How Animals Digest Their Food
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals digest their foods and the organs of their digestive systems.
Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
Backgrounders
Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.
Musculoskeletal Systems in the Animal Kingdom
Backgrounders
Learn how animals move themselves with the help of their muscles and skeletons.
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!
Resources on Stem Cells
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.
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
Michael Ryerson
Registered Massage Therapist
Erica Dupuis
Cardiac Registered Nurse
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.
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.