ICUBE UTM

#UofT Pride Pitch
2025-08-28 16:00 - 18:00 (Africa/Abidjan) | Debates Room, Hart House Building, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3, Toronto, M5S 3H3, CA
ICUBE, The University of Toronto, and The City of Mississauga are proud to announce the sixth year of the Pride Pitch event.

ICUBE, The University of Toronto, and The City of Mississauga are proud to announce the sixth year of the Pride Pitch event, which is open to all students, staff, and faculty from all three campuses of the university, as well as members of the community (Peel Region). The program is a competition that offers a total of $10,000 in cash prizes to recognize, reward, and accelerate the growth of 2SLGBTQ+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and others) entrepreneurs.
Individuals or teams who are interested in participating in the competition will have the opportunity to showcase their ideas through a five-minute pitch to a panel of judges. The judges will evaluate the ideas and determine the winners based on various criteria, including originality, feasibility, impact, and potential for success.
The goal of the PRIDE Pitch program is to provide support and resources for 2SLGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, and to help them succeed in their ventures. By offering cash prizes, the program hopes to incentivize individuals and teams to pursue their entrepreneurial goals and turn their ideas into reality.

Information about the venue can be found here: https://harthouse.ca/spaces/venues/debates-room

CCSBE 2025
2025-10-28 - 2025-10-29
Change: entrepreneurs react to it, navigate it, drive it. Change creates opportunities and entrepreneurs drive change, seeing what is possible and bringing it to life. Change can happen quickly and creates the need for adaptation. What worked last year or even yesterday may no longer work, it obsoletes plans, products and even skills and experience.
The events of 2025 have threatened changes that have shattered assumptions of businesses and entrepreneurs in Canada and around the world. They have also highlighted long-standing challenges in the Canadian economy in our productivity, supply chain resilience, business R&D investment, and the lack of international trade diversity. Will these threats finally result in changes in the Canadian economy? How should business adapt? How should we adapt training and support of entrepreneurs, new ventures and small businesses for growth, productivity, innovation and resilience in this new environment? As people who support entrepreneurs from post-secondary students to small or medium enterprises (SMEs), the 2025 CCSBE Conference aims to explore the question:
How have we and how might we educate and support entrepreneurs to respond to change and lead the change that the world needs?
The Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship of Humber Polytechnic and ICUBE at the University of Toronto Mississauga are proud to host the CCSBE Conference 2025 to explore how entrepreneurial education and support organizations can adapt to these challenges and showcase the research and success stories of making an impact.
