The Gairdner Foundation, in partnership with Women’s College Hospital, are hosting the third annual Women of Gairdner event during Gairdner Science Week. Through panel discussion, storytelling and interactive dialogue, 2024 Canada Gairdner Award laureates Drs. Meghan Azad and Dr. Gagandeep Kang will share insights into their unique career paths, research, and the challenges they have faced, as […]

This talk delves into the critical question of whether AI can meaningfully improve the health of populations. From the AI development phase to deployment, we will explore how AI can be leveraged to address the broad and interconnected determinants of population health. With a focus on human-centered and responsible AI deployment, we will examine key […]

Take an in-depth look at the work of Dr. Michel Sadelain, 2024 Canada Gairdner Award Laureate for his contributions to CAR-T therapy, a treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own immune cells to fight their cancer. Living Drugs features interviews with the scientists involved in or witness to the birth of this new therapy, as […]

Register for the in-person Central N2 Canada Regional Meeting taking place in Winnipeg, organized in collaboration with the C4T (The Canadian Collaborative for Childhood Cannabinoid Therapeutics), Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Research Manitoba, University of Manitoba, and the University of Saskatchewan. The theme for the event is surrounding Cannabis Trials. […]

This highly anticipated event features lectures from the 2024 Canada Gairdner Award Laureates about their prize-winning research. The lecture will also include Early Career Investigators from across Canada who have been selected by our awardees and will present their related research alongside the laureates. The full schedule can be found in the registration link.

What: Learn to use best practices to create infographics, which are a specific type of data visualization that uses a mix of data, visuals, and text to inform or persuade.​​​​​ Why: Learning infographic creation skills and tools will help you promote yourself and your research findings, more effectively communicate with wide audiences, and make you […]

The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children is hosting its next Community Engagement Series event titled “Engaging Disabled Children and their Families to Advance Community Inclusion” on October 24th at 12-1pm (ET). Join Dr. Timothy Ross, Scientist and Director of the Engagement & Planning for Inclusive Communities Lab at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, for a presentation on strategies for […]

The Canada Gairdner Awards Gala is the culmination of a week of events featuring the laureates and a celebration of the 2024 Canada Gairdner Award laureates. Known as the top networking in the scientific field, this event is filled with excitement and is not to be missed! If you are interested in being a sponsor […]