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Wings provided Mantis Mirror developer Mike Kelly with soundboard for ideas
May 26, 2023
“I’ve been biking for years,” he says, “and it’s just getting inherently more challenging.” Trying to adjust bike mirrors while riding is a dangerous business. The Mantis Mirror System is looking to change that.
Kingston Innovator Wins Award for Cutting-Edge Work to Monitor Breast Cancer Using a Simple Blood Test
May 19, 2023
Up-and-coming company is using a liquid biopsy to monitor tumour size and provide early detection of how well patients are responding to treatment, helping to prolong life
OBIO® Women’s Entrepreneurship Program provides insight and confidence to three Queen’s-licensed startups
May 16, 2023
Three women entrepreneurs advancing health innovations participated in the Women’s Entrepreneurship Program led by the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization, Women in Health Initiative, and the Institute for Biomedical Entrepreneurship.
Supporting the ecosystem of women-led businesses
May 15, 2023
The WE-CAN Project at Queen’s reflects on the past three years and looks to the future as it continues to empower women entrepreneurs in Kingston and region.
Queen’s University’s Smith School of Business and Desjardins partner to enrich FinTech learning opportunities for masters students
May 03, 2023
Organized by Smith School of Business and sponsored by Desjardins, students in the MFIT Program will participate in several hands-on activities and events to help them understand the evolving needs of the FinTech industry.
The Kwe-Biz Program proves instrumental in providing resources and mentorship to many Indigenous women entrepreneurs
May 01, 2023
Over the past three years, the WE-CAN Project has served 130 Indigenous women entrepreneurs, 90 of whom received services through the Kwe-Biz Program as part of the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) Ecosystem funding
Technology Development Pilot Project helped researchers achieve a significant design advancement
Apr 27, 2023
The Technology Development Pilot Project (TDPP), which Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) launched with a call for proposals to be submitted in July 2021, awarded funding in November 2021 to three research projects.
WE-CAN client, Ombaashi Applied Technologies, providing leading-edge UAV training
Apr 19, 2023
Maureen Shemrock is the owner of Ombaashi Applied Technologies, a Kingston-based company empowering individuals through training and the professional use of Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems.
Kingston, Ont. focusing on skills, education for an EV-centric future
Apr 06, 2023
As one of Ontario’s post-secondary-rich areas, there is a growing movement in the Kingston region to fill the skills gap in the transition to electric transportation.
Syracuse hosts 2nd annual Kingston-Syracuse Pathway Cross Border Conference, highlights medical innovations, economic advancements, and encourages collaboration
Apr 04, 2023
Working to create and advance biotech, health innovation, and manufacturing, the Kingston-Syracuse Pathway held its second annual Cross Border Conference in Syracuse.
Technology Development Pilot Project findings “better than expected”
Mar 28, 2023
With TDPP funding, Dr. Kontopoulou’s team explored GNP use in concrete for structural uses, asphalt, water filtration, and for uses outside of traditional applications.
From wave break to geological irregularities, Queen’s researchers are finding “patented” ways to success
Mar 20, 2023
A new approach for detecting wave break, invented by Dr. Damian Redfearn, a clinician and professor of cardiac electrophysiology in the School of Medicine at Queen’s University, and his colleague, Dr Mohammad Hassan Shariat, an engineer and computer scientist, granted patent.