Economic Development News

Discover your next role with the Film and Television Industry Career Fair

Whitby, Ontario – Interested in a career in the film and television (TV) industry but aren’t sure where to start? Bring your dreams to the screen by registering for the Durham Region Film Commission’s (Film Durham) Film and Television Industry Career Fair.

What: This free event is open to high school and post-secondary students, and adults who are considering a new career. Connect with industry professionals and gain firsthand knowledge of the film and TV industry in Durham Region. Participate in...

Explore what’s in store and shop local this holiday season during #ShopInDurham week

Whitby, Ontario –Shop in Durham Week takes place from December 1 to 7, and there’s no better time to get a head start on all your gift-giving needs. During the holiday season and beyond, there are big reasons to shop small. When you shop local, you help to build community, bring uniqueness to your neighbourhood, encourage entrepreneurship, and keep money in the local economy.

Whether it’s up the street or across town, you don’t need to go far in Durham Region to find standout shopping...

Intelligent community certification signals recognition for quality of life, investment readiness

Whitby, Ontario – Durham Region has been recognized as a fully certified intelligent community by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a designation provided to communities that are poised for investment, and set to succeed economically, socially and culturally.

Intelligent Community Certification is an economic development credential based on the ICF’s Community Accelerator Strategy and analytic methods. Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that Durham Region has...

E-Commerce Experts: geekspeak Thrives in Durham Region

Written by Abigail Guevara, Senior Content Writer, Freelance

Some may still not be familiar with the term e-commerce, although they engage in it regularly. By definition, e-commerce is a commercial transaction done electronically through the Internet. One example of e-commerce, from a consumer perspective, is online shopping, which accounts for over 20 per cent of retail sales and billions of dollars worldwide.

geekspeak Commerce is an e-commerce content development agency that has been in business...

Growing the local music scene with Durham Music Industry Forum—Make your voice heard.

Whitby, Ontario – Invest Durham in collaboration with the Biltmore Theatre, St. Francis Centre for Community, Arts and Culture and The Second Wedge Brewery Co., is hosting an event series—a forum to generate and crowd-source great ideas for creating future programs, projects, and initiatives that are tailored to the unique needs of Durham’s music industry, to support and enable its growth, and create great local jobs through building the arts community.

Durham’s music industry has a strong...