/ en /news/angel-lab-latest-accelerator-u-t-launches-st-mike-s <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Angel Lab: Latest accelerator at °µĶųTV launches at St. Mike's</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-09-23-angel-lab-launch-lead.jpg?h=8c4bd285&amp;itok=4XPvv0US 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2016-09-23-angel-lab-launch-lead.jpg?h=8c4bd285&amp;itok=pHwWXXgG 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2016-09-23-angel-lab-launch-lead.jpg?h=8c4bd285&amp;itok=W9SpQiJK 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-09-23-angel-lab-launch-lead.jpg?h=8c4bd285&amp;itok=4XPvv0US" alt> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-09-23T09:30:39-04:00" title="Friday, September 23, 2016 - 09:30" class="datetime">Fri, 09/23/2016 - 09:30</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Angel Labā€™s founding five members stand outside Brennan Hall</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/michael-czobit" hreflang="en">Michael Czobit</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Michael Czobit</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/startup" hreflang="en">Startup</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/st-michael-s-college" hreflang="en">St. Michael's College</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A new °µĶųTV initiative&nbsp;ā€“ Angel Lab&nbsp;ā€“&nbsp;aims to&nbsp;help&nbsp;student startups with a focus on social justice.</p> <p>The University of St. Michael's College launched Angel Lab this month with an event held at Brennan Hall.</p> <p>St. Mikeā€™s hopes the initiative will help students create new startups with a focus matching the collegeā€™s vision.<br> &nbsp;<br> ā€œIt comes out of our mission as a Catholic institution around our ongoing commitment to social justice,ā€ said Professor&nbsp;<strong>Randy Boyagoda</strong>, principal and vice-president of St. Mikeā€™s. ā€œIā€™m confident that the creativity, speed and ambition involved with startup culture and methodology will provide our students with a distinct new platform to take their ideas for social change beyond the classroom and make a meaningful difference in the world.</p> <p>ā€œIn this way, Angel Lab will help demonstrate how our mission is relevant in the 21st Century.ā€<br> &nbsp;<br> There are currently nine official <a href="http://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/accelerators/">campus-linked accelerators</a> across the three °µĶųTV campuses, each with&nbsp;its own focus and requirements. Some are open only to °µĶųTV students and faculty. Others are connected to a specific department or a professional school. Almost all are interdisciplinary.</p> <p>The launch event for Angel Lab held at Brennan Hall began with a talk by °µĶųTV alumna <strong>Mayrose Salvador</strong>, titled "It Takes a Microbe to Save a Village." She described <a href="/news/u-t-entrepreneurs-make-science-fun-kids-around-world">how she co-founded the NGO Pueblo Science</a>, which has provided science education to 1,800 teachers and 136,000 students in Canada, the Philippines, Thailand, Guyana, India and Bolivia.</p> <h3><a href="/news/science-social-impact-u-t-startup-pueblo-science-earns-official-charitable-status">Read more about Pueblo Science</a></h3> <p>Salvador said that teaching science to teachers and students who lack access helps them to eventually get out of poverty. She recounted how one group had applied what they had learned through Pueblo Science to their agricultural activities to start a business.&nbsp;</p> <p>The launch event has already drawn interest. Five St. Mike's students have joined Angel Lab as founding members, and one student approached Boyagoda minutes after the event with a startup idea.</p> <p>Boyagoda hopes to have hackathon and other future events. For now, the group will begin considering ideas for new ventures.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/">Interested in startups and entrepreneurship at °µĶųTV? Visit the BBCIE</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:30:39 +0000 ullahnor 101090 at