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How Animals Digest Their Food
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Learn about how different animals digest their foods and the organs of their digestive systems.
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Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
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Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.
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Musculoskeletal Systems in the Animal Kingdom
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Learn how animals move themselves with the help of their muscles and skeletons.
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Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
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A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
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Resources on Stem Cells
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.
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Resources on Immunology
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.
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What’s Special About the New COVID-19 Vaccines?
STEM Explained
Learn about viruses, vaccines and why the new COVID-19 vaccines are innovative.
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Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice President, Life Sciences
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Michael Ryerson
Registered Massage Therapist
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Erica Dupuis
Cardiac Registered Nurse
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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.
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Herd Immunity: How Vaccines Protect the Most Vulnerable
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What is herd immunity and how does it protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities?
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Immunity and Vaccination
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Learn about the history of vaccines and how vaccines trigger an immune response that keep us from getting some dangerous diseases.