“If there’s one standout global trend pertaining to today’s young people,” writes Tom Corr for University Affairs, “it is an embrace of entrepreneurship as both a career path and a way a life.” Corr notes that this generational trend has fit nicely with the objectives of governments looking for new ways to drive economic development. The author highlights the success of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs and Campus-Linked Accelerators, both in fostering innovation and in attracting enthusiastic participation from students. Corr concludes with a discussion of how specific initiatives are helping to make Ontario’s campuses into powerful drivers of innovation.
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