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~~'''STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''~~jpg]]

The Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship (NNCE) serves as the heart of entrepreneurial endeavor and innovation at Dalhousie University. Its leading intiative, LaunchDal,™ provides a series of credit and noncredit programs to help students, researchers and early-stage ventures to take their ideas to the next level.

'''LAUNCHDAL™ Programming'''

The Starting Lean course is focused on Lean methodology and provides student teams with funding of $1,500 to build their minimal viable product.

<div>Dalhousie University is internationally known as one of North America’s most welcoming universities. [http://www.dal.ca/about-dal/history-tradition.html Founded in 1818], Dalhousie is one of Canada’s oldest universities, attracting more than 18,200 students from around the world. Located on [http://www.dal.ca/about-dal/dal-and-the-community/about-dal-communities.html Canada’s East Coast], the university blends [http://www.dal.ca/about-dal/academic-excellence.html world-class academic programs] with [http://www.dal.ca/about-dal/world-class-research.~~6666666666667px~~html leading-edge research].  </div>= ~~The~~ Student Innovation ~~course highlights the frameworks and best practices of design thinking and pushes students toward building prototypes by offering $1,000 in funding.~~& Entrepreneurship=

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== '''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~LaunchPad Accelerator is an 8-week summer program for student startups with $10,000 in seed funding to elevate their idea to the next level.~~LAUNCHDAL™ Programming''' ==

~~~~<span style="~~font-size~~margin: 0px; padding: ~~14.6666666666667px~~0px; ~~font~~line-~~family~~height: ~~Arial~~1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ~~vertical~~font-family: Arial; font-~~align~~size: ~~baseline~~14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~E-corps~~ The Starting Lean course is ~~a program consisting of a series of workshops based~~ focused on ~~the~~ Lean ~~LaunchPad approach using the Business Model Canvas developed by Alexander Osterwalder. This is a team-based training program~~methodology and provides student teams with funding of $1, ~~(at least two members from each organization or research project) where participants work collaboratively~~ 500 to ~~test their hypothesis related to the commercialization potential of~~ build their minimal viable product. ~~Workshops embrace both Design Thinking and Lean LaunchPad approaches to Customer Discovery and Customer Development using a hands-on method for participant teams.~~

The Entrepreneurial Skills Program (ESP) Certificate ~~is a post-secondary program that facilitates~~ The Innovation course highlights the ~~development, growth~~ frameworks and ~~success~~ best practices of ~~student-run business ventures. ESP is designed to add to skills learned in the classroom through extracurricular~~design thinking and pushes students toward building prototypes by offering $1, ~~individualized, and experiential learning. The program culminates~~ 000 in the development of a personal portfolio that illustrates a student’s entrepreneurial capabilities. Upon successful completion of ESP, students are accredited and receive a certificate indicating venture readinessfunding.

~~'''~~<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~Canada’s Business Model~~ Launch Dal's $100,000 Competitionis qualifier competition for students to gain entrance to LaunchPad Accelerator.~~'''~~

<span~~ style="~~font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align~~margin: ~~baseline~~0px; ~~white-space~~padding: ~~pre-wrap~~0px; ~~background~~line-~~color~~height: ~~transparent~~1.4;">The competition is hosted and organized by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship’s LaunchDal Programming in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business. Canada’s Business Model Competition ® has been sanctioned as the national qualifier competition for the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) LaunchPad Accelerator is an 8-week summer program for student startups with ~~the winner advancing~~ $10,000 in seed funding to elevate their idea to the ~~IBMCnext level.. The winners of Canada’s Business Model Competition ® will share $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~Collider (Innovation Space)<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font~~E-~~family: Arial; font-size: 14~~corps is a program consisting of a series of workshops based on the Lean LaunchPad approach using the Business Model Canvas developed by Alexander Osterwalder.~~6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~This is a ~~space for LAUNCHDAL’s programming: courses~~team-based training program (at least two members from each organization or research project), ~~programs, events, competitions~~ where participants work collaboratively to test their hypothesis related to the commercialization potential of their product. Workshops embrace both Design Thinking and ~~more. However the space will also be available~~ Lean LaunchPad approaches to ~~students while not in use by the NNCE~~Customer Discovery and Customer Development using a hands-on method for participant teams.

