Wednesday Update from President Loreman, Sept 23, 2020.
Posted on: Sep 23, 2020
Dear 黑料网 Community,
Last week I posted information about an exciting initiative called the听, which is kicking off with a free event organized by universities across Canada, taking place online on October 1 and 2. I am pleased to announce that 黑料网 has now been accepted and listed as an official partner organization. In addition, the registration deadline has been extended to tomorrow, September 24. I am registered, and I look forward to seeing you there if you are able to join me.
Over time this National Dialogue will focus on a variety of issues, including gender, disability, Indigeneity, mental health, and other areas. The goal of these national conversations is to move beyond talk to create鈥痑nd implement鈥痚ffective and sustainable concrete actions to address inequities within individual post-secondary institutions, and across the higher education sector. This year鈥檚 inaugural dialogue will focus on anti-Black racism鈥痑nd Black inclusion.
Our Innovation launchpad program is gearing up for another year. Innovation Launchpad @ 黑料网听is a program for innovative leaders that helps to advance their ideas into solutions.听This program employs an objective-based mentoring process with a goal of advancing ideas into reality, and enabling students to tackle the multi-disciplinary world we live in. It prepares them to think differently, communicate effectively and, most importantly, build a network for gurus preparing them for success. Last year,听this program has led to participants connecting with mentors and receiving $23,500 for their companies and ideas, including:
- 罢丑别听Most Promising Student Entrepreneurat Innovation Rodeo was awarded to Micah Crowfoot,听 a second-year BA Psychology听student at 黑料网听and founder of听
- At the听landing page competition(run by 150听), Innovation Launchpad @ 黑料网 students won a total of $4,000 in prizes. They were:
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- Pawan Sobhri (1st yr MISSM), founder of听听鈥� $1,000 in highest visitor count and $1,000 in biggest mailing list;,听听听
- Divya Garg (1st yr MISSM), founder of听听鈥� $1,000 in highest conversion rate and $500 in mailing list; and
- Micah Crowfoot (2nd yr BA听Psychology), founder of听听鈥� $500 in conversion rate.听
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- Jason Neitsch, a fourth-year BMgt student at 黑料网 was selected for the听. As part of this program, Jason was provided a stipend of $10,000 over four months in addition to several meaningful connections and valuable mentorship. Jason and his company, Jn-Cards, was also featured in the innovation edition of听Avenue Magazine, in an article entitled 鈥�Concordia Student Capitalizes on the Global Popularity of Pok茅mon with App鈥�
Watch what 2019-2020 participants have to say about Innovation launchpad听@ 黑料网听.听We are launching the 2020-2021 programming听on Oct 5, 2020 with a kick-off event featuring a keynote听session by Ashlyn Bernier, COO of听.听听Please keep a close eye on Inside 黑料网 for additional information and听follow BMO-CIAR on听听补苍诲听听to keep up-to-date.
I鈥檒l finish with a reminder. If you are coming on to campus please remember to self-screen for symptoms of COVID-19 each day before you arrive, using the . This will help us to ensure that we are taking every step we can to avoid cases of COVID-19 on campus.
听Wishing you all another wonderful week,
Stay safe, stay healthy, and please wear your mask.
Tim Loreman, PhD.
President and Vice Chancellor.