The PLASTICS CREATE Science and Technology to Impact (ST2I) training modules are designed to ladder into the extensive i2I Skills Training program for science-based entrepreneurship. In addition, the PLASTICS ST2I modules ladder into regional programming (e.g., offered by the Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre or the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University).
Invention to Innovation (i2I) Programs
The Simon Fraser University-led, NSERC-funded, national Invention to Innovation (i2I) program consists of the following programs:
- i2I Skills Training
- i2I Faculty Innovation Fellows Program
- i2I Commercialization Postdoc program
Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre
The Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre (DDQIC) is the innovation and entrepreneurship hub for Queen's and Kingston region entrepreneurs, providing a flagship entrepreneurship program (Queen's Founders and Innovators Initiative), co-working space and a maker space. DDQIC hosts monthly entrepreneur networking events (Ignition Cafe).
