Attendees at the 2025 Faculty Symposium.
Second annual faculty symposium showcased entrepreneurship at UM
Faculty shared how entrepreneurship and innovation applied in their work
Nearly 100 people gathered for the second annual Entrepreneurship & Innovative Thinking Faculty Symposium on Thursday, November 27th.
The event, co-hosted by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship, IDEA START, and Partnerships, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation, brought our UM community together to learn about entrepreneurship in various forms.
After an inspiring welcome from UM Chancellor, David Angus, four faculty members shared their experiences applying entrepreneurship and innovation:
- Associate Professor Kathy Yerex, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, shared about a new module in the Dental Hygiene program to help students develop skills for professional innovation and small business.
- Dr. Wenxi Pu, Asper School of Business, shared about his new research method that uses linguistic analysis of U.S. media, supported by machine learning algorithms and AI, to reveal cultural attitudes about entrepreneurship.
- Dr. Stephane McLachlan shared how his work in Indigenous data sovereignty led him to create a social enterprise that supports an app called Our Data Indigenous.
- Dr. Geoff Tranmer shared about the journey to create Borotherapeutics, an early-stage drug development company that seeks to develop boron-based therapeutics particularly focused on ALS disease.
Attendees also heard brief introductions from the units on campus that support entrepreneurship in all its forms:
- Janine Carmichael, Faculty Specialist, Entrepreneurship, The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- Debra Jonasson-Young, I.H. Asper Executive Director, Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Moe Levy, Director, IDEA START
- Dr. Loren Oschipok, Director, Partnerships, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation
November marked the third annual Entrepreneurship & Innovative Thinking Month at the University of Manitoba. Along with the symposium, the month featured events, initiatives and highlights of how entrepreneurship and innovative approaches can support the pursuit of big ideas to help make the world a better place.
Check out the latest Entrepreneurship & Innovative Thinking Report on Activities for 2024/25.
