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The City is leading an economic development initiative, “Health Innovation Kingston” (HI YGK), to grow Kingston’s health and healthcare sector. Home to two universities, a college and a tertiary care hospital, Kingston is rapidly developing a data-driven knowledge economy. Our health sector is rich in talent and resources, including health data-focused organizations – Kingston is often referred to as a “living lab” where innovative ideas can be developed and tested in the same environment.

The HI YGK project is a collaboration with seven local partners, all of whom are working together to help new companies grow in Kingston by ensuring that existing health sector companies thrive and by attracting new companies, big and small, to Kingston from elsewhere in Canada and around the world. HI YGK partners leverage technology and expertise to support attraction, retention and growth for companies operating in the health sector. 

The HI YGK team consists of:

  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC)
  • St. Lawrence College (SLC)
  • Kingston Economic Development
  • Queen’s Centre for Advanced Computing (CAC)
  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI)
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC)
  • Queen’s Ingenuity Labs
  • City of Kingston

For more information about each of our partners visit the Kingston Economic Development website


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Queen's Innovation Centre Summer Institute - Register Now

Are you an entrepreneur or have an interest in social innovation? Learn more about the Queen's Innovation Centre Summer Insitute program by listening and speaking to 4 QICSI alumni during DDQIC’s last Ignition Café of the year on Nov. 24 from 5-8 pm in the Rose Event Commons in the Mitchell Hall Building! Register here via Eventbrite

QICSI Alumni joining the chat include:

  • Conor Ross, Co-founder & COO of Iris Technologies, now Product Owner at Georgian CoLab – QICSI 2015
  • Matt Gubasta, Co-founder and President of RockMass Technologies – QICSI 2016
  • Erin Huitema, Co-founder of Alucia, an accessible lingerie brand – QICSI 2019
  • Anh Tran-Ly, Co-founder of CO2L Tech, a research-based clean-tech venture  - QICSI 2022

Why apply to QICSI? It may be the best career move you make. Watch this 30 sec video to hear what alumni from the last 10 years have to say about the program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uta2IYomBAY 

QICSI is for individuals with a capacity for creativity, a tolerance for risk, and an interest in entrepreneurship or social innovation. QICSI is a 16-week full time in person program from May to August 2023 in Kingston that offers the valuable opportunity to start a business while being paid, receiving seed funding, training from world-class entrepreneurs and business strategists, mentorship, and a space to work on your venture.  

If you have any questions, please reach out to innovation.centre@queensu.ca  

Ready to apply? Click here! 

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