The microsite supports a wide range of students, faculty, staff and alumni looking to navigate the University's more than 45 entrepreneurship programs
The University of Waterloo brings together bold ideas and brilliant minds, landing it as the top university in the country for founders. As the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Waterloo continues to grow, creators and change-makers need a simple way to navigate the many resources and programs.
That’s why the University has updated its entrepreneurship website and launched a new microsite that hosts an interactive portal that allows users to easily explore more than 45 entrepreneurship programs, spaces and opportunities.
“Whether you’re a first-year student or graduate student, Waterloo’s innovation ecosystem has a program to suit anyone who wants to try entrepreneurship and learn to make an impact,” says John Dick, director of Velocity campus. “The new microsite is a dynamic map to help students navigate everything we have to offer.”
This robust ecosystem combines for-credit courses and programs for a wide range of builders and creators. There are hands-on experiences where students learn new skills to advance future careers as well as dedicated pathways to facilitate the commercialization of Waterloo’s world-class research.
Waterloo has programs for students and researchers, socially-minded problem solvers, environmentally-conscious builders, tech creators and underrepresented founders,” Dick says. The ecosystem also includes three incubators — Velocity, the Grebel Peace Incubator and GreenHouse social impact incubator. There is an entrepreneurship training program for Indigenous students and student-run programs like Zero, the Student Venture Fund and Hack the North, the largest hackathon in Canada.
Through its distinctive entrepreneurial framework, the University inspires industry leaders beyond the classroom to join Waterloo alumni who have founded more than 1,000 ventures and created more than 7,500 jobs.
“Entrepreneurial researchers and students are drawn to Waterloo because of our distinctive innovation ecosystem. As students, researchers and staff break new ground, the University will continue to evolve and find effective ways to support students during their time at Waterloo,” says Karim Sallaudin Karim, associate vice-president of commercialization and entrepreneurship at the University of Waterloo.
Visit the updated website and new microsite to see how the University is supporting leaders of the future who will grow a prosperous Canadian economy.
