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TagCouche-Tard Launches Retail Tech Lab
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., has launched a retail innovation lab at McGill University’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management. The stat..
Quebec Ends University Tech Transfer Offices
On July 14 Quebec’s Ministry of Economy and Innovation announced the creation of a new organization to promote public research. Its missio..
McGill X-1 Accelerator applications open until April 30th
Applications to McGill X-1 Accelerator‘s 2017 cohort are open until April 30th at 11:59 pm EDT.
Hosted by the McGill Dobson Centre for ..
The 40 student startups named to McGill’s Dobson Cup finals
The list of 40 teams moving on to the Dobson Cup finals has been made.
It’s all in a bid to see which promising teams will win over $10..
McGill’s student-run legal clinic for startups is thriving
Like so many other ideas tackled by tech startups, Saam Pousht-Mashhad’s vision for Compass, Quebec’s first student-run legal clinic for s..
Montreal universities get $213 million for AI, big data research
The Universite de Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal and HEC Montreal will receive $213,187,000 for three research projects dedicated to art..
Drop-out founders are flourishing in Montreal
The average university drop-out who founded a startup likely has never met Peter Thiel or even applied for his Thiel Fellowship, the infam..
Inspiring Founders: Salima Visram and the Soular Backpack
Growing up in a small village in Kenya, Silima Visram saw everyday the effects of poverty. She was fortunate enough to receive a good educ..
PhD duo create incredible damage assessment software for earthquakes
Over 22 million people all over the world are dropping, taking cover and holding on today as part of ShakeOut Day, and one Montreal startu..
McGill’s new X-1 accelerator models itself on MIT program
The manager of McGill University’s new X-1 accelerator program, Thibaud Marechal, had just ten minutes to speak to us before he was due fo..