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
Entrepreneurial alumni thrust UCalgary into PitchBook’s Top 100
University produces alumni entrepreneurs successful in raising venture capital
Signature learning enriches student experiences at UCalgary
The new Office of Signature Learning Experiences brings together teams that support entrepreneurial thinking, global learning, undergraduate research and experiential learning
Global entrepreneurship conference lands in Calgary this October
The Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking will be hosting the event Oct. 2-4
podcast
Now Innovating: Converting CO2 and waste to cement a low-carbon future
A conversation with Madison Savilow, BA’19, BComm’19, of Carbon Upcycling
From the Netherlands to Calgary: How Leon Pluns started something at UCalgary
Exchange student brought his app, Bondr, to life with the support of the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking
Cannon Lachapelle Awards celebrate UCalgary entrepreneurial excellence
$7.5M donation creates university’s third-largest graduate scholarship endowment