Economic Development News

The Durham Region International Film Festival announces its official winners from the 2023 festival

Whitby, Ontario – From October 19 to 21, the Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF) had its annual run at two beautiful venues in Ajax and Oshawa. The festival showcased wonderful films at its in-person festival as well as through virtual programming. The carefully curated line-up included films from all over the world but had a special focus on Canadian and regional productions.

A lineup of independent judges determined the winners for each of the festival’s categories. The panel...

Durham Region International Film Festival offers $10,000 to an emerging filmmaking team

Whitby, ON: The Durham Region International Film Festival (DRIFF) is seeking applicants for its second incubator program, which will provide one emerging filmmaking team with $10,000 cash, as well as in-kind services, to produce a short film to be screened at DRIFF 2024. The chosen filmmakers will also receive mentoring from industry experts.

We present DRIFF’s Emerging Filmmaker Incubator with additional funding from the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation’s Maada’ookii Committee,...

Shop local this holiday season during #ShopInDurham Week

Whitby, Ontario – Durham Tourism—in partnership with the Durham Economic Task Force (DETF)—⁠are encouraging the community to shop local this holiday season during Shop in Durham Week, from November 26 to December 2.

Shop in Durham Week will kick off with a flag-raising ceremony at Regional Headquarters on November 27. This weeklong celebration highlights the region’s vibrant and diverse business community; serving as a reminder to support local businesses during the season of gift-giving—and...

Local entrepreneurs invited to register for the North Durham Building Business Forum

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development Division (Invest Durham), in partnership with the Townships of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge, are encouraging local business and entrepreneurs from Durham Region’s northern communities to register for the North Durham Building Business Forum on November 14 in Uxbridge.

The forum falls within Do It In Durham Entrepreneurship Week—an annual week of recognition from November 13 to 17 dedicated to celebrating entrepreneurship in Durham...

Meet the founders of three creative coworking businesses in Durham Region

By Jennifer Foden

There are many options for coworking spaces across Durham Region, each offering something a little bit different. We talked to the founders of three of them to learn more about what they do.

The Firms

When Cindy Ross, a managing director at a criminal law firm in Durham Region, couldn’t find a coworking space she was proud to bring clients to, she created one for herself. “I love what coworking spaces do, but we’re not a traditional coworking space,” says Cindy, who is now also...