Centennial Innovates

Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship:

Centennial is one of Canada's top colleges for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Leading Centennial’s innovation activities is Centennial Innovates - the department of Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. We bring together multiple research centres and entrepreneurship activity with a physical presence in three of Centennial’s five campuses. In this integrated form, we serve dozens of industry partners each year, helping them to solve research-related challenges and grow their businesses.

With our new research initiatives, we strengthen our commitment to addressing the changing world of work. Our research seeks to recognize the issues facing our community, and to champion issues faced by marginalized groups – pushing the limits of what a college can do. We map all of our activities to the global canvass of sustainability as defined by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

• Our entrepreneurship activities focus on both social entrepreneurship and traditional entrepreneurship offerings, and are also mapped against the UN SDG framework. We also support established business ventures through our business innovation and growth program.

• Our applied research activities focus on real world solutions for industry partners and our community. Our impact is directed on then embedding research project outcomes into curricula, to provide students with the most up-to-date skills needed to excel in their careers.