About Vice-Principal ResearchWings Accelerator
QPI supported over 200 startups to attract over $29 million in revenues
Apr 17, 2024
Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) supported the creation of 209 new patents and intellectual property assets and saw 136 new products, services or processes developed through the first phase of FedDev Ontario project.
The Wings Story: 2019-2023, filling in the right-hand side of the canvas
Aug 14, 2023
After four years helping entrepreneurs find their feet, Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation says farewell to the Wings program
Wings program represented a chance for Lotusyn founder to learn about doing business in Canada
Jul 20, 2023
Arriving in Canada in 2022 from Vietnam where he was a successful entrepreneur with more than 24 years’ experience in technology companies, Nguyen had an exciting idea that he wanted to launch in Canada.
Thanks to Wings, Demagel may soon be creating a new category market
Jul 12, 2023
Wings helped Demagel how to organize their ideas and learn from other participants.
QPI’s Wings program set Eric Hansen’s HealthSmart program on track
Jul 10, 2023
Wings helped Eric Hansen understand how much he didn’t know about business -- and set him on track. He’s not there yet, but thanks to Wings he knows what he needs to do.
Wings helped idea guy Jesse Purvis make things easier for others
Jul 07, 2023
Through his involvement in the legal cannabis industry, Jesse Purvis had an idea that led him to Wings.
Wings program helped Insite Project Consulting Inc. get where they need to go
Jun 26, 2023
As a trained civil engineer and project manager, Nancy Dionne was comfortable dealing with the physical world of engineering but creating a new business didn't come as naturally.
Wings program helped Next Knowledge founder evolve company
Jun 01, 2023
Stephen Straker is a man who has built a career out of learning to evolve. When he had to learn how to evolve yet again, he depended on the Wings program to help him.
Wings provided Mantis Mirror developer Mike Kelly with soundboard for ideas
May 26, 2023
“I’ve been biking for years,” he says, “and it’s just getting inherently more challenging.” Trying to adjust bike mirrors while riding is a dangerous business. The Mantis Mirror System is looking to change that.
QPI launches fifth and final cohort of Wings Accelerator program
Feb 22, 2023
Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) is pleased to welcome the winter 2023 cohort of companies to the Wings Accelerator program, launched on February 6, 2023.
Wings participant WEMA aims to provide early detection of cervical cancer to those in remote communities
Jan 26, 2023
Wing's participant WEMA hopes to improve cervical cancer screening access for people who live in remote areas, both in Canada and abroad.
Wings graduate LenSense aims to improve diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma patients
Dec 15, 2022
A new method developed from Professor Yongjun Lai’s lab at Queen’s University is proving to be more effective in diagnosing glaucoma than current methods.