INNOVATION
TEC EDMONTON NAMED WORLD’S THIRD-BEST INCUBATOR LINKED TO A UNIVERSITY
UAlberta Health Accelerator revs up in TEC Centre Labs AUTHOR
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ROSS NEITZ
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ALBERTA-MADE HEALTH INNOVATIONS
programming for faculty members
now have a new stimulating space
to identify and advance early-stage
in which to seed and grow, thanks to
commercial opportunities, plus a
the opening of the $2.3-million TEC
student stream to train the next
Centre Labs.
generation of entrepreneurs.
Located in downtown Edmonton’s
“I think our researchers and trainees
Entreprise Square, with nearly 8,000
are going to love being downtown
square feet of wet lab and collaboration
in this vibrant collision space to
space for health technology companies
connect with other like-minded
and entrepreneurs, TEC Edmonton’s
people,” said Deborah James,
TEC Centre Labs will be home
executive director of innovation for
to two accelerator programs. The
the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
Merck Invention Accelerator will
“It’s a piece to a bigger picture of
focus on advancing emerging health
instilling a culture of innovation
technologies to save and improve lives
within the faculty.”
globally and the University of Alberta
Deborah James with Chris Lumb, CEO, TEC Edmonton, at the TEC Centre Labs
TEC Centre Labs funding partners TEC Centre Labs were made possible by the Government of Canada’s investment through Western Economic Diversification Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and support from the University of Alberta, Government of Alberta, Edmonton Economic Development and the University Hospital Foundation.
TEC Edmonton, a joint venture of the Edmonton Economic Development
Health Accelerator will be driven by the
“IT’S A PIECE TO A
Corporation and the University of
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
BIGGER PICTURE OF
Alberta, has been named the world’s
The UAlberta Health Accelerator will support and inspire healthsciences innovators with a stream of
INSTILLING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION WITHIN THE FACULTY.” UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
third-best accelerator linked to a university according to UBI Global, a Swedish firm ranking and benchmarking global business incubators. 27
