GENIAL: Bilingual Entrepreneurship Initiative | Glendon Campus

Glendon ENtrepreneuriat et Innovation A L’international (GENIAL)

Join GENIAL— which stands for Glendon Entrepreneuriat et Innovation à L’international — a one-of-a-kind, bilingual entrepreneurship initiative, and get the opportunity to take tailor-made training courses, participate in workshops and conferences, and engage in entrepreneurship and innovation research with other students and faculty.

You’ll find unique opportunities to experiment in entrepreneurship while learning how to discover, create and develop business opportunities, engineer innovative solutions to complex problems and ultimately generate social, economic and environmental value. Working in partnership with LaunchYU and Innovation York, GENIAL offers distinctive programs and resources.

Vision and Mission

G-EN-I-A-L’s vision is to become a key player in the development and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation by offering tailor-made programming for Glendon students, Faculties and Ontario francophones. G-EN-I-A-L works in partnership with LauchYU and Innovation York to achieve its mission.

Why This Initiative?

The Department of International Studies has recently launch a new double degree program in International Studies and Business Administration (IBA/BBA). The department has added to its team new faculties in the fields of management, entrepreneurship and innovation. In addition, new courses have been created, notably in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. G-EN-I-A-L leverage these new resources as well as new courses for the implementation of its programming.

Value Added

G-EN-I-A-L offers Glendon students, faculties and Ontario francophones a training program, extracurricular activities and a research program in entrepreneurship, and innovation.