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Nimble isn’t often the word you’d choose to describe a university. But Schulich Startups is a business school that behaves like a startup itself—agile, collaborative and just a little bit restless.

Its mandate is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial founders, and it has helped them raise more than $80 million in venture capital. 

It's also becoming a bridge connecting high-net-worth families with Canada’s next generation of founders, funders and future VCs.

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Ottawa’s first fall-cycle budget in decades wraps a very large deficit in a shiny new “capital budgeting” story and a promise to catalyze $1 trillion of investment. The narrative is bold; the numbers rely on optimistic crowd-in assumptions, aggressive re-labelling of spending, and a growth turnaround that Canada hasn’t delivered in years.

What Ottawa says it’s doing

Reframed fiscal anchors. The government pledges to (1) balance day-to-day operating spending with revenues by 2028-29, and (2) keep a declining deficit-to-GDP ratio. It also touts a target to catalyze $500 billion of new private investment over five years, enabling “$1 trillion in total investment.”

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Many veterans live with service-related mental health conditions. Philanthropic support is needed beyond Remembrance Day ceremonies