
SFU VentureLabs is pleased to have been a partner in Experience Ventures, powered by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Calgary. Experience Ventures enables college and university students to make an impact alongside real-world innovators through entrepreneurial thinking placements.
Experience Ventures is funded in part by the Government of Canada's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Initiative.
The application period for this program is now closed, but will be re-opening soon.
Stay tuned and please see below for program details.
- Students apply for an entrepreneurial thinking placement facilitated by their school's incubator/accelerator (i.e. SFU VentureLabs).
- New companies provide in-kind support, such as time or expertise, and benefit from having students work on projects at no cost, while students are paid through Experience Ventures.
- Both students and companies go through an onboarding process and participate in one of two types of entrepreneurial thinking placements and evaluate their experiences.
Experience Ventures offers five types of entrepreneurial thinking placements, of which SFU VentureLabs is offering two:
- Projects: Companies present students with a specific project, and the school matches it to talent from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds
- Student-in-Residence: Students selected by SFU VentureLabs receive unique opportunities to work with several companies over the course of a term.
Each placement allows students to work 80 hours within the time periods October-December 2021 and January-February 2022, depending on when they are matched to the company.
The Experience Ventures pilot program will run until winter 2022 with 10 post-secondary school partnerships at program launch. After a student has applied, SFU VentureLabs will reach out if there is a skillset match with a company.
