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Contribution: Industrial Research Assistance Program

Toast Consulting Inc.

$200,000.00

Talent connector tool

FY 2025-26 · 2025-04-01

Summary
Toast Talent Connector is a data-driven hiring platform that enables companies to make faster, unbiased hiring decisions. By leveraging skills-based assessments, blind hiring processes, and real-time feedback loops, the platform ensures hiring managers evaluate candidates based on abilities rather than traditional resumes. With seamless ATS integration and AI-powered insights, Toast Talent Connector helps businesses optimize team composition, reduce bias, and access top-tier talent often overlooked by conventional hiring methods. The solution is designed to improve recruitment efficiency while fostering diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Location
Calgary|Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
For-profit organization
Business Number
712588706
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

Amendments

Each version of the agreement as published, oldest first, with its total as of that version. The amount above is the latest.

AmendmentDateFiscal YearTotal
12025-04-012025-26$200,000.00
22025-04-012025-26$200,000.00

As published

Additional Information
This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by -30 days.
Additional Information (French)
Cet accord a été modifié 1 fois La date de fin du présent accord a été changé de -30 jours.
Agreement End Date
2026-05-31
Agreement Number
1029975
Agreement Start Date
2025-04-01
Agreement Title
Talent connector tool
Agreement Title (French)
Outil de connexion des talents
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$200,000.00
Amendment Date
2026-03-09
Amendment Number
2
Coverage
Industrial Research Assistance Program projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation and strengthen Canadian innovation ecosystem by creating new industrial capacity. | Les projets du Programme d'aide à la recherche industrielle favorisent la création de richesse au Canada grâce à l'innovation technologique et renforcent l'écosystème canadien de l'innovation en créant de nouvelles capacités industrielles.
Description
Toast Talent Connector is a data-driven hiring platform that enables companies to make faster, unbiased hiring decisions. By leveraging skills-based assessments, blind hiring processes, and real-time feedback loops, the platform ensures hiring managers evaluate candidates based on abilities rather than traditional resumes. With seamless ATS integration and AI-powered insights, Toast Talent Connector helps businesses optimize team composition, reduce bias, and access top-tier talent often overlooked by conventional hiring methods. The solution is designed to improve recruitment efficiency while fostering diversity and inclusion in the workforce.
Description (French)
Toast Talent Connector est une plateforme d’embauche axée sur les données qui permet aux entreprises de prendre des décisions d’embauche plus rapides et impartiales. En tirant parti d’évaluations basées sur les compétences, de processus d’embauche à l’aveugle et de boucles de rétroaction en temps réel, la plateforme garantit que les gestionnaires d’embauche évaluent les candidats en fonction de leurs capacités plutôt que de leur CV traditionnel. Grâce à une intégration transparente avec les systèmes ATS et à des informations basées sur l’IA, Toast Talent Connector aide les entreprises à optimiser la composition de leurs équipes, à réduire les préjugés et à accéder à des talents de haut niveau souvent négligés par les méthodes de recrutement conventionnelles. La solution est conçue pour améliorer l’efficacité du recrutement tout en favorisant la diversité et l’inclusion au sein du personnel.
Expected Results
The expected results and outcomes of NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program is focused on growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through innovation and wealth creation for Canada.
Expected Results (French)
Les résultats attendus du Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle du CNRC sont axés sur la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) grâce à l’innovation et à la création de richesse pour le Canada.
Federal Riding
Calgary Centre
Federal Riding (French)
Calgary-Centre
Federal Riding Number
48004
NAICS Code
541612
Organization Code
nrc-cnrc
Organization
National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Program Name
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Program Name (French)
Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle
Program Purpose
The purpose of Industrial Research Assistance Program Contributions to Firms is to provide support that assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to advance their innovation knowledge and ability to innovate, grow through innovation and stimulate wealth creation for Canada.
Program Purpose (French)
Les contributions versées aux entreprises en vertu du Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle ont pour objectif d’apporter un soutien aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) afin qu’elles puissent approfondir leurs connaissances en matière d’innovation et renforcer leur capacité d’innovation, de croissance et de création de richesse pour le Canada.
Recipient Business Number
712588706
Recipient City
Calgary|Calgary
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Toast Consulting Inc.
Recipient Operating Name
Toast
Recipient Postal Code
T2T 0A1
Recipient Province or Territory
AB
Recipient Type
F
Reference Number
172-2025-2026-Q1-1029975
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