March 2024

Cultivating Success: Fostering Local Talent in the Life Sciences

The life sciences sector has emerged as a thriving industry in Canada, demonstrating resilience and forecasting continued employment growth. However, despite this opportunity and a reputation for top-tier life sciences researchers, there remains a gap in the available pool of experienced mid-level talent.

“The design and concept of the 60th logo involved a reflection back to early times. The concept is a contemporary approach to the traditional and powerful symbols of the eagle and a killer whale. Culturally, the orca is a part of the emergence story of the wolf people. It is said that our peoples’ existence came from the killer whale to seawolf and then to wolf.” – Butch Dick, artist

For six decades, the University of Victoria has been a place for extraordinary collaboration, research, discussion, expression and innovation—bringing students, faculty and staff together to make a difference in our community and around the world. Among the countless breakthroughs, inventions and events to celebrate in that time, six core achievements stand out—one for each decade—that have helped shape UVic today. These examples reveal core values we hold—in equity and inclusion, partnerships that serve and nurture and in sustainability initiatives that have transformed our campus and are poised to make a global difference. Each represents the outsized national and international impacts we have been able to make, often starting with challenges in our own region and along our shared coastlines.

BioTalent Canada unveils I.D.E.A.L Scholarship^TM to Champion Diversity in STEM

BioTalent Canada is proud to announce the launch of its I.D.E.A.L Scholarship^TM — a groundbreaking initiative designed to promote inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility leadership (IDEAL) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies. The scholarship will encourage equity-deserving groups to enter STEM studies, diversify the bio-economy, and increase enrollment in STEM programs across Canada.

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BioTalent Canada is happy to announce that Spring/Summer 2024-2025 SWPP funding is now available and accepting applications.

Applications for SWPP 2024-2025 will be processed differently than in previous years to ensure the availability of placement funding to employers throughout the year. BioTalent Canada will now only be accepting applications for the term in which the placement is occurring. For example, placements for Spring/Summer 2024 can only be created and submitted between March and August 2024.

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