Support for your business during COVID-19
Your business has been impacted by COVID-19. Interactive Ontario continues to participate in discussions with various levels of government in regards to the impact of the crisis on our industry, as well as stimulus and relief measures. For those looking for support please review the resources below.
Please continue to reach out to us with feedback on impacts, current relief measures and potential new ones at advocacy@interactiveontario.com.
Support for your business during COVID-19
Your business has been impacted by COVID-19. Interactive Ontario continues to participate in discussions with various levels of government in regards to the impact of the crisis on our industry, as well as stimulus and relief measures. For those looking for support please review the resources below.
Please continue to reach out to us with feedback on impacts, current relief measures and potential new ones at advocacy@interactiveontario.com.
IO Town Hall Meetings
Since the pandemic Interactive Ontario has been hosting bi-weekly online Town Halls on recovery and stimulus measures. At each Town Hall we brief you on the latest advocacy efforts and results, and as the voice of the IDM industry we continue to seek your input and ideas so that we can best represent our industry at government steering committee meetings.
Town Hall with Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault
Sep 16, 2020 3:00 PM EST
Join Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault for a virtual public consultation with the Canadian screen-based production community, as part of the development of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s post-pandemic recovery plan for the cultural industries.
Information on Relief Measures
Relief For Interactive Digital Media/Games Industry Video Series
IDM Advisory Council
Minister MacLeod (Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries aka MHSTCI) created 15 advisory sectoral councils, including IDM. The councils provide ideas on how MHSTCI and government can collaborate with each sector on innovative approaches for recovery and growth, as Ontario emerges from the COVID-19 crisis. Here are the members representing the IDM Sectoral council.
Don Fernando, Ganz
Graham Smith, DrinkBox Studios
Jean-Sylvain Sormany, Snowed In Studios
Jeff Evans, Tiny Titan Studios
Joel Burgess, Capybara Games
Jonathan Stanton-Humphreys, Hitgrab Game Labs
Lucie Lalumière, Interactive Ontario (Chair)
Lesley Phord-Toy, Ubisoft (Co-Chair)
Mike Schmalz, Digital Extremes
Mary Sorrenti, Game Pill (Co-Chair)
Vanessa Chia, Cococucumber
Vikas Gupta, AVARA Media
Advocacy Updates
Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 Survey
To gauge the impact of COVID-19 on the IDM sector in Ontario, the Canada Media Fund (with support from Interactive Ontario and other provincial IDM associations across the country), asked Nordicity to develop a Canada-wide survey.
Keep up to date on IO COVID-19 Updates