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The quality of our future will be defined by our ability to innovate, to lead change rather than simply respond to it.

At MaRS Discovery District, we are dedicated to driving economic and social prosperity by harnessing the full potential of innovation. Since we first opened in 2005, we have built on a rich legacy to create one of world’s largest innovation hubs, a 1.5-million-square-foot complex located in the heart of Canada’s largest research cluster in downtown Toronto.

MaRS works with an extensive network of private and public sector partners to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building our future — startup ventures with broad economic and societal impact.

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In this talk, Zayna Khayat, director of MaRS EXCITE, identifies challenges that the Canadian health sector is presently facing. Zayna says that a massive translocation of Canada’s health system is underway. Increased data and insights, as well as the empowered consumer movement, are all leading this shift to the health system of the future. Watch highlights from Zayna’s talk below to learn more about the future of health.

Future of health: Zayna Khayat

When it comes to energy, we need to replace resources before they become scarce. This is the fundamental challenge that Tom Rand and the rest of the MaRS Cleantech team are tackling as they look toward the future of the energy sector. Watch highlights from Tom’s talk to learn more about the future of energy.

Future of energy: Tom Rand

MaRS works with over 1,000 high-impact venture clients that have one thing in common:  innovative ideas for improving our future. What does MaRS do for these ventures? In this video, Salim Teja, Managing Director, MaRS Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Venture Services, explains that MaRS' key service is to guide entrepreneurs as they build their business.

What Does MaRS Do For Its Clients?

MaRS venture client, Newtopia is a personalized health company utilizing an innovative health engagement platform to inspire individuals to make the right lifestyle choices. By leveraging personal genetics and the latest engagement science, Newtopia delivers a lifestyle program that combines the very best of human and technological engagement.

Newtopia

MaRS venture client, Clear Blue Technologies develops hardware and software that combine the power of clean energy with the proven advantages of communications and cloud technology to deliver high-performance off-grid power. The company’s Clear Blue Hybrid Controller harvests energy from solar panels and a wind turbine to power off-grid applications including streetlights, security solutions and mobile signage. The system is designed to easily integrate into a variety of products to deliver highly reliable off-grid alternatives. The company’s Horizon Cloud Control software provides real-time monitoring and control of the off-grid system through mobile platforms, delivering unmatched reliability and performance, and reducing maintenance time and costs.

Clear Blue Technologies

MaRS venture client, MetaFLO Technologies provides leading-edge proprietary methods, reagents and equipment for the solidification and stabilization of liquid waste streams. Inadequately treated liquid waste streams allow harmful contaminants to leach into our water tables and pose a risk to human health and increase liability to the waste generator. MetaFLO’s technology turns liquid waste into a solid in real time, reducing transportation and disposal costs, improving safety and significantly reducing environmental impact.

MetaFLO Technologies

MaRS venture client, Hubba is a network for brands to share product content with all of their business partners. Hubba helps to centralize product content and allows brands to share it with the people who need it—whether that be retailers, vendors, sales or marketing teams.

Online product content is extremely varied and inconsistent, and brands have an ever-increasing amount of channels to deliver content to. Hubba fixes this problem by providing brands with a single source of truth for their product information and allows their business partners to always have access to real-time, up-to-date information.

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A Social Lab Revolution? The Future of Labs

Adam Kahane
Chairman, Reos Partners North America (CANADA + USA)

LABS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE is a gathering of the world’s leading lab practitioners and thinkers to share, develop and capture knowledge of global lab practices. Hosted by the MaRS Solutions Lab and Social Innovation Generation on May 26, 2014 at MaRS Discovery District, the conference aimed to provide the platform for those interested in public + social innovation labs and its practitioners to gain a better understanding of what constitutes a lab and learn about new approaches.This event is following earlier lab conferences happening last year at Mindlab (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Kennisland (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Join the conversation:
Twitter: @solutions_lab / #PSILabs
Website: http://www.marsdd.com/systems-change/mars-solutions-lab/labs-systems-change/

