Many in the business world are hailing the blockchain as the next big technological innovation. Don Tapscott, for example, states that blockchain is core to the evolution from the Internet of information to the Internet of Value. Fortuitously, key blockchain pioneers like Tapscott and Vitalik Buterin, the principal developer of Ethereum, hail from Toronto. As a result, there is an internationally-recognized, thriving blockchain ecosystem in Toronto to which our Lab contributes. In this talk, we will describe some of our initiatives that leverage the resources that are uniquely available at a university to make a unique contribution to the blockchain ecosystem in Canada and internationally. We will discuss initiatives such as our collaboration with the UN on blockchain for shipping, collaboration with the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority on a blockchain for a sustainable electricity micro-grid, a collaboration with a prominent blockchain startup on using deep learning for a blockchain consensus mechanism, and our work as scientific advisors on several blockchain startups.