Glendon’s GENIAL initiative helps Ontario francophone students and communities excel

The entrepreneurially driven initiative teaches non-business participants the foundational skills for identifying opportunities and developing innovative solutions to start a new business.

Gabrielle Cooper-Saint-Cyr had already finished her BA in international studies at York University’s Glendon College and was part way into a degree in translation services when she saw a poster for Glendon ENtrepreneuriat et Innovation A L’international (GENIAL) initiative on the hallway wall opposite her class. “I thought this seems like the exact thing that I’m looking for. And it was already ongoing on campus, which was easily accessible,” she says…