~~~~<span style="~~font-size~~margin: ~~14.6666666666667px~~0px; ~~font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space~~padding: ~~pre-wrap~~0px; ~~background~~line-~~color~~height: ~~transparent;">Dalhousie University offers a Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovationfor the Faculty of Management and Commerce Programs at the undergraduate level. In addition to the Starting Lean and Innovation courses, ~~Dalhousie University offers two for-credit courses regarding entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation COMM 3307, and Managing the Venturing Process~~ The Entrepreneurial Skills Program (~~MGMT 4901/COMM 4301~~ESP)~~. An~~ Certificate Entrepreneurial Work Term is offered to commerce students who have their own business venture or would like to work on their own idea to fulfill their co-op or internship requirements. ~~In addition, NNCE co~~is a post-~~hosts a series of entrepreneurial events including Pitch 101, Startup Canada Tour, Next 36~~secondary program that facilitates the development, growth and ~~Demo Camp~~success of student-run business ventures. ~~<span style="color: rgb(0~~ESP is designed to add to skills learned in the classroom through extracurricular, 0individualized, ~~0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14~~and experiential learning.~~6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Demo Camp is an event~~ The program culminates in the development of a personal portfolio that ~~showcases local startups solely through product demos rather than traditional presentations~~illustrates a student’s entrepreneurial capabilities. ~~<span style="color: rgb(0~~Upon successful completion of ESP, ~~0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14~~students are accredited and receive a certificate indicating venture readiness.~~6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Dalhousie University also has an official partnership with Next 36.  

== '''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ~~font~~vertical-~~family~~align: ~~Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px~~baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~Entrepreneurial societies and student-led organizations on campus.~~Canada’s Business Model Competition'''==

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The competition is hosted and organized by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship’s LaunchDal Programming in collaboration with Dalhousie ~~Entrepreneurship Society~~ University’s Rowe School of Business. Canada’s Business Model Competition ® has been sanctioned as the national qualifier competition for the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.S4; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) ~~strives to build inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on~~ ; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">with the ~~Dalhousie University campus by exposing students in all faculties~~ winner advancing to ~~resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and connecting them with~~ the ~~local startup community.~~IBMC. The winners of Canada’s Business Model Competition ® will share $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~Enactus~~ Collider (Innovation Space)is a ~~student society focusing on improving~~ space for LAUNCHDAL’s programming: courses, programs, events, competitions and more. However the ~~community through entrepreneurial action~~space will also be available to students while not in use by the NNCE.~~~~

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~The Entrepreneurs~~ Dalhousie University offers a Major in Entrepreneurship and ~~Law Association~~ Innovationfor the Faculty of ~~Dalhousie S~~Management and Commerce Programs at the undergraduate level. In addition to the Starting Lean and Innovation courses, Dalhousie University offers two for-credit courses regarding entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation COMM 3307, and Managing the Venturing Process (MGMT 4901/COMM 4301). An ~~ociety hosts law clinics~~ Entrepreneurial Work Term is offered to commerce students who have their own business venture or would like to ~~answer legal questions in relation~~ work on their own idea to ~~starting a business~~fulfill their co-op or internship requirements. <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14. ~~Issues such as corporate structures~~6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">In addition, ~~taxation~~NNCE co-hosts a series of entrepreneurial events including Pitch 101, ~~intellectual property~~Startup Canada Tour, ~~contracts~~Next 36, ~~shareholder agreements~~ and Demo Camp. ~~privacy law are discussed in a round~~Demo Camp is an event that showcases local startups solely through product demos rather than traditional presentations. Dalhousie University also has an official partnership with Next 36.

== '''~~~~<span style="~~font-size~~margin: 0px; padding: ~~14.6666666666667px~~0px; ~~font~~line-~~family~~height: ~~Arial~~1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ~~vertical~~font-family: Arial; font-~~align~~size: ~~baseline~~14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION~~Entrepreneurial Societies and Student-Led Organizations on Campus.'''==

Industry Liaison and Innovation (ILI) ~~manages~~ The Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) strives to build inclusive innovation and ~~facilitates collaborations between companies and university researchers, commercializes research at~~ entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie Universitycampus by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and ~~assists in~~ connecting them with the ~~creation of spin-off ventures~~local startup community.

~~'''~~<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION~~Enactus is a student society focusing on improving the community through entrepreneurial action. Enactus is very focused on getting the students envolved with innovation and entrepreneurship ideas that benefit the larger local, national, or international community.~~'''~~

<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ~~font~~vertical-~~family~~align: ~~Arial; font-size: 14.6666669845581px~~baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~ShiftKey Labs Sandbox is a workspace open to all students, located in Golberg Computer Science Building.~~ The Entrepreneurs and Law Association of Dalhousie S~~ShiftKey Labs recently organized an hackathon event regarding sustainability called~~ ociety hosts law clinics to answer legal questions in relation to starting a business. Issues such as corporate structures, taxation, intellectual property, contracts, shareholder agreements and ~~Smart Energy App Challenge~~privacy law are discussed in a round-table format.

