The Zero Experience
Distinguish yourself by making a difference!
Discover, analyze, and begin solving problems affecting millions of people. Learn how to lead and inspire your peers. Craft an exciting early startup, research project, or career. Then dive deeply into what you want from your future.
The Zero Experience will teach you how to stand out and leave an impact, no experience required. It’s a 100% virtual program made by students like you, to help you make an impact from scratch even with your busy schedule.
All Toronto Metropolitan University students are welcome to apply.
The most powerful outcome that Zero alumni talk about is the mindset shift.
They’re better at spotting opportunities, finding problems they care about, and finding solutions they can actually implement. They feel confident that no matter what they decide to do next, they can network with experts in the field and find a way to meaningfully contribute. Some of them become entrepreneurs, some develop fascinating research proposals, while others build fantastic side projects to galvanize their career.
Ultimately, The Zero Experience helps them make an impact from scratch, turning them into an innovator.
The Zero Experience is 3 weeks long, with two 2-hour workshops each week (Mondays and Thursdays 7-9pm ET). They’ll teach you how to make a real impact from scratch, and give you a recipe for figuring out what you want in life.
In Week 1, you’ll discover urgent problems and ideate creative solutions with peers. In Week 2, you’ll network with professionals and put your solutions into action, while exploring how to spend your time wiser. And in Week 3, you’ll craft a plan for your future and emerge with a meaningful project for impact.
Here’s the cool part. At Week 3’s end, you get a unique map to IBZ's Innovation Ecosystem, along with guided mentorship to help you take your next step into the ecosystem. Want to launch a startup, or find a great PhD project, or land a killer co-op? IBZ has the resources, and Zero will help you get them.
Applications are now closed.
Questions? Contact ibz@torontomu.ca