Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month
At UM, we have designated the entire month of November as Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month. Check out all the events below and join us!
EIT Month 2025
Forge Your Future – Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Pauline Gerrard (Faculty of Science)
Friday, October 31, 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Marshall McLuhan Hall (Room 204, UMSU University Centre)
Register here: Forge Your Future
Apply Your Science: Misinformation and Science Literacy (Science Innovation Hub)
Wednesday, November 5, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Science Student Association Lounge (Room 209, Armes Building)
No registration required – drop in anytime.
Business with Purpose: Ask Me Anything About Social Enterprise with Daniel Overall
Wednesday, November 5, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Online webinar (Zoom)
Register here: Business with Purpose
Startup Law 2.0: Structures, Contracts and Common Pitfalls (Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship)
Friday, November 7, 11:30 a.m.
Online webinar (Zoom)
Register here: Startup Law 2.0: Structures, Contracts and Common Pitfalls
CPHR Pitch Competition with over 200 students from ENTR-2020 and ENTR-2030 (Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship)
Friday, November 7, 5:00 p.m.
I.H. Asper School of Business (181 Freedman Crescent)
No registration required.
Validate Foundations for Faculty (Lab2Market Prairies)
November 12 - 14, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Free three-day online workshop.
Register here: Validate Foundations for Faculty
Celebrating Entrepreneurship Week (Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship)
November 17 - 19, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Room 212, Drake Centre (181 Freedman Crescent)
No registration required – drop in anytime.
Apply Your Science: Natural Disasters (Science Innovation Hub)
Wednesday, November 19, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Science Student Association Lounge (Room 209, Armes Building)
No registration required – drop in anytime.
Indigenous Winter Market
Thursday, November 20, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Marshall McLuhan Hall (Room 204, UMSU University Centre)
For more information: Indigenous Winter Market
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: The Overlooked Fast Track (Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship)
Friday, November 21, 11:30 a.m.
Online webinar (Zoom)
Register here: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: The Overlooked Fast Track
IDEA START Venture and Innovation Community of Practice (I-VIC) Meetup
Tuesday, November 25, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Join other innovators for learning, support and inspiration.
IDEA START Main Office (One Research Road, 2nd Floor)
Register here: IDEA START Venture and Innovation Community of Practice Meetup
Apply Your Science: Antibiotic Resistance (Science Innovation Hub)
Wednesday, November 26, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Science Student Association Lounge (Room 209, Armes Building)
No registration required – drop in anytime.
Entrepreneurship & Innovative Thinking Faculty Symposium
Thursday, November 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Learn how UM faculty are embedding entrepreneurial thought and action into teaching, research, collaboration and commercialization.
Marshall McLuhan Hall (Room 204, UMSU University Centre)
Contact Janine Carmichael for more information.
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Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada