The Critical Role of Incubators and Accelerators in Nurturing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

This webinar focused on how incubators and accelerators in nurture entrepreneurship. Speakers discussed how these entities support startups, from ideation to scaling, and their impact on the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem. The discussion was chaired by Shannon Pestun, Sr. Advisor, Business and Finance, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH); and included Charlie Wall Andrews, Assistant Professor of Creative Industries, Toronto Metropolitan University; Tomke Augustin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba; Wen Teoh, Director, EPICentre, University of Windsor; and Dr. Lesley Esford, Executive Director, SFU VentureLabs.