Start Your Journey
Through our resources and partnerships across campus, Western Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship Powered by Ivey can help researchers and faculty pursue their own entrepreneurial dreams.
Connect with Tech Transfer Office
Drawing upon a mix of industry connections, sector-specific market knowledge and business development expertise, Western's technology transfer office will help you, the inventor, find a path to commercial success through licensing or a new company spin-off. We are proud to support researchers from London Health Sciences Research Centre Institute (LHSCRI) and Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph's Health Care in addition to Western Researchers.
Coaching with Business Advisors
Like most things in life, it 'takes a village' to successfully start a business. At Morrissette Entrepreneurship, our experienced advisors provide one-on-one coaching to equip you with the knowledge, know-how and tools to build and grow a business with confidence.
Webinar Collection
Looking for material on how to commercialize your research? Our webinar collection covers various topics to help you learn the skills you need to commercialize successfully. From design thinking to intellectual property, learn at your own pace through our archived webinar library.
Community and Training
A variety of programs and communities on campus exist to support, and train researchers in areas of commercialization, and entrepreneurship.
Graduate Student Innovation Scholars
Add value to your graduate degree and research through Western's Graduate Student Innovation Scholars (GSIS) Program. Participants will receive discipline-specific knowledge and expertise in entrepreneurship, commercialization and knowledge transfer with hands-on training.
Innovation Ambassadors
Our Innovation Ambassadors are self-identified researchers from across campus who have experience and expertise in entrepreneurship, commercialization or knowledge mobilization. They are charged with a mission to connect great ideas from their areas into the ecosystem.