Bioengineering continues to emerge as an important economic sector, with more and more start-up companies coming online. For many, though, hiring the right employees can be a nightmare. Noreen Kamal is CTO and co-founder of DESTINE Health, an online health-system planning tool that computes, searches, evaluates and maps out optimal access to stroke treatments. She…
Article first published in CareerWise Howard Miller 2020 was one of the most trying years across the world in more than 100 years. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to get very creative. Many “non-essential” businesses had to adapt to the world of virtual offices. Kitchen tables became makeshift cubicles for many. A lot of…
Over a year ago, the world turned its attention on the bioscience industry for guidance, information and action to navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic. While the pandemic is ongoing and the effects are still being felt, a lot has changed; we have numerous vaccines approved for use, treatments have been discovered and slowly but surely…
In part four of our five-part series on BioTalent Canada’s leading edge training courses, we spoke with Christopher Gillis, Executive Director at the Canadian Alliance for Skills & Training in Life Sciences (CASTL), about their experiences with the program. Bio-economy employers place a high value on talent with essential and technical skills related to the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the need to have manufacturing capacity in Canada not only for vaccines, but to fill drug shortages related to supply chain disruptions. Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) is leading a coalition of companies, innovators, and suppliers looking to establish significant manufacturing capacity in Alberta to ensure Canadians will have access…
In 2019, EMILI joined forces with the University of Winnipeg for a project that combines academic research with industry innovation to generate a robust database of millions of labelled images. Throughout the 2020 growing season, images of prairie crops and weeds were collected multiple times per week from wheat, canola, soybean, and fava bean fields….
In part three of our five-part series on BioTalent Canada’s leading edge training courses, we spoke with the people at the Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia (IEC-BC) about their experiences with the program. When BioTalent Canada was in the testing phases of its Essential Skills Fundamentals and Technical Skills Fundamentals courses, it was important…
Hesham Abdelhady, a Healthcare Connections Alumni, secured a Clinical Research Coordinator position at Cliantha Research shortly after completing the program. While working at Cliantha, he continued to follow his Career Action Plan that he built with Healthcare Connections and obtained his SoCRA CCRP certification. In May 2020, he secured a new full-time permanent position as…
In part two of our five-part series, we highlight a recent discussion that BioTalent Canada President and CEO Rob Henderson had with industry experts about the importance of essential and technical skills among existing employees and incoming talent within Canada’s bio-economy. This discussion, moderated by Rob, took place as part of the Stem Cell Network…
In Canada, many life science companies and innovators find support to develop their ideas and secure funding locally, but are unable to find support expanding their operations. This requires the company or innovator to move their operations to locations or seek partners outside of Canada. Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API), a not-for-profit institution based in Edmonton,…
