startGBC - Your gateway to entrepreneurship at George Brown College
Your gateway to entrepreneurship at George Brown College
Learn More Here How do you make money? MaRS 5-week online course is designed to help emerging business leaders create a sustainable business model and develop a framework for validating that model. What you'll get • Hands-on exercises each week to build your business • A total of 40 hours of learning (8hrs/week), to […]
On June 6, MaRS invites you to its official launch event for the Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge, in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada. This innovation-driven competition asks Canadians to identify novel sources of data and analytical mechanisms that can improve our understanding of our physical built environments in order to promote healthy living and improved health outcomes in our neighbourhoods. There exist many […]
iBRIDGES is an open, inclusive and collaborative initiative which aims to empower a worldwide high-tech entrepreneurial community, focused on those of Iranian descent, to exchange knowledge, best practices, and innovative thinking. The iBRIDGES community is committed to nurturing individuals who build and accelerate the growth of an “Innovation Economy” everywhere. At iBRIDGES we believe that the […]
Canada FinTech Week (CFW) was started as a way to bring together the entire FinTech ecosystem for a week of conferences, workshops, networking events, parties, meetups, exhibitions and much more. CFW is the largest FinTech gathering in Canada with over 3,000 participants, from around the world, and a variety of unique FinTech events and activities. The […]
On Sept. 10, OPG is launching the Generate Innovation Challenge. This competition invites innovators from across the country — startups, scale-ups, entrepreneurs, academics, scientists and researchers — to submit the best idea, technology, or solution on four core issues underpinning not only OPG’s nuclear challenges but industry challenges as a whole. Solutions that are successful in […]
The Challenge Urban sprawl and the convenience of various technologies has led to increasingly sedentary lifestyles, reduced physical activity and easier access to unhealthy food. Studies in Canada have also shown that chronic diseases and conditions linked to unhealthy living are on the rise. Improving our neighbourhoods to reverse this trend is the obvious answer […]
The $200K Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge aims to improve the lives of individuals living with spinal cord injuries. About this Event The $200K Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge aims to improve the lives of individuals living with spinal cord injuries by seeking tools that measure interventions and their impact on health outcomes. This Nov. […]
Our five-week online course is designed to help emerging business leaders create a sustainable business model and develop a framework so that they can validate that model. Our next cohort begins on Feb 3, 2020. The cost of this course is $100, and it is refundable if you are a member of a Regional Innovation Centre. What you’ll get […]
Join the Canadian innovation community and help shape the future of employment for persons with disabilities. About this event This May 20 — Global Accessibility Awareness Day — you’re invited to the launch of the MaRS and CIBC Inclusive Design Challenge, a pan-Canadian innovation competition that aims to address the most pressing employment barriers faced by persons […]
The first innovation challenge in this series seeks solutions to support accessible career entry for persons with disabilities. Challenge Description The first innovation challenge seeks solutions that support accessible career entry for persons with disabilities. Priority areas identified by the disability community in this area include bias, disclosure of disability, and the limitations of a “one-size-fits-all” recruitment […]