{"id":75570,"date":"2021-04-21T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=75570"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:25:52","slug":"innovation-space-ottawa-high-tech-hub","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/innovation-space-ottawa-high-tech-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University Opens Purpose-Built Innovation Space in Ottawa High-Tech Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This fall, Carleton will open a purpose-built innovation space at Kanata North\u2019s Hub350<\/a>, a brand new ecosystem in Canada\u2019s largest technology park where industry, finance and academic partners will collaborate and connect. For the university, the initiative will establish an important springboard to expand research and educational partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis unique facility in Kanata North fully leverages our proximity to this national innovation hub and further enhances Carleton\u2019s reputation as a leader in high-tech research, teaching and innovation,\u201d said Carleton President Benoit Antoine-Bacon. \u201cIn close contact with tech industry leaders, our students will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and benefit from hands-on learning towards leadership positions in this critical sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scheduled to open at 350 Legget Drive, home of the original Mitel Networks campus, Hub350 will be a state-of-the-art, 12,000-square-foot technology centre serving as a gateway to the world-class tech, finance and academic research ecosystem that\u2019s thriving in Kanata North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Construction on Carleton\u2019s 2,000-square-foot space is scheduled to start in June, with a move-in date planned for late August. It will open after Labour Day and feature collaboration and meeting rooms, a caf\u00e9 and garden terrace where faculty, staff and students can connect with more than 540 companies in the tech park, many of which already work with the university on research projects and\/or hire co-op students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton\u2019s neighbours will be two Hub350 anchor tenants: the L-Spark software accelerator and the Kanata-North Business Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarleton will work with Kanata North businesses to develop new talent pipelines and opportunity for cross-disciplinary and work-integrated learning, and our student entrepreneurs will connect more easily with Kanata North businesses,\u201d says Dana Brown<\/a>, dean of the Sprott School of Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOverall, Carleton seeks to help create a feedback loop where tech park strengths support university research and learning, which in turn bolsters private-sector success that feeds back into the university.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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