Day in the Life
This team supports SMEs across Ontario with applying to programs like AMIC
Business Advisory Services Branch
BAS shares a term with basketball. When tracking client success stories, they call them this.
What are assists?
SBPDD is a part of this workforce that contains a span of ministries, secretariats, and agencies, helping the government to develop and deliver policies and programs.
What is the Ontario Public Service (OPS)?
This catchy 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
“All I Want for Christmas, is You”
The Polar Express was heading to this well-known destination on Christmas Eve.
The North Pole
This unit supports the delivery of strategic funding projects working with partners including IVO and other Ministry divisions
Strategic Partnerships Unit
One of these region in Ontario, Eastern or Southwestern, has had the most RDP applications recommended.
Southwestern (From Round 1 – 16 SWODF 153 apps, EODF had 51; total applications 397)
These two types of Regional Development Program support eligible small- and medium-sized businesses investing in new equipment and training to expand operations in these regions to invest in economic development projects.
What are SWODF & EODF?
This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.
Jingle Bells
This celebration was the central theme of a Rugrats Episode that featured Martin Luther King.
Kwanzaa
The Small Business Transformation Team completes routines visits with businesses. This year they have completed this number of in-person visits.
What is 25?
This number of businesses were supported by SBECs last year.
What is 165,000?
Some divisions are big; some divisions are small. Our division is blank many staff strong (i.e. how many staff we have).
What is 109?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
Christmas Eve
In Home Alone, the McCallister family was travelling to this city when they left Kevin behind.
Paris
This many partner ministries are featured in the Small Business Success Strategy.
What is 15 ministries?
Data analysis is an important component of the work done by the Small Business Transformation Team. Their data tool consists of this many data points.
What are the 47 different dashboards and modules?
This branch collaborates with other ministries to host the Ontario booth at events and conferences (e.g. OMAFA and tourism).
What is the Business Advisory Services Branch?
Hannukah falls on this day of the year (2024).
December 25
One of the following movies features Peter Dinklage: Elf, Home Alone, The Grinch, Santa Claus 2.
Elf
Clara’s most interesting site visits belong to these sectors.
What is Robotics (Battleshield and Trexo)?
There is never a dull moment for our ADM! Beyond her usual speaking engagements and conferences, Clara has done this number of informal chats this year with individuals outside of the division (2024). (NOTE: Closest guess gets the points.)
66
Which sector has submitted the most applications to our program?
What is the Metal sector? (115 applications)
This country was the first to put up a Christmas tree.
Germany
This Black and White Holiday Classic had a FBI memo issued against it, as possibly containing communist influences.
It’s a Wonderful Life