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On May 8, George Brown Polytechnic demonstrated a commitment to strengthening its research culture with the launch of the inaugural GROW Symposium, an ambitious, full-day event designed to turn curiosity into capability and ideas into impact.

A high-level Mexican trade mission to Canada made a strategic stop at George Brown Polytechnic on May 7, underscoring the growing role of post-secondary education in strengthening economic, workforce, and innovation ties between the two countries.

George Brown Polytechnic’s Research & Innovation team made a strong impact at the 2026 Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) Connections Conference, contributing to national conversations on applied research, equity-informed leadership, and sector-wide collaboration.

Reducing our impact on the environment and developing cleaner, greener ways of operating are core to who we are. Environmental sustainability is one of our institutional values and strategic priorities.

George Brown Polytechnic has formalized a partnership with the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announced February 5, 2026, at the BEA's annual Demo Day.

Our partnership with Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON) helps us support small businesses and startups to secure their future ideas and innovations.

George Brown welcomed Canadian and Caribbean leaders to its Waterfront campus for the opening plenary of the Canadian-Caribbean Leaders Dialogue, held from May 22 to June 1, 2025.

A group of students and faculty from George Brown in Toronto are working together to solve the issue of food waste on campus, and the solution will cause quite the buzz.

Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.