Past Event | July 23, 2025
This month, we were thrilled to officially welcome Hatch as the newest partner in the R-LABS venture ecosystem. Their global expertise in engineering, project delivery, and professional services adds significant strength to our collective mission.
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Past Event | Oct 22, 2024
Osler, in collaboration with R-LABS, held an exclusive seminar addressing the critical challenges facing Canada’s real estate sector, with a special focus on the housing market. The need for innovative ideas in the housing market has never been more urgent.
Panelists Stephen Poloz, Leona Savoie, Chris Barnett, and George Carras shared insights on housing supply, affordability, and the importance of collaboration to shape the future of housing.
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Past Event | Oct 10, 2024
A diverse group of innovators across various industries including real estate, manufacturing, forestry, technology, finance, infrastructure, and government from Canada and other parts of the world helped take Industry Innovation in Canadian Real Estate to the next level with a discussion on the industrialization of housing in Canada.
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Past Event | June 16, 2024
The Lab was buzzing as we hosted industry leaders who gathered to discuss innovative ways to unlock value in Canadian real estate and housing.
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Past Event | June 5, 2024
As part of the CAGBC Building Lasting Change event, we invited attendees to join us and our ecosystem partners to explore scalable innovations developing across the building sector. The event featured a walkthrough of our office and an exciting discussion with George Carras, Ailey Roberts and Steve Van Haren, about innovation in climate resiliency and decarbonization.
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Past Event | March 26, 2024
Solving our collective crises in real estate and housing is top-of-mind for nearly all Canadians. On March 26, 2024, we launched the Industry Innovation Agenda and introduced the Innovation Pledges initiative to lay a roadmap for change across the industry.
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Past Event | November 27, 2023
R-LABS hosted an event for our partners at the Toronto Lab space to share details of our growing momentum. Our partner companies shared their latest updates, we saw a sneak-peek of our newest ventures, and we worked together in breakout sessions to ideate new ways of fixing real estate's biggest problems.
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November 14, 2023
Venture building is risky. Increase your odds of success by validating your new venture ideas.
October 25, 2023
Learn how to create and launch an MVP that can help you validate your assumptions and get feedback.
October 17, 2023
Craft a winning go-to-market strategy with tips and tricks from Shawn Chance of OMERS Ventures.
October 11, 2023
Grow your business using psychology in this hands-on R-LABS workshop with GrowClass founder Sarah Stockdale.
September 26, 2023
Join us for a lunch-and-learn workshop hosted by the Toronto Region Board of Trade. The panel will be moderated by R-LABS CEO George Carras.
Past Event | November 28, 2022
R-LABS – The Real Estate Industry’s Venture Builder, held an invitation-only Partners event in the Toronto Lab space to share details of its growing momentum, the need (and opportunity) of industry innovation to help governments solve the major problems we face in real estate and housing here, and around the world.
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