== '''IDEA Sandbox where IDEA is "~~standing for “Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship Academy” is a collaborative initiative between Faculty of Engineering, the Rowe School of Business~~ Events and ~~NSCAD University.~~Activities Around Campus''' ==

<~~span id~~font color="~~docs-internal-guid-5ed27d71-680e-9f28-0ff0-9917041644cb~~#000000"~~>Cultiv8 is an</span~~>Agricultural Sandbox (workspace) ~~located in~~ Startup weekend is a fantastic event happening around campus twice a year which gets students from different disciplines working together on bright new ideas. It is led by the ~~MacRae Library on~~ Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship and managed by faculty and volunteers with the ~~Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro~~centre. In<~~span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);~~ /font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">collaboration with NNCE's LaunchDal, Cultiv8 organized a first-of-its-kind Startup Weekend in Truro focusing on agriculture and food.

~~Volta Labs~~ Hackamarine is a ~~local workspace for early-stage startups that holds its tenants~~ student led hackathon focused on marine and ~~network members accountable with a strong mentorship and peer-to-peer validation~~ oceanography which ~~help companies grow and scale faster. Volta also provides~~ allows allows students ~~with the ability to register for Volta network membership to stay connected~~ to ~~all events~~ work on their ideas and ~~offer~~ bring them ~~useful discounts for startups~~ to life. The event has much suport from ~~companies such as Amazon or Hubspot~~the oceanography department and the faculty of management which got a lot of students involved and interacting together to work on their ideas.

~~The Technology~~ Faculty Innovation Centre, run by the local venture capital group Innovacorps, provides local startups with multipurpose space off campus. Innovacorps organizes a biennial I3 Competition which is open to all students with early-stage startups or ideas to compete for over $900,000 in prizes across Nova Scotia.

~~'''~~Dalhousie University's I&E ecosystems  ~~Research Centers~~is still in its growing stage. There have been several champions working on developing the ecosystem, but only very recently has the government started to put more pressure on universities to promote entrepreneurship. There is a group of local political, academic and business leaders called oneNS Coalition. The mandate of oneNS Coalition is to instill further growth in the region and a 10 year plan for economic development and sustainability. Based on this initiative there was a "Now or Never Report" released by the chair of the One Nova Scotia Commision Ray Ivany. One of the major topics in this report is entrepreneurship and innovation. Our president Dr. Richard Florizone is very involved with this initiative and strongly advocates entrepreneurship and innovation as one of the top priorities for the university. As a result from this growing interest in I&E, the Faculty of Engineering announced a project called Innovation Hub (IDEA Building) which is a multipurpose building on Sexton Campus that would serve as a hub for innovation on Sexton Campus. E-corps is another great initiative by Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship to help researchers commercialize their reserch by applying lean methodology and design thinking frameworks and providing them with small seed capital to build their minimal viable products. There is also an initiative to introduce an Entrepreneurship Certificate across faculties.~~'''~~

<span style="font-~~size~~family: ~~14.6666666666667px~~Arial; font-~~family~~size: ~~Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)~~14.6667003631592px; ~~vertical~~line-~~align~~height: ~~baseline~~20.5333805084229px; white-space: pre-wrap~~; background-color: transparent~~;">~~Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (AHPRC), Brain Repair Centre (QEII Health Sciences Centre), Centre for Comparative Genomics~~ Some faculty have been very interested in developing the I& ~~Evolutionary Bioinformatics~~E in the student body. For example, ~~Institute~~ a new course has been started for ~~Research~~ rapid prototyping in ~~Materials~~the forth year level. It is considered a computer science credit, ~~Canadian Institute~~ but is open to students of ~~Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Centre for Marine Vessel Development and Research, Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS), Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC), Centre~~ other faculties. Courses like this are constantly being developed by different faculty members all around campus. Doctor Fiona Black is also launching a program for ~~Innovation~~ certification in ~~Infrastructure~~"creativity, ~~Vehicle Safety Research Team (VSRT), Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3),<span id=~~innovation and entrepreneurship"~~docs-internal-guid-5ed27d71-680e-9f28-0ff0-9917041644cb~~to provide students from all faculties with the ooportunity to add entrepreneurship to their degree. The certificate name starts with the word "~~><span style=~~creativity"~~font-size: 14~~because it is a ver neutral word where students from all faculties can see themselves doing.~~6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NRC Institute~~ It comprises of both for ~~Marine Biology,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font~~-~~family: Arial; font-size: 14~~credit courses and extracurricular work that students have to do in order to be accredited with the certificate. It is a greatinnitiative to allow students to achieve work a little bit outside of their field and allow them to bring their bright ideas and pursue them.~~6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Aquatron Laboratory,~~ ~~Bedford Institute of Oceanography.~~

