Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
Marianne Torres-Heckford
Microbiology Technologist
Resources on Immunology
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.
What’s Special About the New COVID-19 Vaccines?
STEM Explained
Learn about viruses, vaccines and why the new COVID-19 vaccines are innovative.
Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice President, Life Sciences
Genomics Resources
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to genomics.
Jessica Lam
Lab Manager (Infectious Disease Research)
Creating a Vaccine for COVID-19 in Canada
STEM Explained
Learn how vaccines are developed, how they work and how some scientists in Canada are researching vaccines for COVID-19.
Where Did Viruses Come From?
STEM Explained
Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.
Herd Immunity: How Vaccines Protect the Most Vulnerable
Backgrounders
What is herd immunity and how does it protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?
Immunity and Vaccination
Backgrounders
Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.
Organ Transplantation
Backgrounders
Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.
Rosadelle Tirados
Biomedical Scientist
COVID-19 Resources
STEM Explained
COVID-19 learning resources and suggestions for discussing with students.