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  • OVIN issues RFP for Upskilling Platform to support Ontario’s auto workforce

    To meet workforce needs and to support economic recovery, OVIN is proposing the development of a made-in-Ontario Upskilling Platform for the automotive and mobility sector. This tool would support Ontario’s automotive and mobility talent pool in developing and building on new and existing skills that would support their growth in the workforce. Proposals are due August 8, 2022 at 12pm EDT. Read the full RFP on OCI’s website.

  • 5th Annual Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit: Transition to Net Zero

    Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit (CICS) is an annual one-day event designed to fuel regional connectivity and collaboration within Canada’s Innovation Corridor. Under the theme Transition to Net-Zero, the 5th Annual CICS will bring together key decision-makers to discuss the challenges and opportunities that decarbonization will bring for industry, infrastructure, transportation, and research within the corridor. We invite you to join us as we inform and drive regional transformational actions that shape the corridor’s future as a world-class region measured by talent, productivity and quality of life.

  • Preparing for the Future of Autonomous Delivery Robots

    Automated mobile robots, especially delivery robots, promise benefits and raise fears. They will change how we share public space. Join Bern Grush from the Urban Robotics Foundation to learn about the opportunities and challenges of automated mobile robots deployed in municipally-managed spaces for things such as sidewalk and street maintenance and of course package and food delivery. Learn about the developments so far, the developments expected, and potential behaviours that could be regulated in a way that could improve urban livability including our pedestrian spaces.

  • Connecting Ontario’s Manufacturing Might with Critical Minerals in the North

    As the next step in the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), the Northern Ontario RTDS is a collaboration between public and private sector partners in North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Greater Sudbury, Temiskaming Shores, Timmins, and Thunder Bay.

  • World Creativity & Innovation Day (#WCID)

    21 years ago in Toronto, Canadian founder Marci Segal launched World Creativity & Innovation Day (#WCID) with an inspiring mandate: “to remind and encourage people to use their creativity to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too”.

  • Rogers and OVIN Launch 5G Transportation Challenge

    Rogers Communications and the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) have launched a 5G challenge for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that operate in Ontario to accelerate innovation in the automotive sector.

  • Talent Development – Internships

    Looking to build a future in automotive and mobility? We support students and recent graduates in Ontario to apply their expertise to industry problems, and gain real-world experience.

  • R&D Partnership Fund – Electric Vehicle (EV): Stream 2

    Receive co-investment of up to $1,000,000 toward the development, testing and validation of electric vehicle (EV) and battery-focused technologies.

  • R&D Partnership Fund – Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) & Smart Mobility: Stream 2

    The R&D Partnership Fund – C/AV and Smart Mobility – Stream 2 Program supports projects related to the development, testing, validation, and demonstration of connected and autonomous vehicle (C/AV) and smart mobility technologies

  • Opportunities in Australia’s Autonomous Vehicles Sector

    Co-hosted by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, this moderated panel discussion and live Q&A brings together Australian regulators and industry operators to speak to their experience running AVs in Australia.

  • Resource Documents

    Important documents for the programs of the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network

  • BetterFrost Technologies and Toyota Tsusho, with support from the Government of Ontario through OVIN, announce autonomous vehicles ready for the Canadian north

    TORONTO, ON | February 22, 2022 – Toronto-based technology start-up Betterfrost Technologies Inc., and global leader in automotive solutions, Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. (TTCI), are thrilled to announce they are partnering, with the support of the Ontario government through the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), to commercialize innovative technology that will make autonomous electric vehicles resilient in cold weather.