Adam Kahane - Labs for Systems Change May 26, 2014

Introduction

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht 
CEO, MaRS Discovery District (CANADA)

LABS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE is a gathering of the world’s leading lab practitioners and thinkers to share, develop and capture knowledge of global lab practices. Hosted by the MaRS Solutions Lab and Social Innovation Generation on May 26, 2014 at MaRS Discovery District, the conference aimed to provide the platform for those interested in public + social innovation labs and its practitioners to gain a better understanding of what constitutes a lab and learn about new approaches.This event is following earlier lab conferences happening last year at Mindlab (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Kennisland (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Join the conversation:
Twitter: @solutions_lab / #PSILabs
Website: marsdd.com/systems-change/mars-solutions-lab/labs-systems-change/

Ilse Treurnicht - Labs for Systems Change May 26, 2014

Labs, Governance + Technology

Beth Noveck
Director, The Governance Lab (USA)

LABS FOR SYSTEM CHANGE was the public conference during a three-day gathering of many of the world’s leading lab practitioners and thinkers to share, develop and capture knowledge of global lab practices. Hosted by the MaRS Solutions Lab and Social Innovation Generation at MaRS Discovery District on May 26th, 2014  in Toronto, Canada, the purpose of the gathering was for local participants and invited guests to gain a better understanding of what constitutes a good lab and its approaches. This event is following earlier lab conferences happening last year at Mindlab (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Kennisland (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Join the conversation:
Twitter: @solutions_lab / #PSILabs
Website: http://www.marsdd.com/systems-change/mars-solutions-lab/labs-systems-change/

Beth Noveck - Labs for Systems Change May 26, 2014

The State of Public + Social Innovation Labs - Current state of the field

Jari Tuomala
Partner, Bridgespan (USA)

LABS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE is a gathering of the world’s leading lab practitioners and thinkers to share, develop and capture knowledge of global lab practices. Hosted by the MaRS Solutions Lab and Social Innovation Generation on May 26, 2014 at MaRS Discovery District, the conference aimed to provide the platform for those interested in public + social innovation labs and its practitioners to gain a better understanding of what constitutes a lab and learn about new approaches.This event is following earlier lab conferences happening last year at Mindlab (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Kennisland (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Join the conversation:
Twitter: @solutions_lab / #PSILabs
Website: http://www.marsdd.com/systems-change/mars-solutions-lab/labs-systems-change/

Jari Tuomala - Labs for Systems Change May 26, 2014

Reflection: Labs - Strengths, Weaknesses and Roles

Geoff Mulgan
CEO, Nesta (UK)

LABS FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE is a gathering of the world’s leading lab practitioners and thinkers to share, develop and capture knowledge of global lab practices. Hosted by the MaRS Solutions Lab and Social Innovation Generation on May 26, 2014 at MaRS Discovery District, the conference aimed to provide the platform for those interested in public + social innovation labs and its practitioners to gain a better understanding of what constitutes a lab and learn about new approaches.This event is following earlier lab conferences happening last year at Mindlab (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Kennisland (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Join the conversation:
Twitter: @solutions_lab / #PSILabs
Website: marsdd.com/systems-change/mars-solutions-lab/labs-systems-change/

Geoff Mulgan - Labs for Systems Change May 26, 2014

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In Australia, millions of people suffer everyday from hardships including family breakdown, child abuse, disease and social inequality. Dana Shen, director of The Australian Centre of Social Innovation's Family by Family social lab, discusses how her organization helps Australian families, and how to scale and replicate services without compromising the integrity of the original model.

Family by Family: Australian social innovation in action - MaRS Global Leadership

Heading to Silicon Valley? Aron Solomon, Senior Advisor, Education Technology, MaRS Discovery District, highlights what startups should know before they get there.

