The Centre of Innovation & Entrepreneurship is run by a small yet passionate, dedicated and diligent team who love what we do here. Read more about us below!
Vicky Huang
Knowledge Mobilization & COIE Lead
Vicky (she/her) is a joy-finding, purpose-seeking and adventure-loving sustainability champion. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Guelph, majoring in Biomedical Sciences and minoring in Nutrition and Nutraceutical sciences. However, her experiences leading sustainability since middle school sparked her love for sustainability education so much that she decided to change her life path from veterinary sciences to exactly that. She has just completed her Masters in the Management of Sustainable Development Goals (MSDG) at LUMSA University and is excited for her career path.
Vicky believes that education is the ultimate catalyst for positive and necessary change in our society. She is very passionate about sustainability and values-based education that empowers our community—especially youth—to tackle the root causes of our societal crises.
Kailimi Li
Entrepreneurship Programs Lead
Kailimi Li (she/her) has extensive international experience in research, technology innovation, and entrepreneurship across the US, Canada, and Shanghai, China. She bridges academia and industry, supporting startups, tech firms, and research institutions. With 5 years experience in business development, program management, and entrepreneurship education, Kailimi has worked closely with students, industry leaders, and government stakeholders to drive innovation and commercialization. At Centennial College, she fosters entrepreneurship and innovation, collaborating with students, alumni, and community partners.
Kailimi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Master of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology (MBET) from the University of Waterloo.
Sunidhi Naik
Innovation Projects Coordinator
Sunidhi Naik (She/Her) is an Architect and Experience Designer specializing in Virtual Reality technologies, based in Toronto, Canada. She is also a published Design Technology Researcher and educator. Sunidhi co-founded Medaelna, an architecture and interior design firm in Ahmedabad, India.
Her Master of Design thesis on Mixed Reality Retail Environments was showcased at the ISMAR 2024 (International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality), the VRTO Spatial Media World Conference and Expo, and published by IEEE and Leonardo Graduate Abstracts. Sunidhi is an active member of MIT’s Reality Hack community.
Her expertise combines design and systems thinking with a wide-ranging technology skill set, enabling her to create innovative projects and cutting-edge solutions. In her role as Innovation Project Coordinator at Centennial College, Sunidhi enables special projects from the ground up and facilitates the integration of technologies like VR to foster entrepreneurship.
Debbie Deer
Immersive Lab Coordinator
Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, Debbie is an award-winning creative technologist, digital content creator, performer, educator and speaker. As the CEO/Founder of her multi-media companies Debbie Deer Productions and Orion Digital Innovations and Creations Inc., Debbie has worked with organizations such as Luminato Festival (Visual Lead), Toronto District School Board (Educational Partner), York University, Georgian College, Sherbourne Health Center (Mentor), Power Plant Gallery (Artist-In-Residence) and Canada Arts Council (Peer Assessor). She is currently the Immersive Lab Coordinator at the Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Centennial College (COIE). At COIE, Debbie creates immersive curricula using AI, Virtual and Augmented reality for various technology and business courses.
She studied Psychology at The University of The West Indies (Jamaica) and Radio and TV Production and Digital Media at Toronto Metropolitan University. Debbie speaks and reads French at a beginner-intermediate level. She has worked with several French organizations. Debbie’s work has been featured in and selected for the Toronto International Film Festival’s ‘Deep Focus’, Center For Social Innovation, Toronto Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Debbie was also the Fellowship Director and Founder of the Indigenous, Black and People of Colour XR Incubator with Performance and XR Conference. Debbie is honoured to make a transformative change in innovation and entrepreneurship with her endeavors.
Pat Robinson
Academic Entrepreneurship Coordinator
Pat (he/him) is an entrepreneurial and social change advocate. As a design thinker and service designer, Pat works with academic institutions and professional associations to promote sustainability and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) through entrepreneurial thinking. As a supporter of the Sustainable Development Goals, Pat empowers individuals with the creative confidence necessary to tackle these pressing challenges through entrepreneurial endeavours, as well as having started, run and sold three businesses, Pat has lived entrepreneurial experience.
Pat has over 20 years experience as adjunct faculty at George Brown College, OCAD University, Humber College, and Centennial College. He is an active member of the Service Design Network (SDN) and the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) and a past member, speaker, sponsor and mentor of the Registered Graphic Design Association (RGD).