Since its founding in 1988, the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has supported thousands of ventures, helping create over 10,000 new jobs and raising $3.7 billion in funding. It consistently ranks among the world’s top university innovation ecosystems, including the lates rankings from New Ignition Schools. Sponsored by the magazines Inc. and Fast Company, the rankings chose the top 50 university innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
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Published on: 22 Oct 2024
Agreement will accelerate the launch of tech-based companies
McGill University and Innovobot today announced they have reached an agreement to accelerate the commercialization of technologies based on research undertaken by McGill professors.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2023
McGill’s impact200 asked students to develop innovative solutions to address society’s most pressing challenges.
Published on: 21 Jun 2022
For International Women's Day last week, Poets and Quants spoke with a number of female business school graduates who have successfully started their own enterprises. Aurélie Hélouis (MBA’16), Founder and CEO of infinityQ, a quantum analog computing start-up, shared how her time at Desautels helped her discover how to apply the skills she acquired as a former senior officer and CTO in the French Navy to her entrepreneurial endeavours and develop her own business.
Published on: 15 Mar 2022
Fund will be one of Canada’s most significant university innovation programs awarding nearly $500k to spinoffs and technologies
September 28, 2021 (MONTREAL, Quebec) – Today McGill University announced the launch of the McGill Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all McGill members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation and Partnerships.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2021
The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country's prime minister told sports officials on Tuesday, July 20 ahead of the Tokyo Games. Tens of thousands of athletes, officials, games staff and media have arrived in Japan amid a local state of emergency and widespread opposition from the general public. Health experts in Japan have questioned allowing so many international visitors for the games. (CBC News)
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Published on: 21 Jul 2021
McGill University announced today it has concluded an agreement with the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) to provide McGill-based startup companies with the benefit of CCRM’s market-leading business intelligence and experience.
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Published on: 10 Mar 2021
McGill alumni lead panel to discuss challenges for women entrepreneurs
McGill Engine and Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE) hosted a panel featuring McGill Engineering alumni who spoke about their experiences with entrepreneurship
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Published on: 31 Oct 2020
McGill entrepreneurship programs ranked one of the best in Canada
According to US-based Pitchbook, McGill was best in Canada for female undergraduates and number two for undergraduate students overall
By Junji Nishihata, Senior Communications Adviser, Office of Research and Innovation
Published: SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
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Published on: 31 Oct 2020
McGill Engine Centre drives initiative to replace internships lost by COVID-19
Program finds summer internships for 10 students from across McGill faculties.
By François Shalom from McGill Reporter
Published: JUNE 11, 2020
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Published on: 9 Oct 2020
TechAccel: Jump-starting student start-ups
McGill Engine’s TechAccel Grants helps students accelerate their technologically-based ideas that have business or social impact potential.
By François Shalom from McGill Reporter
Published: SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
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Published on: 9 Oct 2020
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate David Leroux (BRE-Lefsrud) and fellow Cannafish team members, who were awarded the Agricultural Scholarship from Sollio Agriculture at Coopérathon 2019 held at Montreal’s Olympia Theatre. Coopérathon “is the world’s largest open innovation challenge that connects citizens, communities, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics and large institutions to develop, together, a socially responsible future.”
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Published on: 21 Nov 2019
We extend best wishes to Startups involving FAES students who will compete for the Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize in the Dobson Cup Finals on March 27.
Published on: 21 Mar 2019
Dietetics and Nutrition students Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam pitched their startup snack business on the popular CBC television show Dragons' Den.
Seeking – and securing – an investment in their fledgling startup from six high-powered entrepreneurs on the popular CBC TV show Dragons’ Den was the last thing that Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam could have imagined less than a year earlier, when they came up with their business idea: a nutritious chocolate-based snack.
Published on: 11 Jan 2019
Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam are two newly graduated Dietetics students from McGill University and the proud co-founders of reMIXed.
Published on: 17 Dec 2018
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