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EMC Canada

Southwestern Ontario

EMC members in Southwestern Ontario actively engage best practice sharing and bench marking with each other through facilitated activities and informative “Strategic Interest Group” sessions. Members can rely on the tools EMC provides, and each other, for the relevant information & insights they need to help them on a daily basis.

I appreciate your continued membership and I look forward to continuing to assist you anyway I can.

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Contact Information

Jason Bates
Manufacturing Consortium Manager
519-854-7001jbates@emccanada.org

Upcoming Events

Leading Across Generations

VirtualSeptember 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Today’s workplaces are more age-diverse than ever before, with up to five generations working side-by-side, each bringing different communication styles, expectations, motivations, and lived experiences.

BDC / EMC Economic Outlook for Manufacturers

VirtualSeptember 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Join Pierre Cléroux, Vice President, Research, and Chief Economist at BDC – Canada’s development bank – for the latest on the state of the Canadian economy, manufacturing, and highlights from BDC’s recently released Report: The Digital Transformation of SMEs in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Jean-Pierre (JP) Giroux, President of EMC, will provide an overview on the Issues Affecting EMC’s manufacturing network and the solutions and resources EMC is bringing to help.

HR Roundtable Session

Brantford, ONSeptember 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Practical Self Care Strategies

VirtualSeptember 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Resilience and self care are often talked about in the workplace but rarely defined in clear, practical terms. This session shifts the focus away from jargon and into real-life strategies that help individuals care for their own mental health. Participants will explore what wellness, resilience and self care really are (and what they’re not!) in order to create a more grounded, personal understanding of these concepts.