Theme: Build In Change
Change: entrepreneurs react to it, navigate it, drive it. Change creates opportunities and entrepreneurs drive change, seeing what is possible and bringing it to life. Change can happen quickly and creates the need for adaptation. What worked last year or even yesterday may no longer work, it obsoletes plans, products and even skills and experience.
The events of 2025 have threatened changes that have shattered assumptions of businesses and entrepreneurs in Canada and around the world. They have also highlighted long-standing challenges in the Canadian economy in our productivity, supply chain resilience, business R&D investment, and the lack of international trade diversity. Will these threats finally result in changes in the Canadian economy? How should business adapt? How should we adapt training and support of entrepreneurs, new ventures and small businesses for growth, productivity, innovation and resilience in this new environment? As people who support entrepreneurs from post-secondary students to small or medium enterprises (SMEs), the 2025 CCSBE Conference aims to explore the question:
How have we and how might we educate and support entrepreneurs to respond to change and lead the change that the world needs?
The Longo Centre for Entrepreneurship of Humber Polytechnic and ICUBE at the University of Toronto Mississauga are proud to host the CCSBE Conference 2025 to explore how entrepreneurial education and support organizations can adapt to these challenges and showcase the research and success stories of making an impact.
Register Now
Until Oct 12, 2025
- Regular CCSBE Members: CAD $500
- Student Members: CAD $150
+includes annual membership
Registration is a two-step process. First, complete a purchase of the conference ticket by visiting the link below. Secondly, complete the registration information form that will be provided to you in the purchase confirmation email.
Please reach out to idea@mississauga.ca if you have any questions on the purchasing process.
After Oct 12, 2025
- Regular CCSBE Members: CAD $550
- Student Members: CAD $150
+includes annual membership
Locations
Day 1-U of T Mississauga (UTM) | Tuesday, October 28th
If traveling by car:
- Address: 3359 Mississauga Road in Mississauga, Ontario. MAP
- For detailed instructions on how to arrive by car, please se HERE Once you arrive on campus, please park in P4, P8, or P5. Instructions will be sent to all registered attendees for free parking-check your email.
If you are arriving by public transit:
- Please see instructions HERE
- Or plan you trip using the MiWay trip planner
Day 2-Humber Polytechnic-North Campus | Wednesday, October 29th
If traveling by car:
- Address: 205 Humber College Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 5L7
- Enter Humber Polytechnic via Driveway A or D and proceed to the garage. Instructions will be sent to all registered attendees for free parking-check your email.
If you are arriving by public transit:
- Please see instructions HERE
- Or plan you trip using the MiWay trip planner | TTC trip planner
Call for Proposals
Paper, Panel, Workshop, or Discussion Topic
Do you support entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurship ecosystem through Teaching, Research, Program Delivery, or Mentorship?
Here’s your chance to build your network, learn and share your research and experiences at Canada’s leading small business and entrepreneurship conference.
The CCSBE accepts, and encourages, French submissions.
Submission Deadline: September 8th, 2025
The paper should be no more than 25 pages, inclusive of:
- Abstract
- Tables & figures
- References
We do not request a specific reference style for this conference. However, you should consider using the Chicago Style if you also intend to submit the paper to JSBE later.
Topics of Interest:
- Cultivating Impact: Navigating Change with Purpose
- Equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Adapting and staying resilient to external shocks
- Social change-making, social impact, and social entrepreneurship
- The Productivity Edge: Unlocking Efficiency in Entrepreneurial Learning
- Use of emerging technologies
- The role of incubators and accelerators
- Intellectual property and research-based ventures
- Growing ventures from S to M
- Charting the Course: Steering Innovation Through Global Shifts
- Internationalization and export market development
Government policy impacts - Cross-regional, provincial, national, and international collaboration
- Internationalization and export market development
Call for Award Nominations
Do you champion entrepreneurs and strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem through Teaching, Research, Program Delivery, or Mentorship?
This is your opportunity to be recognized for your impact and dedication. Nominate yourself or an outstanding leader for one of Canada’s most prestigious awards in small business and entrepreneurship. Celebrate achievements, inspire others, and highlight the contributions shaping Canada’s entrepreneurial future.
The CCSBE accepts, and encourages, French submissions.
Submission Deadline: September 8th, 2025
Awards Available:
CCSBE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Inclusive Venture Creation and Community Engagement
Purpose: Honours a university, college, community-focused non-profit, or government organization that consistently and creatively supports inclusive venture creation and community engagement, demonstrating a strong commitment to inclusivity and belonging.
Mary A. Kilfoil Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation in Entrepreneurship Education
Purpose: Recognizes an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary achievements in innovative entrepreneurship education through curriculum design, pedagogy, and community integration.
CCSBE Emerging Leader Award in Entrepreneurship
Purpose: Celebrates an early-career individual who is demonstrating exceptional promise in entrepreneurship through innovative research, education, practice, or community engagement.
CCSBE Emerging Centre of Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Purpose: Honours a newly established or rapidly growing entrepreneurship centre, hub, incubator, or program that is showing outstanding potential in fostering entrepreneurial activity and inclusive innovation.
Accommodation
Delta Hotel Toronto/Mississauga
Special CCSBE Rate: 179.00 CAD per night
Last Day to Book : Monday, September 29, 2025
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