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George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange (FX) is a vibrant hub where fashion education, design, production, entrepreneurship and engagement come together under one roof in the heart of downtown Toronto. With global fashion industry facing challenges of over-consumption, exploiting labour force and environmental resources, FX was designed to share the growing impact and become a leader in sustainable fashion production. With the people and the planet in mind, it fosters a new generation of industry leaders - committed, professional, and ethical.

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11 Apr Perfecting a digital fit with “MAYD in CHYNA”

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MAYD in CHYNA (MIC) is a political, environmental and social enterprise that has chosen fashion to transform the anthropocentric business model to an eco-centric one. GBC - By GBC Research April 11, 2023 GBC research team and FX worked with partners @MaydinChyna to develop a research...

22 Jan FASHION EXCHANGE CONTRIBUTES TO TEXTILE WASTE RESEARCH

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WHERE DOES ALL OUR DONATED CLOTHING GO? - A deep dive into your old clothes’ journey from the charity bin THE KIT - By Leanne Delap July 24, 2019 After you dutifully Kondo your closet each season, you do the right thing and haul those joyless discards...

16 Jan TRILLIUM spotlight GBC Fashion Exchange

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George Brown College (GBC) Fashion Exchange (FX) fosters collaboration between fashion educators, industry partners, community organizations, and fashion students from their location in Regent Park, Toronto, Ontario. FX aims to develop a sustainable, socially conscious, and economically viable fashion industry. Recognizing gaps in available talent...

10 Jan EPSON Partnership with George Brown Fashion Exchange Announced

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An exciting new lab at George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange (FX) puts a positive new spin on the term “fast fashion.” The Leading Innovation in Fashion Technology lab (FX LIFT) officially opened on October 29, 2019 at the Fashion Exchange in Regent Park. This new facility provides our...

24 Jul Joe Fresh partners with George Brown College to research textile recycling

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There’s a lot of talk about single-use plastics lately, but have you thought about the impact your clothes have on the environment? The George Brown College Fashion Exhange is partnering with fashion retailer Joe Fresh to study cellulosic fiber regeneration from textile waste. So, what does this mean? We’ll experiment...

13 Sep Major Funding Boost for the Fashion Exchange

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Marilyn McNeil-Morin, Director of the Fashion Exchange[/caption] Aug. 7, 2018 Research and production efforts at our Fashion Exchange have received a major boost thanks to $2.5 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s College Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) awards and the provincial government. Kirsty Duncan,...

13 Sep Supporting Researchers to Accelerate Discovery and Innovation in Ontario

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March 2, 2018 12:29 P.M. Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Ontario is supporting researchers to make new discoveries that will benefit people, through funding for 289 projects across the province. Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science, made the announcement today at George Brown...

13 Sep George Brown College receives fashion research funding

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Danielle Wightman-Stone Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Toronto’s George Brown College has confirmed that it has received close to 1 million dollars in funding from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science to support its new research programme that it states will help to transform the apparel industry. The...

13 Sep George Brown College secures funding for fashion research, promoting environmentally and socially sustainable production for the fashion industry

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Toronto, Ontario (July 25, 2018) – George Brown College is pleased to announce a total of $2.5 million in infrastructure funding for its Fashion Exchange, an innovative new facility purpose-built to revitalize the Canadian fashion industry. The latest round of this funding was announced today...

13 Sep George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange LIFT research program aims to transform apparel industry

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Toronto, Ontario (March 2, 2018) – As a leader in fashion education, design, production and entrepreneurship, George Brown College is pleased to receive about $1 million in funding from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, in support of establishing a new research program that...