The launch of Fusion took place Oct. 1 (KYLE ARCHIBALD/University of Windsor)
For students and researchers with ideas to build businesses or not-for-profits, entrepreneurship can feel like a world apart from academic life. A new hub at the University of Windsor aims to bring the two closer together.
— Published on Oct 7th, 2026
Dr. 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.
— Published on Nov 12th, 2026
Shane 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.
— Published on Nov 12th, 2026
