National biotechnology research competition encourages Canadian youth to pursue future studies and careers in Canada’s $86 billion biotechnology industry TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 3, 2012) – How will you change the world? That question has been the inspiration for hundreds of students across Canada to compete in the “2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC)”, a [...]
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The new Schulich Leader Scholarship program is being touted as a Canadian Rhodes Scholar award for high school graduates committed to entering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subject in university. The $100 million scholarship initiative, donated by business leader and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, was created to help secure the future economic competitiveness of Canada [...]
October 31, 2011 17:17 ET TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 31, 2011) – Cori Bonina, Immediate Past Chair of Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) Board of Directors and John F.T. Scott, President and CEO of CFIG, are pleased to announce that Scott Adams of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has been named the recipient of the 2011 CFIG [...]
Special support by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research has allowed us to provide an opportunity for some SABC 2010 competitors, to publish their work in a professional manner. Publication is the final piece in the real-life research experience that is offered by the Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge. A copy of this special issue has [...]
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Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg students win top national honours for high school biotechnology projects While many 16-year-olds are content with PlayStation, Toronto-area student Marshall Zhang used the Canadian SCINET supercomputing network to invent a new drug cocktail which could one day help treat cystic fibrosis. The Grade 11 student at Bayview [...]
Newfoundland and Labrador: Tea Time! Is Green Tea the Ticket to Better Heart Health? Prince Edward Island: Students find fungus that eats oil Nova Scotia: Student grows bacteria that could aid oil spill cleanups New Brunswick: Coming to grips with the health dangers of pesticides Montreal: Students find vegetable-based stabilizers to remove animal ingredients from [...]
The industrial-scale farming that has made Canada a world leader in growing and exporting wheat has weakened crop resistance to blight, fungus and other diseases — a catastrophe in the making. Traditional ways of breeding new strains to address these dangers is slow and labour-intensive and genetically modified (GM) crops are steeped in controversy. But [...]
Legend has it that sorbet was invented by Nero, though some contend Marco Polo brought it back from the Orient. How and wherever it first originated, sorbet today is loaded with stabilizers to extend its freezer life and provide a smooth texture. These stabilizers give the fruity frozen dessert a pronounced flavour, but many commercial [...]