>Corporate information</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> <ul class="lst-spcd list-unstyled mrgn-tp-md"> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7bacf578-0d0a-458d-bd46-6a3cee08fad0" href="/en/about-us/mandate" title="Mandate">Mandate</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="43e5d2b9-70fa-4cbb-8a2b-5993563c0371" href="/en/about-us/our-people" title="Organizational structure">Organizational structure</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f66aad24-b3b1-491c-83a6-a09e010959d4" href="/en/transparency" title="Transparency: FedDev Ontario">Transparency</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f1a73e22-662f-48c2-a495-ce492c680947" href="/en/accessibility-feddev-ontario" title="Accessibility at FedDev Ontario">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="211d3036-c7cd-4e14-9463-a31b664c97d3" href="/en/about-us/feddev-ontario-service-delivery" title="FedDev Ontario service delivery">Service commitment</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b08ce3b2-3bb4-4d1d-bcd7-4119db99b279" href="/en/about-us/job-opportunities" title="Job opportunities">Job opportunities</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-8"> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5">Minister</h3> <figure><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/government/ministers/anita-anand.html"><img alt="The Honourable Anita Anand" class="img-responsive thumbnail" src="/sites/default/files/image/anand-214x284.jpg" /></a> <figcaption><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/government/ministers/anita-anand.html">The Honourable Anita Anand</a></figcaption> </figure> <p class="mrgn-tp-sm">Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <h3 class="h5">Management</h3> <figure><a href="https://feddev-ontario.canada.ca/en/president"><img alt="Presidnet, Nancy Gardiner" class="img-responsive thumbnail" src="/sites/default/files/img/2022/DeputyMinisterGardiner.jpg" /> </a> <figcaption><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="04341705-60f0-457d-8a6c-39e538f718a3" href="/en/president" title="President">Nancy Gardiner</a></figcaption> </figure> <p class="mrgn-tp-sm">President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="section"> <h2>Features</h2> <div class="row wb-eqht"> <div class="feature col-md-4 col-sm-6 mrgn-bttm-sm"> <div class="well well-sm eqht-trgt"> <figure><img alt="" 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