Challenges of high tech, higher education

By Peter Moreira. There have been a flood of reminders in the last week of how the region’s universities are developing entrepreneurship programs, each staking out a distinct turf.
Dalhousie and St. Mary’s both held demo days for student startups. The Genesis Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland held a graduation party for SubC Imaging, a tenant company that makes imaging products for underwater remotely operated vehicles. There was a seminar on big data at Acadia and a business idea competition at the University of New Brunswick. More...