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June 9

Life sciences startups secure provincial support

In its recent announcement on June 9, 2025, the Ontario government reaffirmed its commitment to nurturing home‑grown health‑tech innovation, investing in early‑stage life science ventures through grants across a broad spectrum of cutting‑edge startups. Among the recipients of funding through the Life Sciences Innovation Fund are two participants in the University of Toronto’s H2i entrepreneurship program, PhenoTips […]

A biomedical firm whose drug discovery platform is used by 16 of top 20 pharmaceutical companies. A quantum computing startup whose machine recently outperformed the world’s most powerful supercomputers. A genomics company whose cloud-based software enabled better data-sharing and analysis during ... Read More

The inaugural cohort of a University of Toronto program to support Black entrepreneurs was introduced last week at an in-person event on the St. George campus. The kick-off event – hosted by the Black Founders Network (BFN) and U of T Entrepreneurship – welcomed 11 early-stag... Read More

Canadian universities and colleges that signed the historic Scarborough Charter are looking at ways to support Black flourishing across Canada. “The opportunity to flourish, thrive and to be successful is very much tied into the success of our institutions,” says Wisdom Tette... Read More

A new medical academy at the University of Toronto Scarborough will fill a critical need by training the next generation of health-care professionals in the eastern Greater Toronto Area. The Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH) will be a partnership with U of T’s Temerty ... Read More


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