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Dated Jun 15, 2026
Sandbox Centre convened Dual-Use & Defence 101 on June 15, 2026 with PerceptX and Invest Barrie, supported by Simcoe County, as a closed application-based regional learning and connection event.
Source: Dual-Use & Defence 101 Day | Sandbox Centre (opens in a new tab)Public record
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Ontario Regional Innovation Centres
Regional Innovation Centre
Sponsor or operator: Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
OperationalJan 7, 2025Organization role. Sandbox Centre delivers selective, cohort-based Regional Innovation Centre support for technology and high-growth ventures, including commercialization, market expansion, funding navigation, pitch and intellectual-property guidance.
Program. Regional Innovation Centres help early-stage and growing innovation companies through mentorship, training, market intelligence and connections to capital, partners and other resources.
Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network
Commercialization and founder-support partner · Regional Technology Development Site of Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia
Sponsor or operator: Ontario Centre of Innovation
OperationalOrganization role. Within the regional mobility technology development site, Sandbox Centre provides commercialization, innovation, mentorship and strategic-partnership support; the source does not identify Sandbox as the technical testing facility.
Program. The Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network is Ontario's flagship automotive and mobility initiative, led by OCI to support development, demonstration and commercialization of connected, autonomous and electric mobility technologies.
Funding and ownership
Provincial public payment
$800,000
Ontario Public Accounts records an 800,000 Canadian-dollar payment to Sandbox Centre for Shared Entrepreneurship & Innovation operating as Sandbox Centre; the schedule extract does not disclose the precise program or conditions.
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Which Sandbox pathway fits a specific technology venture, and what evidence is needed for the next RIC intake?
Sandbox separates selective twice-yearly RIC cohorts from paid community membership, so a first conversation should confirm pathway, timing, assessment criteria and expected founder commitment.
What continuing defence or dual-use support follows the June 2026 learning event, and where do its advisory limits begin?
The published event established education and ecosystem navigation but explicitly excluded direct transactional advice, legal or financial advice, and specific procurement recommendations.
Which RTDS commercialization, mentorship or partner route applies to a specific mobility technology, and which partner supplies the technical facility?
Sandbox is documented as a commercialization and founder-support partner, while other RTDS organizations provide research, testing and physical assets; those roles should remain distinct.
Which Sandbox-specific RIC outcomes are independently reported, and which figures remain organization-supplied or network-wide?
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Barrie, Ontario
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Sep 1, 2026
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- Open source: Contact Us | Sandbox Centre (opens in a new tab)
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