Training cohorts will commence in July 2025. The program will be funding approximately 400 participants to upskill in the digital twinning field.
Give your business a competitive advantage and upskill your workforce with the Seeding Digital Skills Program. Embrace the future of smart farming and food/beverage processing innovation while boosting productivity and profitability with cutting-edge digital twin technology training, available at no cost! Join us in shaping the future of food and farming with digital innovation.
Program Overview
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce — together with the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council, Food and Beverage Ontario, and Food Processing Skills Canada — is offering an innovative training program designed to upskill your workforce with the latest digital twin technology. The program is funded by Upskill Canada, powered by Palette Skills, and the Government of Canada. In addition to free training, employers will also have access to stipends to support employee participation and learners will be awarded a credential.
This program provides livestock farmers, hatcheries, crop and produce growers, greenhouses, breweries, wineries, and food/beverage processing operations with the skills to develop, manage, and deploy interactive digital twins using Unity’s powerful real-time 3D platform to meet the needs of their business.
Give your business a competitive advantage and upskill your workforce with the Seeding Digital Skills Program. Embrace the future of smart farming and food/beverage processing innovation while boosting productivity and profitability with cutting-edge digital twin technology training, available at no cost! Join us in shaping the future of food and farming with digital innovation.
Program Details
- Duration: 12 weeks.
- Weekly Commitment: 3 hours live instruction + additional self-study hours as needed (up to 10 hours/week).
- Start Dates: July to January (spaces are limited).
- Format: 100% online (live + self-paced), access to live instructors and online learning resources.
- Opportunity for select successful participants to receive additional free AI training.
- Language of Training: English.
Program Benefits
- Financial Support Available: Employers may be eligible to receive a stipend of up to $2,000 to offset the cost of employee participation.
- Licensing: Participants who complete the course will have access to the license for the Unity platform after the training period.
- Fast ROI: Reduce costly inefficiencies, errors, and downtime.
- Easy to Learn: Designed for a range of skill levels—including people without tech backgrounds.
- Future-Ready Workforce: Equip your team to handle digital tools used by the most competitive businesses today.
Participant Prerequisites
- Access to a computer with Windows 7SPI+, 8, 10, 11 (64-bit); MacOS 10.12+.
- Access to stable internet.
- Ability to install software (participants will be required to access Unity Hub and download Unity editor).
- Strong willingness to learn; self-motivated and committed.
- Ability to use problem solving and logical thinking.
- Basic digital literacy skills (ability to use spreadsheets, presentation software).
- Exposure to foundational programming knowledge (C#, Python, JavaScript, etc.) is an asset, but not a requirement.
Training Focus
- Real-time data integration.
- Interactive visualization.
- CAD asset optimization with Pixyz.
- Exploration of key applications including product configurators, interactive demos, and real-time building management solutions.
- Hands-on workshops visualizing live data, environmental simulations, and remote WebGL Accessibility.
- An opportunity to bring an example challenge your business is currently facing and work towards crafting a digital twin solution.
Terms of Participation
- Program is open to businesses in the agriculture or food/beverage processing industries.
- Employer must be a Canadian registered business.
- Eligible employees must be part of your Ontario-based operations.
- Fee charged for participants who drop out prior to completion of the course.
- Employers agree that participant employees will receive one of the following after completion of the training: (a) expanded role or new title, (b) salary increase, or (c) promotion.
CASE STUDIES
Learn how digital twin technology is transforming the Agri-food industry below.
Past Events
Seeding Digital Skills (Agriculture feat. the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council).
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 12 pm to 1 pm ET
Seeding Digital Skills Information Session (Food & Beverage feat. Food Processing Skills Canada).
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 12 pm to 1 pm ET.
Seeding Digital Skills Information Session (Food & Beverage feat. Food and Beverage Ontario).
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 12 pm to 1 pm ET.
Seeding Digital Skills is funded by Upskill Canada, powered by Palette Skills and the Government of Canada. This program is delivered by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Unity Technologies and in coordination with the Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC), Food and Beverage Ontario (FBO), and Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC).
