Supply Chain Initiative

As announced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages on September 22, 2009, the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) has been streamlined and renamed the Canada Book Fund (CBF). By making this change, the Department of Canadian Heritage wishes to signal a shift in its focus from developing the industry to providing support to a mature industry that will help bring Canadian books to readers.

BPIDP Web pages will be archived here for one year to facilitate the transition. For information about the Canada Book Fund, please visit: http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/book/.

The objective of the Supply Chain Initiative is to support the Canadian book industry's adoption of innovative technologies to ensure an efficient and effective infrastructure that builds competitiveness and improves readers' access to Canadian-authored books.

This initiative will help the industry become more efficient, viable, and resilient to changing technological standards and practices.  By improving the Canadian book industry's capacity to take advantage of the opportunities offered by innovative technologies, it will continue to be able to invest in the production, marketing and distribution of Canadian books.

Application Guide 2009-2010
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Support for Publishers

There are two categories of projects under the Support for Publishers sub-component of the Supply Chain Initiative: Business Planning Projects and Technology Internships.

  • Business Planning
    Application and Final Report Data Form 2008-2009
    [ PDF, 292KB ]

  • Business Planning Projects
    Application Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 584 KB ]

    Final Report Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 386 KB ]

  • Technology Internships
    Application and Final Report Data Form 2008-2009
    [ PDF, 304 KB ]

  • Technology Internships
    Application Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 583 KB ]

    Final Report Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 403 KB ]

Support for Associations and Organizations

There are two categories of projects under the Support for Associations and Organizations sub-component of the Supply Chain Initiative: Professional Development Projects and Collective Technology Projects.

  • Professional Development
    Application and Final Report Data Form 2008-2009
    [ PDF, 294 KB ]

  • Professional Development Projects
    Application Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 579 KB ]

    Final Report Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 393 KB ]

  • Collective Technology Projects
    Application Form 2008-2009
    [ PDF, 68 KB ]

  • Collective Technology Projects
    Application Form 2009-2010
    [ PDF, 569 KB ]

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