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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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Green is the new Black

Whether you’re an emerging label or a behemoth like H&M, the name of the fashion game today is sustainability. Consumers increasingly demand to know who made their clothes, and they want to ensure the materials involved are not only high-performing ...

Major Funding Boost for the Fashion Exchange

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, ...

Supporting Researchers to Accelerate Discovery and Innovation in Ontario

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 ...

George Brown College receives fashion research funding

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

MaRS Pitch Competition

The George Brown Fashion Exchange has proudly partnered with MaRS Catalyst Fund to back early-stage Canadian startups developing innovations in sustainable fashion technology. Eligible companies are invited to apply to a pitch competition, where selected finalists have a chance to ...

Here are our 10 picks for Canada’s greatest brands of all time

National brands are often an integral part of a country’s identity. Whether it’s a popular breakfast cereal or a memorable commercial that regularly airs before bedtime, iconic products are embedded in our childhood and shared memories. By Global News ...

George Brown launches sustainable fashion program to capitalize on “reshored” manufacturing

Anticipating an increase in demand for clothing produced on domestic soil, the college is launching a grad program in sustainable practices BY nowtoronto.com APRIL 21, 2017 3:43 PM As bad press continues to plague mainstream fashion and more ...

Metro Morning Fashion Exchange

Fashion Exchange By CBC cbc.ca A facility in Regent Park trains people in apparel manufacturing, and provides emerging designers in this city with a way to bring their ideas to market. We sent Metro Morning's Brendan Ross to check it out ...

The Fashion Exchange opens in Toronto’s Regent Park

George Brown College launched on Tuesday a new fashion hub which aims to improve employment opportunities for immigrants and at risk youth in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood. By  us.fashionnetwork.com Titled the "Fashion Exchange", the hub will connect ...

Sewing skills back in vogue

Fashion Exchange filling production void by: LINDA WHITE Special to Postmedia Network, The SUN First posted: Monday, May 02, 2016 05:30 PM EDT When Anastasia De Lyon began studying fashion management, she never imagined she’d need to take a break ...
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Jeanine Larmour

Student Success & Industry Liaison

 

 

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