WEtech Alliance - CleanTech Academy

CleanTech Academy

CLEANTECH is one of the fastest growing, innovative sectors of the economy worth an estimated $1 trillion globally and in Canada it employs over 55,000 people across 800 companies – which means it employs more people than the forestry, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, and has more companies than automotive and aerospace.

And yet many young people are not aware of the tremendous career opportunities in cleantech.

Cleantech Academy hopes to change that.

This summer WEtech Alliance invited thirty high school students from across Windsor-Essex to participate in the ground-breaking Cleantech Academy – a weeklong program that introduces young people to local companies and organizations who operate in the clean tech sector or implement clean technology.

With generous support from the Government of Ontario through the Ontario 150 program – Cleantech Academy provides these students with a life changing experience and a road map to exciting careers in cleantech – a growing sector led by innovative businesses in Windsor-Essex.

We are delighted to share this short video that provides a glimpse of this small but powerful initiative.

We invite you to share it on Facebook and Twitter, and share it with companies and organizations who you think may be interested in partnering on the next edition of Cleantech Academy.

We also invite you to join the Cleantech conversation using #CleantechYQG and visit our Cleantech Academy blog.

Broadly defined – cleantech companies succeed and generate profit by creating products and services that make the world cleaner. Examples of challenges cleantech companies tackle include:

ENERGY:

generating, transmitting and storing energy more efficiently

WATER:

water purification and wastewater management

TRANSPORTATION:

building eco-friendly vehicles

AGRI-TECH:

sustainable farming

ADVANCED MATERIALS:

engineering stronger and more efficient products

Date	Time	Organization	Venue
	9am - 10:30am		EPICentre @ University of Windsor
	9am - 10:30am		FCA - Automotive Research & Development Centre (ARDC)
	10:30am - 12:30pm		Union Gas
	9am - 10:30am		Freshwater Ecology Restoration Centre (FREC) in LaSalle
	10:30am - Noon		Freshwater Ecology Restoration Centre (FREC) in LaSalle
	9am - 10:30am		Centre for Engineering and Innovation (CEI) @ University of Windsor
	10:30am - 12:30pm		CS Wind Canada
	Noon - 4pm		Boat Tour Detroit River
	9am - 10:30am		EPICentre - University of Windsor
	10:30am - 12:30pm		EPICentre - University of Windsor