Centre of Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Centennial College

🚀 Looking for mentorship, funding pathways, and innovation opportunities?

Join us tomorrow at the VR Rapid Start-Up Studio: An immersive entrepreneurship experience designed to help students, creators, and aspiring founders explore how to turn ideas into real-world ventures.

Explore:
✨ Mentorship from innovators and industry professionals
✨ Funding and innovation opportunities available to Centennial students and staff
✨ VR & AI entrepreneurship
✨ Rapid prototyping, pitching, and start-up development
✨ Networking and collaboration with future founders and creators

Whether you’re building a start-up, immersive experience, creative project, or social innovation idea, this is your chance to connect with resources, gain insight, and take your vision to the next level.

🎮 Build. Test. Pitch. Connect.

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We’re excited to welcome Nahgeib Miller, M.Phil., P.Geo., E.P. Miller as the keynote speaker for Centennial College’, Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (COIE) VR Rapid Start-Up Studio on Tuesday, May 19, 2026!

📅 Tuesday, May 19, 2026
⏰ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Centennial College Progress Campus – Room L1-16
Registration is free, but space is limited.

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This immersive in-person workshop is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs, creators, students, and professionals who want to explore how VR, AI, and emerging technologies can help transform ideas into action.

Nahgeib will be sharing insights from his journey building Virtua Immersive Learning Solutions and discussing how immersive technologies can:
• Expand access to hands-on STEM learning
• Strengthen pitch confidence and communication skills
• Create new pathways into entrepreneurship, innovation, and future-focused careers

Participants will also experience:
✅ VR-powered startup and pitch simulations
✅ Mentorship and networking opportunities
✅ Interactive innovation activities
✅ Certificate of participation

Looking forward to bringing together students, innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs for an engaging conversation about immersive learning, entrepreneurship, and the future of technology.

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Announcing our keynote speaker Dr. Tyrone Moodley! Join the VR Public Speaking Studio, Monday March 16th, 1pm-3pm to listen to Dr. Moodley and practice perfecting public speaking in VR!

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Bio:

Dr. Tyrone Moodley is the Founder and CEO of Ndeipi Inc., a fintech and blockchain company building digital capital markets infrastructure connecting Africa and the global diaspora. His work focuses on tokenizing real-world assets such as gold, copper, and energy while developing blockchain-powered payment networks and investment platforms.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tymoodley/

Last VR Public Speaking Studio of the semester! 🥽✨

Mon. March 16th. 1pm-3pm. Centennial College, Progress Campus. RM L1-16.

What happens when you mix VR, big ideas, and brave students willing to step on a virtual stage?

🔥 Confidence.
🔥 Growth.
🔥 Some seriously powerful presentations.

This semester, students stepped into immersive VR environments to practice pitching, presenting, and speaking in front of virtual audiences — without the pressure of a real crowd. And the transformation has been incredible to watch.

Join our VR Studio next week!! 🚨🎤 Last VR Public Speaking Studio of the semester! 🥽✨

Mon. March 16th. 1pm-3pm. Centennial College, Progress Campus. RM L1-16.

Registration link in Bio!

What happens when you mix VR, big ideas, and brave students willing to step on a virtual stage?

🔥 Confidence.
🔥 Growth.
🔥 Some seriously powerful presentations.

This semester, students stepped into immersive VR environments to practice pitching, presenting, and speaking in front of virtual audiences — without the pressure of a real crowd. And the transformation has been incredible to watch.

🎥 Our testimonial video says it best.
Hearing students talk about how VR helped them push past nerves, find their voice, and level up their presentation skills is exactly why we built this studio.

From nervous first speeches to confident final presentations… this group showed up and showed out. 🙌

Huge shoutout to everyone who joined the final session of the semester — your future stages (real and virtual) are waiting. 🌎🎤

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GlobalGoalsJam DesignForImpact SDGs InnovationForGood CentennialCollege COIE EngagementWeek

120 general attendees, 50 pitching students, 19 mentors, 9 student teams, 8 judges, 5 workshops, 4 panellists, and 1 keynote speaker, all in one day, united for 1 mission: advancing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

For the next step, join our final VR event in mid-March — the registration link is in our bio.
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📅 Monday, March 16 | 1:00–3:00 PM
📍Progress Campus, Centennial College
🍵 Light refreshments will be provided
🔗 Register: https://luma.com/7ax6w9ie

We also encourage all Global Goals Jam participants to bring your venture ideas and pitch at COIE Demo Day Winter 2026: All-Star Pitch Competition. Join an inspiring all-star community of innovators, including our Student Ambassador group, VR event participants, DesTech participants, COIE workshop participants, and members of the Centennial College Black Student Association and CCSAI.

📅 Tuesday, March 31 | 12:00–2:30 PM (Doors open at 11:45 AM)
📍 8th Floor Event Centre, Progress Campus, Centennial College
🍵 Light refreshments will be provided
🏆 Awards include: Best 3-Minute Pitch (Judges’ Choice); People’s Choice Award; Best Booth Table; COIE Demo Day Entrepreneurial Spirit Award (multiple prizes available)

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🔗 Register: https://luma.com/jhdmm24u