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.
At George Brown Polytechnic, research thrives when expertise meets curiosity.
Our Research & Innovation Institutes bring interdisciplinary teams together around defined priority areas — establishing the focused conditions needed to generate knowledge, drive strategic collaboration, and keep GBP at the forefront of Canada's innovation ecosystem.
GBP's Institutes span three core areas: the Product Development Institute, which takes ideas from concept to commercialization; the Brookfield Sustainability Institute, focused on co-creating practical, systems-thinking solutions to climate and environmental challenges; and the Social Innovation Institute, which develops and implements new, more effective responses to systemic social and environmental challenges.
Our Research & Innovation Studios empower our Institutes by offer dedicated environments — physical and virtual — where scientific rigour meets creative inquiry. Studios integrate imaginative processes alongside systematic investigation, encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration that conventional research settings rarely cultivate.
Together, GBP's Institutes and Studios reflect a belief that the best research happens when expertise, curiosity, and collaboration are given the right conditions to grow.
From concept to commercialization, GBP researchers partner with industry to rapidly develop new and improved products across virtually every sector. Our state-of-the-art facilities make iterative prototyping faster, smarter, and more accessible.
A design-led innovation hub where systems thinking meets real-world action. BSI collaborates with government, business, and non-profits to co-create responsible solutions for climate and sustainability challenges.
George Brown's social innovation research tackles systemic challenges in education, health and wellness — turning ideas into meaningful outcomes for the people and communities who need them most.