MAKE CHANGE STUDIO IS NOT RUNNING FALL 2021 OR SPRING 2022. Capstones are going ‘under construction’. Our goal is to re-evaluate and make the courses even better than they already were by updating the curriculum, introducing new mentors, and providing new opportunities! We have some truly fantastic Entrepreneurship and Innovation courses available for enrollment this fall. […]
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support for Student Clubs Community is key to entrepreneurship, and clubs are the heart of student social life and one of the first stops for students seeking communities like-minded friends (and maybe future co-founders). At the Chang Institute, we aim to help entrepreneurial, innovative and changemaking clubs to build community, take on […]
Funding Opportunities At the Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, we pride ourselves on offering experiential and interdisciplinary courses for students from every Faculty. With that comes built in and external opportunities for funding, so you can support yourself or your venture throughout your degree! With plenty of competitions, grants and more, we hope our […]
Students > Volunteer Opportunities Opportunities to volunteer at Opportunity Fest 2022 and Venture Prize 2022 will be added in early 2022.
Venture Prize Venture Prize is open to early-stage business ventures founded by SFU students from undergraduate, graduate and professional programs (e.g MBA), as well as by staff, faculty, and recent alumni. Competitors are judged by a panel of industry experts on the quality of their business concept, current progress and future plans, founder track record […]
Embedded Mentors At the Chang Institute, we’re here to support you. If you’re interested in bringing in industry professionals into the classroom, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re looking for expertise in the Life Sciences realm, Creative and Digital landscape, Climate solutions stream or are interested in diversity and inclusion.
"Going into the 2nd half of my 4th year I discovered the Certificate of Entrepreneurship and realized that many of my upper-division classes qualified as a part of the certificate. The core certificate classes of Project Management and Financing New Ventures were of interest to me, as I saw I could apply the knowledge I learned from those courses, directly to Studio Kleio. My round-about journey led me to apply for the certificate so I could learn real applicable knowledge from those classes and apply them to my business."
"BUS 238 was my first introduction to entrepreneurship. I came in as an engineering student and realized that, wow, there’s this whole other world where I can develop things people need and use."