Graduate Students

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Design Thinking Methodology

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:32:40 +0000

The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:34:32 +0000

This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:36:01 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:37:44 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 9I�� to perform market research.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:38:33 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:31:17 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.

Submission Deadline: TechIdea Pitch Competition

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:01:05 +0000

The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages 9I�� students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:09:06 +0000

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:10:37 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:11:56 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 9I�� to perform market research.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:13:06 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:05:08 +0000

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Startup Law 101

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:06:58 +0000

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as

9I�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two 9I�� research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Antimicrobial resistance: A challenge that crosses borders - RESISFORCE Symposium 2025

jennifer.timmons@mcgill.ca — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:47:46 +0000

Join researchers from 9I�� and around the world for the 2025 RESISFORCE Symposium Antimicrobial resistance: A challenge that crosses borders.

Graduate Students

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Design Thinking Methodology

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

Submission Deadline: TechIdea Pitch Competition

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #1 - Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #2 - Startup Law 101

9I��������� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

Antimicrobial resistance: A challenge that crosses borders - RESISFORCE Symposium 2025

9I�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding