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We are &OR Collective, a sustainable clothing brand for the conscious and contemporary consumer. Founded in Vancouver, Canada, we focus on style, not trends and hold the belief that we all need to do more for our planet. Our pieces are durable, modern, ultra-versatile and mold to your lifestyle, your needs, your moments. But more than clothing, &Or Collective reflects the ethos of living freely, consciously, purposefully - with the goal of reducing your impact on the environment while celebrating all that life has to offer. Consume less and/or give more, buy less and/or wear more, lounge and/or dance, be still and/or be well. Launching in 2022.

The51 is a financial platform and venture firm investing in innovative and ambitious founders, shaping the future. We activate capital into scalable, women-led ventures, accelerate growth with our network and expertise, and reshape who builds wealth, leads companies and drives economies forward.

Founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal, Mila is a research institute in artificial intelligence that now brings together over 1,200 specialized researchers in machine learning. Based in Montreal, Mila’s mission is to be a global center for scientific advancements that inspire innovation and the growth of AI for the benefit of all. Mila is a globally recognized non-profit organization for its significant contributions to deep learning, especially in the fields of language modeling, automatic translation, object recognition, and generative models. Scientific Mission: Understanding of fundamental principles Supervised learning and pattern recognition Unsupervised and semi-supervised learning Representation learning, and deep learning of representations Computer vision applications Applications in natural language processing Applications in modelling signals such as speech Applications to healthcare Applications on large scale data (big data)

Milas AI venture creation and acceleration platform is for science-based startups. Our mission is to launch a new generation of AI-powered ventures by leveraging Milas established research community, reputation, and global leadership in AI. We cultivate a distinct class of founder: Venture Scientists—entrepreneurs who turn scientific expertise into AI-native companies. Through high-signal programs, a tight-knit ecosystem, and direct access to leading investors, we help teams transform frontier science into category-defining companies. Were building a future in which Canada becomes a global epicentre for Venture Scientists and the companies they create. We empower founders who combine deep domain expertise with advanced AI because we believe that future category-defining companies will be built by founding teams with AI scientists at the helm. Year One Momentum - Launch of the Venture Scientist Fund with Inovia Capital - 6+ programs connecting founders with frontier technologists, scientific experts, builders, and AI researchers - 80+ active science-based startups - 30%+ of core-program startups have raised venture capital - $700K+ in compute credits for each Mila Ventures startup

We are &OR Collective, a sustainable clothing brand for the conscious and contemporary consumer. Founded in Vancouver, Canada, we focus on style, not trends and hold the belief that we all need to do more for our planet. Our pieces are durable, modern, ultra-versatile and mold to your lifestyle, your needs, your moments. But more than clothing, &Or Collective reflects the ethos of living freely, consciously, purposefully - with the goal of reducing your impact on the environment while celebrating all that life has to offer. Consume less and/or give more, buy less and/or wear more, lounge and/or dance, be still and/or be well. Launching in 2022.

The51 is a financial platform and venture firm investing in innovative and ambitious founders, shaping the future. We activate capital into scalable, women-led ventures, accelerate growth with our network and expertise, and reshape who builds wealth, leads companies and drives economies forward.

The McGill Innovation Fund (MIF) is the largest entrepreneurial program at McGill University. Open to all Faculty with a Report of Invention, or McGill spinoffs, it offers generous funding and a full support porgram to help guide projects through the commercialization process.