'''ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS'''

Industry Liaison and Innovation (ILI) manages and facilitates collaborations between companies and university researchers, commercializes research at Dalhousie University, and assists in the creation of spin-off ventures. This year (2017) the Creative Desctruction Lab (CDL) from the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto, is coming to Atlantic Canada, in the form of CDL-Atlantic. The CDL is a seed-stage program, focusing on the transition phase from pre-seed to seed-stage funding, helping innovators transition from "science projects" to high-growth companies. The program will be administered by Volta Labs CEO Jesse Rodgers, closely partnered with Dalhousie University and running out of the Rowe School of Business. =Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration= ShiftKey Labs Sandbox is a workspace open to all students, located in Golberg Computer Science Building. ShiftKey Labs recently organized a hackathon event regarding sustainability called Smart Energy App Challenge. IDEA Sandbox where IDEA is "standing for “Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship Academy” is a collaborative initiative between Faculty of Engineering, the Rowe School of Business and NSCAD University. <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 14.~~6666666666667px~~6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Cultiv8 is anAgricultural Sandbox (workspace) located in the MacRae Library on the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. Incollaboration with NNCE's LaunchDal, Cultiv8 organized a first-of-its-kind Startup Weekend in Truro focusing on agriculture and food. Volta Labs is a local workspace for early-stage startups that holds its tenants and network members accountable with a strong mentorship and peer-to-peer validation which help companies grow and scale faster. Volta also provides students with the ability to register for Volta network membership to stay connected to all events and offer them useful discounts for startups from companies such as Amazon or Hubspot. The Technology Innovation Centre, run by the local venture capital group Innovacorps, provides local startups with multipurpose space off campus. Innovacorps organizes a biennial I3 Competition which is open to all students with early-stage startups or ideas to compete for over $900,000 in prizes across Nova Scotia. The Collider, launched on October 2015, is a multipurpose collaborative space located on the second floor of the main campus library. The space is used for delivering LaunchDal programming: courses, programs, events, competitions and more. However, the space is also be available to students to collaborate with their teams on their projects, to brainstorm, and to study while not in use by the Norman Newman Centre. '''Research Centers''' Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (AHPRC), Brain Repair Centre (QEII Health Sciences Centre), Centre for Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Institute for Research in Materials, Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Centre for Marine Vessel Development and Research, Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS), Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC), Centre for Innovation in Infrastructure, Vehicle Safety Research Team (VSRT), Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3),NRC Institute for Marine Biology,Aquatron Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography. =Engaging With Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts= Innovacorps' Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)assists and supports the academic community in the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. The purpose of ESCF is to provide support for projects demonstrating readiness to advance a technology that has achieved, or is close to achieving, a prototype/proof-of-concept stage and is approaching market readiness with a possibility of attracting industry partners and/or investment. The prospect of generating a new revenue stream must also be apparent. For Landscape canvas, please follow this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yAa802uP1Xzw3AOGfXIQlRIA4t4lD9WnzfH8sYp1SO0/edit?ts=56008d37#gid=0 link!] Updated canvas is on this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1__43f6_JL8JBa-I0UKWZl1SSvez8GRYF04sbrgVFTGY/edit#gid=6 link!] For Landscape presentation click [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BhNneAnQrPRsRVzb9pAzIOADAMZvt1Dj5A9Tlg2sh9M/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_41 here!] = Related Links = '''Dalhousie University''' [[Dalhousie University - Student Priorities|Dalhousie Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Fall 2017: [[Aristides Milios]] [[Canberk Bal]] Spring 2016: [[Yaser Alkayale|Yaser Alkayale]] [[Séline Dogan|Séline Dogan]] Fall 2015: [[Justin Javorek|Justin Javorek]] [[Dhruv Bhatia|Dhruv Bhatia]] [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Dalhousie_University]]{{CatTree|Dalhousie_University}}

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