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How Alberta Manufacturers Can Turn Funding Into a Strategic Advantage

Funding Readiness

With tariffs, changing trade conditions, and new government funding programs reshaping the manufacturing landscape, are you prepared to act when the right funding opportunity comes along?
Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM MST
Virtual

For Alberta manufacturers, government funding can be a powerful tool to support growth, productivity, technology adoption, workforce needs, and market diversification. But the companies best positioned to access funding aren’t necessarily the ones that find the program first, they’re the ones that have been planning for funding before the opportunity appears.

Join NorthBridge for Funding Readiness: How Alberta Manufacturers Can Turn Government Funding Into a Strategic Advantage.

We’ll explore:

  • What the latest tariff-relief and manufacturing funding programs tell us about the changing funding landscape
  • Why manufacturers should start with their business strategy, not the grant
  • The four components of funding readiness: Strategy, Timing, Eligibility & Readiness
  • How to identify funding opportunities within your existing business plans and investment priorities
  • How to build a 12-month funding pipeline around planned projects and business needs
  • Practical steps you can take now to be ready when the next funding opportunity opens

 

This session is best suited for Alberta manufacturing owners, CFOs, operations leaders, and other decision-makers involved in planning investments, growth, technology adoption, workforce initiatives, or major business changes.

You can’t predict when the next funding opportunity will appear. But you can be ready for it.

Funding Readiness

Hosted by Kristi Liboiron, MCM.

Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM MST
Virtual

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