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The internship program in the HATCH startup accelerator in ICICS has caught the eye of donors. Their generous support helps to extend the highly successful program from the summer term to throughout the year, giving an important leg-up to participating students as they enter the job market. At first blush, business and technology-focused students may […]

Six new ventures joined the HATCH (Phase 4) Accelerator Program in January 2021, after graduating from the first three phases of venture-building programming offered by entrepreneurship@UBC (e@UBC) .They range from a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based graduate program admissions platform to video gaming and health tech to an agriculture tech company combining hardware, software and AI. The ventures are: ApplyChance: ApplyChance […]

Three UBC students pursuing commercial technologies — data sensors for wine production, a chip-based wireless power transfer system and software for the analysis of customer feedback — are the inaugural recipients of a fellowship established by an inventor of modern steel-making. The Dr. Frank and Dr. Gordon Forward Commercialization Fellowship is awarded annually to graduate students in […]

In 2018, the ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC began a Mitacs-funded project to explore the intersectionality of privacy, identity and blockchain technology. This led to the research team developing a self-sovereign health records management solution leveraging blockchain that received co-investment from Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster. The project was hailed recently by Canada’s Federal Minister for Innovation, […]