Welcome to Macdonald Campus grad students starting in the Winter 2025 term!Ìý
Graduate students newly admitted into a program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Macdonald Campus) can attend pre-arrival and orientation activities on both the downtown and Macdonald campuses.ÌýÌý
This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.
Date: Jan. 15th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems. This year's pitch competition is taking place on January 30th, 2025 during theÌýJohn D.
The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation. Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Date: Jan. 22nd, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Date: Jan. 29th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Date: Feb. 5th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Date: Feb. 12th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Feb. 19th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Career fairs are organized by the Career Planning Service, often in collaboration with faculty associations and student groups. These events offer students an excellent opportunity to connect with company representatives across various industries.
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