Innovation Impact
Learn how UCalgary researchers, students, postdocs, and staff are making a positive difference in our world.
University innovation, knowledge engagement and commercialization deliver tangible impact that includes job and new venture creation, product and service sales, and new research opportunities.
It creates economic impact through social and technical advances that lead to new technologies, policies and behaviors, and healthier societies. In Canada, research universities are responsible for 83% of all contracted private-sector research.
Growing innovation at the University of Calgary aligns with federal and provincial Government and City of Calgary strategies for economic growth, builds upon our existing strategies for enhancing the value propositions of the university (Student Experience and Impact), and is derived from our commitment to excellence in Research and Teaching.
Innovation News
Five UCalgary researchers awarded annual Parex Fellowships
Projects feature advances in technology and health-care improvements
TC Energy pitch competition crowns four winners at Inventures
Budding entrepreneurs’ concepts include monitoring children's health, tracking food freshness, connecting athletes with sponsors, and capturing portable diagnostic images
Evolve to Innovate experiential innovation training program wraps up first year under Hunter Hub
Participants mark the close of a program that helped them sharpen their communication, explore opportunity and rethink how their work creates value
XPRIZE Canada Hub officially launches at UCalgary
Series of events provides a taste of offerings to come
UCalgary’s Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking brings 10 startups to Web Summit 2025
Meet some of the startups making waves in UCalgary’s innovation ecosystem
A 13-year journey from wheelchair to walking a 10K race
From rare medical challenges to entrepreneurial ambitions, this UCalgary student is proving that perseverance pays off