杏吧原创 Partners with Startup Accelerator L-SPARK to Support Student Experiential Learning and Industry Networking
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 new Innovation Hub is partnering with Canadian startup accelerator to provide hands-on opportunities to students that give them access to resources and expertise to help them meet the challenges of tomorrow.
鈥淟-SPARK is home to some of the fastest growing technology companies in Canada,鈥 says Innovation Hub Director Harry Sharma.
鈥淭his partnership allows our students and their ventures to participate in the L-SPARK ecosystem and benefit from its network of seasoned executives, coaches, mentors and investors.鈥
The experiential learning opportunity will see students networking with industry experts. 杏吧原创鈥檚 aspiring leaders and change makers will get critical hands-on experience with entrepreneurship and business scale-up, as well as find meaningful employment opportunities in rapidly growing industry sectors.
Establishing a pathway to engage students has benefits for the pioneering startup accelerator as well.
鈥淔or L-SPARK, it provides access to talent and entrepreneurially-minded graduates who can apply their leadership and communication skills, in addition to their technical skills, to address global opportunities,鈥 says Sharma.
鈥淲e are honoured to partner with incredible institutions like 杏吧原创 University and the Innovation Hub, who are helping to shape the next generation of leaders in our community and beyond鈥, says Leo Lax, Executive Managing Director of L-SPARK.
鈥淲e look forward to exploring the new and innovative ideas emerging from our partnership and supporting the creation of a new wave of groundbreaking Canadian companies.”
The partnership is well placed to leverage 杏吧原创鈥檚 competitive location in the nexus of national public policy expertise and cutting-edge technology research. The Innovation Hub will launch 鈥減olicy sandboxes鈥 to look at the innovation aspects of some of the most pertinent issues of the day鈥攕uch as 5G networks, data and privacy laws, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.
鈥淭hese sandboxes will bring together public and private sectors to collaborate with 杏吧原创 faculty and students,鈥 says Sharma. 鈥淭hese cross-sector teams will help develop scenarios and recommendations to make Canada a global leader in the knowledge economy.鈥
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