Doing Business in Silicon Valley: Five Hot Tips for Startups

Sir Ronald Cohen (Sector Representative and Chairman, Social Impact Investment Taskforce and Chairman, The Portland Trust) talks about his innovative work in the world of social ventures and impact investing. A central figure in the global growth of social impact investing, Sir Ronald charts his journey working with groups like the UK government to prove that investing in innovation can solve social problems.

Lessons from the UK: Building the Canadian impact investment market - MaRS Global Leadership

This panel of edtech education technology entrepreneurs discusses selling in the education sector. They offer insights into getting your startup known, the differences between the K-12 and higher-education markets, and why edtech is especially challenging for startups.
Moderator: John McLeod, Marketing Executive, & former VP, Marketing at Desire2Learn
Panelists:
Scott Welch, Founder, Edsby
Mohsen Shahini, Chief Academic Officer, Top Hat
Stuart Bowness, CEO, MediaCore

Tips for Selling into the Education Ecosystem -- MaRS Best Practices

In the final lecture of the 2013/14 Entrepreneurship 101 course, Peter Evans, Founder and CEO of Speakerfile, explains how to craft and deliver a pitch that covers what investors want to know before they fund your startup. Peter discusses crucial pitch elements such as the problem your product solves and the team you've put together to solve it.

The pitch -- Entrepreneurship 101 2013/14

David Litwiller, Executive in Residence, Communitech, speaks about effective governance and how it functions at different development stages of a tech startup. David discusses how to build boards of directors and advisors, and highlights their roles and responsibilities and how a well-managed board should evolve with your business.

Board/Governance - Entrepreneurship 101 2013/14

This panel of entrepreneurs and investors explains what VCs and angels want to see from startups at a variety of stages. The speakers suggest resources for crafting your pitch, discuss accelerator programs, and more.

360 Panel on Venture Capital Funding - Entrepreneurship 101 2013/14

On July 1, 2014, Canada's anti-spam legislation (CASL) takes effect, changing the landscape of business communications and activities. Startups must comply with this broad new law or face significant penalties. Karen Durell and J. Andrew Sprague of Miller Thomson LLP - a partner of MaRS - explain the complexities of "commercial electronic messages" as they are defined and permitted by the law—and how violations can occur. Learn what startups need to do now to ensure compliance by July 1st.
Speakers:
Karen Durell, Associate, Intellectual Property, Miller Thomson LLP
J. Andrew Sprague, Associate, Information Technology, Miller Thomson LLP

Compliance: Canada's new anti-spam legislation and how it affects your startup - MaRS Best Practices

Joyce Sou of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing describes strategies for social ventures to attract impact investors and raise capital. Joyce highlights the importance of B Corp certification and registering on the SVX.

Raising Capital as a Social Venture: Four Hot Tips for Startups

A panel of social innovation entrepreneurs discusses the challenges they faced and the opportunities they created in building their social enterprises. Through moderated conversation and audience questions, the panelists address issues such as raising funds, business sustainability, and becoming B Corp certified.

Moderator: Trish Nixon, Associate, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing

Panel:
Tal Dehtiar, CEO, Oliberte
Amanda Minuk, Co-Founder and CEO, B Meaningful
Anil Patel, Co-Founder and President, Grantbook

Meet the Entrepreneurs: Social Innovation - Entrepreneurship 101 2013/14

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Financial Post: A home away from home for Canadian entrepreneurs in the Valley

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When Lindsey Goodchild travels to Silicon Valley, she needs a place to park her laptop and get some work done. So when she lands in San Francisco, Goodchild, co-founder of Toronto-based startup Nudge Rewards, she heads for San Francisco-based Canada House, a home away from home created just for Canadian entrepreneurs.

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Globe and Mail: After raising $17-million, Toronto fintech firm eyes global expansion

Sensibill Inc., a Toronto-based startup that offers digital receipt technology for banks, has raised $17.3-million to supercharge its global expansion and dig deeper into artificial intelligence.

