Moderna finalized plan for long-term strategic partnership with the Government of Canada
On Apr. 29, 2022, Moderna announced its plan to build a state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Quebec…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in Alberta
On Apr. 12, 2022, the Province of Alberta poultry reported that farms had tested positive for highly pathogenic…
McGill University Professor William Foulkes awarded 2020 Wilder-Penfield Prize for research in the genetics of breast and ovarian cancer
On Nov. 4, 2020, McGill University Professor William Foulkes awarded 2020 Wilder-Penfield Prize for research in the genetics…
The Quebec Scientific Entrepreneurship Program was launched
In 2019, the Quebec Scientific Entrepreneurship Program (QcSE) launched as an online program for scientists and STEM researchers…
Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
HIV research cleared name of ‘Patient Zero,’ Gaetan Dugas
On Oct, 26, 2016, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona and University of Cambridge in…
The first-ever living, three-dimensional human arrhythmic heart tissue is bioengineered at the University of Toronto
On Nov. 20, 2013, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering and the…
Sanofi Pasteur opened a $101 million vaccine research and development facility at Connaught Campus in Toronto
On Jun. 22, 2011, Sanofi Pasteur opened a $101 million dollar vaccine research and development facility at Sanofi…
SonoSite acquired VisualSonics for $67.9 million
On Jun. 30, 2010, SonoSite acquired VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company focused on ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, for $67.9…
Dr. Philippe Gros and his team of McGill University researchers identified a gene that causes spina bifida
On Apr. 5, 2007, Dr. Philippe Gros and his team of McGill University researchers identified a gene that…
Dr. Vincent Poitout at the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation won the Thomas R Lee Award from the American Diabetes Association
On April 23, 2003, Dr. Vincent Poitout at the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation won the Thomas R. Lee…
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer created at the University of Montreal to discover more effective cancer therapies
In 2003, the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) was created at the University of Montreal…