June 2024

Adam’s Ride

Monday, July 8

Adam’s story is an amazing ride of faith and hard work. In 2013, the day after his 13th birthday, Adam was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer (GBM) and told he had a year to live. Adam didn’t lose hope, and rather than going with standard of care, Adam changed his diet and with superhuman personal discipline kept his ketones above his glucose levels for a full year.

In the summer of 2014, he completed 100km bike ride to raise money for brain cancer research, and since then has participated multiple times in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Today his cancer is back, it came back in his spine and brain stem. Again, his prognosis is terminal. Again, he’s not accepting standard of care and has returned to his highly therapeutic diet and is pursuing an experimental immunotherapy treatment plan. Providence is making a personalized mRNA vaccine for Adam.

For anyone in the Calgary area that would like to ride with/walk/support Adam on July 8th please register by July 7th.

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Farm Credit Canada announces $5 million investment into GIFS at USask to accelerate breeding and innovation for Canadian agriculture

Canadian agriculture is set to thrive further with a $5 million investment from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) into the accelerated breeding program of the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). The newly named FCC Accelerated Breeding Program at GIFS will drive sustainable advancements in agricultural productivity across Canada.

Accelerated breeding combines technologies such as genomic selection, speed breeding, bioinformatics and computer simulation to increase the rate of genetic gain for crop and livestock breeding programs, delivering new products into the hands of producers two to three years faster and improving agronomics, quality and disease resistant traits.

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More from BioTalent Canada…

BioTalent Canada celebrates five years of being certified as a Great Place to Work®

We’re thrilled to announce that BioTalent Canada has been certified as a Great Place to Work® for a fifth consecutive year! This recognition underscores our commitment to fostering a vibrant and inclusive culture. Thanks to our incredible team for making this possible!

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BioTalent Canada’s I.D.E.A.L Scholarship^TM Now Accepting Applications!

Applications for the I.D.E.A.L Scholarship™ are now open! The I.D.E.A.L. Scholarship™ aims to advance inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility leadership across Canada. This unique opportunity seeks to empower individuals from equity-deserving groups to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, thereby diversifying the bio-economy and fostering a more inclusive workforce. Applications close July 12.

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Boost Your Workforce with BioTalent Canada’s Science Horizons Youth Internship Program

Did you know bio-economy employers in Canada’s environmental and green sector can receive up to $25,000 in wage subsidies and an additional $5,000 for training, skills development, and essential services to grow their business through BioTalent Canada’s Science Horizons Youth Internship Program?

Contact [email protected] and discover how this program can support your organization.

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