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Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, is one of the nation’s leading educational institutions. Our programs combine a solid academic foundation with practical learning. Serving 27,500 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants, offering 150 full-time programs across more than 40 fields of study, along with 200 part-time and more than 400 online programs or courses. Humber also offers apprenticeship training to more than 2,000 students in the fields of applied technology, skilled trades and culinary arts. 

At Humber, we offer you more now - and more later. Our students discover the many educational and career opportunities the college offers - from our wide variety of credentials and fields of study that allow you to choose your educational path, to our established networks that give access to industry leaders and work experience. Most of all, you’ll leave Humber equipped with a strong combination of specialized knowledge and practical and critical thinking skills that employers want. With 85 percent at Humber graduates employed within six months of completing their studies, and with 94 per cent of employers being satisfied with the quality of our graduates, Humber is a great place to learn and grow.

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Clare's back with your last Weekly Update of the semester.

We've got highlights from some of the degree program thesis shows, a look at the Humber Gospel Choir in the recording studio and the 2015 International Development Institute Symposium.

Don't forget to subscribe and we'll see you in the fall!

Humber Thesis Shows, Gospel Choir, IDI Symposium: Humber Today

Humber students in the Practical Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing and Early Childhood Education – Advanced Studies in Special Needs programs travelled to Guatemala to assist healthcare professionals, including two physicians, in providing care to the children at an orphanage as well as a series of mobile clinics in the region.

Humber Health Sciences students visit Guatemala

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Clare is back with your weekly update! Humber's Fashion Arts students held their annual Walk it Out fashion show, Fitness and Health Promotion students put on the 5K Fun Run, Criminal Justice students showcased their final year thesis projects and Humber held their spring Open House event.

Fashion Show, 5K Fun Run, Criminal Justice Thesis Show, Open House: Humber Today

Graduating students in Humber's Massage Therapy program showed off their projects at the 2015 Massage Therapy Research Night.

Humber Massage Therapy Research Night

The Humber RAPP Research Forum will allow industry experts, students and other interested parties to explore Research’s Return on Investment opportunities in our current climate.

RAPP Research Forum @ Humber

Humber faculty members Doug Thomson and Umer Noor discuss their Developing Activities and Ideas for Research (DAIR) study "Police Foundations Crime Game." 

For more information about the Research & Innovation Office and the DAIR initiative, please visit: 

http://humber.ca/research

Doug Thomson, SSCS and Umer Noor, SMSIT (DAIR)

Three Humber students tell their stories about their greatest high school teachers.

2015 Greatest High School Teacher Contest

Music is for everyone; help to keep it inclusive. Watch the Humber Saxophone Quartets in concert with the University of Toronto’s Stereoscope Saxophone Duo to benefit Music Without Barriers. Music Without Barriers is dedicated to ensuring access to music creation regardless of financial means or cognitive and physical abilities.

Music Without Barriers Benefit Concert

Rubric - Visual & Digital Arts Faculty Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, March 10 - Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Reception: Thursday, March 12th - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.


Rubric is an exhibition featuring new works by the Visual and Digital Arts Faculty at Humber College. Engaging with an experimental structure, each artist has produced a series of four works that address their individual creative concerns relative to notions of process, multiplicity, and narrative. Rubric reflects upon broad systems governing education and production; as faculty members claim their place as problem solvers, students become privy to the ongoing relationship between artist and learner. In the spirit of creative development, viewers are invited to assume the role of faculty and critique the artworks on show. By deconstructing hierarchies between teacher and student, artist and viewer, Rubric opens a dialogue on art education beyond the strictures of traditional systems. 

Participating faculty artists include: Marc Colangelo, Rob Corrado, Stephanie Davidson, Larry Eisenstein, Noni Kaur, Diana Meredith, John Stuart, Cole Swanson, and Kyle Werhle.

Rubric - Visual & Digital Arts Faculty Exhibition

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Humber Experts Available to Comment on Proposed Hydro One Privatization

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Professor Steve Bellamy and President Chris Whitaker are available to share their perspectives on the proposed privatization of Hydro One.

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