Innovation Fellowship

Innovation Fellow challenging rape culture one locker room at a time

Maddie Brockbank in front of green plant wallDr. Maddie Brockbank is one of the first cohort of Innovation Fellows in a new program at the University of Windsor (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)

By Kate Hargreaves 

When social work professor Maddie Brockbank first saw the call for applications to UWindsor’s Innovation Fellowship, she wasn’t sure her work would be a good fit. 

“I remember thinking, this is not for me,” she recalls. 

Entrepreneur-in-Residence helps fellows navigate research to revenue commercialization journey

Shane Kilpatrick takes part in Innovation Fellowship workshopShane Kilpatrick (front left) believes universities possess enormous potential to drive economic growth through innovation and commercialization. (PHOTO BY SYDNEY THOMPSON/University of Windsor)

By John-Paul Bonadonna

When Shane Kilpatrick looks across the room at the researchers participating in the University of Windsor's Innovation Fellowship, he sees something familiar: talented people with innovative ideas standing at the threshold of entrepreneurship.