Entrepreneurship Thriving at Carleton University
Entrepreneurship, which economists say is vital to our economic recovery, is thriving at Carleton University and is being featured in a recent Council of Ontario Universities (COU) release. The document specifically cites Carleton’s cutting-edge entrepreneurial programs Technology Innovation Management, Lead to Win and Born Global.
“Carleton has a history of innovation and collaborating with the private and public sectors to promote economic development,” said Kim Matheson, vice-president, Research and International. “For the past decade, we have been leaders in encouraging and facilitating entrepreneurship among our students and alumni, and within the community. We continue to do so through our Sprott entrepreneurship programs and the creation of 1125@Carleton, a space that will spark the connections that mobilize innovative ideas into real solutions, successful startups and the creation of jobs across the region.”
Quick Facts from the COU Report
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well among young Canadians:
- Forty-six per cent of Canada’s postsecondary students recently surveyed by Pollara said they see themselves starting a business a year after graduation.
- More than half a million entrepreneurs created their own jobs in the last year, and it is anticipated that Canadians will increasingly become their own bosses as the global economy continues to recover: CIBC report.
- The self-employed are more educated – a third of them have a university degree, which is double the rate seen in 1990: CIBC report.