University Innovation Quarter

Revitalizing a world-class innovation hub in NW Calgary. Supporting @UCalgary's innovation agenda. Formerly University Research Park.
#UIQyyc #UIQcalgary

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Congratulations @mindfuel.ca on receiving The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF)!

OCIF has committed to providing up to $1.5 million to the MindFuel Foundation to support young innovators. Learn more about this exciting grant opportunity: https://t.co/4sb320ufnk

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What makes YYC an innovation destination?

🌱 #1 startup creator in Canada + Top 10 research university in Canada (@UCalgary)
🦠 Largest germ-free facility in the world (10K sq. ft.)
🩺 2nd largest cancer centre in North America

The time to invest is now: https://t.co/zOZ7s8Inox

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💡 @InnovateCalgary spotlight: @OzoneBio, based at the Life Sciences Innovation Hub in UIQ, has grown from 5 to 14 employees, doubled its facility, and scaled from shared lab space to a private lab in the past year.

https://t.co/CudWME7ML3

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What do the world's leading research hubs have in common? 🌍

The best innovation districts around the world have the same core attributes, and UIQ shares them all.

📚 Anchor institutions
🏗️ Purpose-built infrastructure
🤝 Connected community

Learn more: https://t.co/zOZ7s8Inox

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We had an inspiring day at the @UCalgary Health & Life Sciences Industry Collaboration Initiative, meeting researchers, startups, and industry leaders working to move life sciences innovation from the lab to the world.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn about UIQ!

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Located in the Life Sciences Innovation Hub (LSIH) at UIQ, Cytodiagnostics is helping to transform scientific discoveries into practical diagnostic technologies. 🧪

Read our latest blog to learn more about Cytodiagnostics and how UIQ supports their growth:https://t.co/NJk7059GHX

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📚 North Point Schools, located in the Alastair Ross Technology Centre in UIQ, is now welcoming students for the new school year.

With their focus on hands-on STEM, entrepreneurship, and real-world problem-solving, it's a natural fit for UIQ.

Learn more: https://t.co/du4S6t42Ol

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As one of Canada's leading research universities, UCalgary isn't just a neighbour of UIQ: it's a talent pipeline, feeding UIQ with researchers, grad students, and future founders working across quantum, biotech, engineering, and beyond.

Here's to a new semester, same momentum!

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UIQ has the foundation to become an international innovation district:

📚 Adjacent to World-class research at @UCalgary

🔬 Cost-effective infrastructure

📈 Opportunity to scale

📍 Connected location

🌎 Member of the GIID Global Network of Innovation Districts

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Did you know UIQ is part of a Global Network through The Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID)?

This membership signals where UIQ is headed, as part of an international movement shaping how cities grow through research & innovation.

Learn more: https://t.co/YuAfgSJzFD

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Innovation districts help drive economic impact by creating new jobs, attracting startups and investment dollars, scaling innovative ideas to commercialization, and positioning cities as destinations for global talent.

Explore UIQ's vision: https://t.co/u0Y52C1ObG

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With lab space at @UCalgary and office space at LSIH in UIQ, CURA is demonstrating how breakthrough ideas can move from research to real-world impact when innovators have access to the right people, infrastructure and opportunities.

Read their story: https://t.co/5mvNsNVeJw

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How UCalgary’s innovation ecosystem and @HaskayneSchool's CDL-Rockies fostered Hyperlume’s journey https://t.co/hbvoY0JsfM

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UIQ brings @UCalgary, @InnovateCalgary and University of Calgary Properties Group (UCPG) together with a shared vision for advancing innovation.

Together, they are revitalizing UIQ to accelerate commercialization and solve real-world challenges.
https://t.co/u0Y52C1ObG

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As a significant player in Calgary's innovation ecosystem, @UCalgary is the birthplace of major inventions in energy, health care and technology that have changed the world.

Read the stories behind these groundbreaking inventions: https://t.co/bewkfPuhdu

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Great ideas rarely happen in isolation 🤝

When innovators work in close proximity, connections are made faster, knowledge moves more freely and collaboration becomes easier. UIQ connects talent, research and industry to help transform ideas into impact.
https://t.co/u0Y52C1ObG

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As @UCalgary's innovation engine, @InnovateCalgary helps transform research & discovery into real-world impact.

Organizations like Innovate Calgary are helping build a globally competitive innovation district where breakthrough ideas can thrive. https://t.co/n9fqpGzHKE

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As the largest university-based fund of its kind in Canada, UCeed has helped 70+ companies as a first check investor, helping build an ecosystem in Calgary where early-stage ventures can succeed and grow.

Discover UCeed's impact:
https://t.co/uuf2yw5ZfC

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The world's most successful innovation districts have one thing in common: they bring everything innovators need into one connected ecosystem.

At UIQ, innovators have access to an unmatched combination of talent, connections, space and tech in one place. https://t.co/u0Y52C1ObG

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Innovation Catalyst Grant supports seven new science-based service and product startups at UCalgary https://t.co/7ZJWx7CG02 @InnovateCalgary