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?
Nicole Brisson
Career Profiles
Water and Tailings Engineer
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.
Heather E. McFarlane
Career Profiles
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology
Serina Hall
Career Profiles
Mechanical Designer
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.
Anne Simonen
Career Profiles
Civil Engineering Technologist
Martina Bona
Career Profiles
Process Discipline Specialist
Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health
STEM Explained
Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.
The Immune Response: A Cellular War
STEM Explained
An inflammatory response is your body’s attempt to fight invaders. Learn how your body springs into action when attacked!
How Do Trees Survive in Winter?
STEM Explained
What adaptations and processes do trees in northern climates have to survive winter?
Krysten Rutherford
Career Profiles
PhD Candidate, Oceanography
Alicia Rose Rossi
Career Profiles
Forensic Identification Assistant
Plant Cell Structures and Functions
Backgrounders
Learn about the many different structures that make up plant cells as well as what differentiates plant cells from animal cells.