Published On: October 8th, 2019Tags: Board of DirectorsIt is with excitement that we welcome Ramona Pringle to Interactive Ontario's Board of Directors. In her role, Ramona is interested in fostering collaborative relationships between academic communities and the interactive digital media industry in Ontario. Ramona Pringle is an Associate Professor in the RTA School of Media at Ryerson [...]
Published On: August 16th, 2019Tags: Board of DirectorsInteractive Ontario has welcomed two new board members following a vote at this year’s Annual General Meeting on June 25th. Jamie Barron, Partner, Technology & Life Sciences at BDO Canada joins us as a director as well taking on the role of treasurer. Ryan Keller, Managing Director and Producer [...]
- Published On: August 16th, 2019Tags: OIDMTC
On Tuesday May 28th at Uken Games, Minister Todd Smith from the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) officially announced the reduction of the labour threshold from $1M to $500K for annual filing to the OIDMTC. This change means smaller video game companies will receive their [...]
Published On: August 16th, 2019In a bid to ensure that the interactive digital media industry reflects Ontario’s diversity and breadth of stories and realities, Interactive Ontario is hosting its successful ipprenticeship program for a third year. The program helps underrepresented emerging professionals break into the digital media industry by providing week-long paid placements [...]
- Published On: July 16th, 2019
Jamie Barron, BDO Canada Ryan Keller, Other Animal Interactive Ontario has welcomed two new board members following a vote at this year’s Annual General Meeting on June 25th. Jamie Barron, Partner, Technology & Life Sciences at BDO Canada joins us as [...]
- Published On: May 31st, 2019Tags: advocacy, Budget, Funding, Interactive Digital Media, OIDMTC, Ontario
On Tuesday May 28th at Uken Games, Minister Todd Smith from the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) officially announced the reduction of the labour threshold from $1M to $500K for annual filing to the OIDMTC. This change means smaller video game companies will receive their tax [...]
Published On: May 23rd, 2019Tags: TorontoThe program provides week-long placements to underrepresented emerging professionals in the interactive digital media sector In a bid to ensure that the interactive digital media industry reflects Ontario’s diversity and breadth of stories and realities, Interactive Ontario is hosting its successful ipprenticeship program for a third year. The program helps [...]
Published On: May 7th, 2019Second Edition of IO's Economic Impact Report Tracks the Growing Impact of the Interactive Digital Media Sector in Ontario Interactive Ontario is committed to the growth of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) sector and to that end, we have recently released our follow-up report Measuring Success: The Impact of [...]
- Published On: April 11th, 2019Tags: advocacy
Reduction of labour threshold for annual filing for video game companies accessing the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit is a significant step forward for the industry Today, the Government of Ontario released the 2019 Ontario Budget. Interactive Ontario is extremely pleased that the labour threshold for eligibility for Ontario [...]
Published On: April 2nd, 2019Interactive Ontario is currently seeking host companies to partner with us to deliver the third edition of the ipprenticeship Program, which provides week-long paid placements at leading IDM (interactive digital media) studios for Black youth and women who are looking to start their careers in the industry. Host companies must [...]
