Helping youth bridge the gap between academia and career
OCE offers a wide range of programs and fellowships aimed at helping youth gain real-world work experience and entrepreneurial skills or build their own companies to make them investment and customer ready.
TalentEdge provides students and recent graduates across all disciplines with real-world experience working with companies on collaborative R&D projects, allowing them to apply their skills and expertise to solve industry problems.
SmartStart Seed Fund provides seed financing and financing for entrepreneurship skills training to Ontario-based start-ups led by young entrepreneurs aged 18 to 29, helping them grow their companies and make them investment and customer ready. Learn More >
Entrepreneurship Fellowships support the development of an Ontario student or graduating student (within the last three years) to create an innovative start-up with an economic impact in Ontario.
The Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch competition for high school students awards six winners with a reserved spot in Ontario’s Summer Company program, where they receive business training and support to turn their business idea into a reality. Learn More >
The GlobalStart Voucher Pilot Program is a nomination-based voucher program. It supports youth-led start-ups engaged with CLAs/OCEAs and RICs across Ontario that are targeting a market outside of Canada. Learn More >