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Thursday, October 24, 2024

October 24 update for Student Founders

Hello folks, We hope you are enjoying your reading week. This is a great time for you to relax, recharge, catch up on your work for the semester, and even more importantly, keep thinking about your evolving ideas, emerging or existing businesses, and your future as an entrepreneur as the Hub transitions into its... More

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Networking Event and Ottawa 67s Game – Nov. 3rd, 2023

Join student founders, mentors and advisors from the Carleton University Innovation Hub and the University of Ottawa Entrepreneurship Hub at an Ottawa 67s game on Friday, November 3rd. 20 student founders from each school will be selected to participate in this event. A private room has been reserved for participants to meet and network... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Future-Thinking and Forward Looking: Future EDge’s Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program on Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs on their Startup Journey

By Nehaa Bimal Future-Thinking and Forward Looking: Future EDge’s Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program on Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs on their Startup Journey  CU Future EDge’s Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program (IEP) is a four-to-five-week leadership program developed by CU Future EDge and the Innovation Hub at Carleton University.... More

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Indigenous Entrepreneur Daphne March on Health and Healing through ShaMaSha, Her Wellness Retreat

By Nehaa Bimal For Daphne March, ShaMaSha holds a lot of personal significance. It is a sacred word that not only honors her Indigenous culture as a Mi’kmaq woman, but honors her father as it was an Indigenous greeting he used often, in the spirit of love, safety, and human connection. In a similar... More

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Carleton University Aerospace Engineering students conceptualize software that allows for decreased wildfire response times

Throughout our Changemaker pilot program in the fall of 2021, Carleton University students were enabled to think outside the box and utilize their unique set of skills to pursue and apply towards their passions. Here is what a group of 4 Aerospace Engineering Students put together throughout the semester during our Changemaker program: Hayden... More

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Carleton’s Sprott School of Business & Innovation Hub partner with LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce to advance inclusive entrepreneurship

Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business and Innovation Hub are working with Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) together to develop an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem to support the growth and success of LGBTQ2S+ owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Canadian LGBTQ2S+ businesses are creating over 22 billion dollars in economic... More

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Student-Designed Digital Platform Aims to Inspire Girls to Enter STEM

What do a graduate computer science student and an undergraduate economics student have in common? The desire to close the gender gap in STEM. Coming from two different fields and stages in their academic careers, Ritika Bhatia a master’s student in computer science and Abigail Meloche, a first-year economics student, joined forces to develop... More

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Changemaker 1 Student Success Stories | Fall 2021

Throughout our first Changemaker pilot program, students were enabled to think outside the box and utilize their unique set of skills to pursue their passions. To see what a few of the students put together throughout the semester, here are a few of our Changemaker 1 success stories: Kashyap Achar - Clover The first... More

Friday, February 4, 2022

Carleton’s Innovation Hub appoints Robert Hocking inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence

The Innovation Hub at Carleton University is delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Hocking as its inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence. A serial entrepreneur and consultant for international brands, Robert brings expertise in brand strategy, customer acquisition, and global scale-up to the role, which provides coaching and mentoring to... More

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Bhawani Singh Shekhawat appointed Social Entrepreneurship Fellow at Carleton University

Carleton University’s Innovation Hub and the Alterna Social Ventures Institute at Carleton’s Sprott School of Business are excited to announce the appointment of Bhawani Singh Shekhawat, CEO of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, as Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. In this role, Bhawani will draw upon his extensive experience in entrepreneurship and... More

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Minister Mary Ng announces partners to establish Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub

Black entrepreneurship has always been a vital part of Canada’s economy, but large-scale, detailed research and pan-Canadian information on it has been limited. This knowledge and sharing of lived experiences has a vital role in informing the public policies that are needed to address the systemic barriers Black entrepreneurs face when building... More

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Carleton University’s Innovation Hub focuses on inclusion through partnership with CUSA

Students from across the university will have the opportunity to help shape entrepreneurship and social innovation on campus because of a new Memorandum of Understanding between Carleton’s Innovation Hub and the Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA). “One of our main goals is to embed a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship... More

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