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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

Carpe Momentum: Why Canada’s future depends on its entrepreneurs

Guy Levesque, writing in The Hill Times: If we invest in this generation’s builders, from classrooms to companies, our prosperity agenda will not just imagine a better future, but build it

Untapped potential, healthy workplace cultures and serial entrepreneurship

Kyle Romaniuk, author and founder of FRAKXION, to take the stage at UCalgary’s Hunter Hub and TC Energy speaker event

podcast

Now Innovating: Cybersecurity in the age of AI and quantum applications

A conversation with Dr. Hadis Karimipour, PhD, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Engineering

UCalgary receives more than $4.7 million in funding for innovative research

Federal government announces winners of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Global conference takes UCalgary by storm, attracting more than 500 attendees from around the world

Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking honoured with the GCEC Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership award after hosting event

Transformative Talent Internships expand on campus to create new opportunities for graduate students

The Faculty of Graduate Studies program connects students with UCalgary teams for short-term, skill-building projects

Innovation Events