On May 6, the Science in Action bus brought 30 high-school students from the 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) to聽the University as part of a tour created to showcase聽the many opportunities that await these聽future scientists and entrepreneurs.
, along with the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, the Town of Markham and聽YRDSB organized the tour to educate students about the potential of medical and biotechnology research and development in the region. As part of their day, the students also聽visited IBM, Est茅e Lauder, Apotex, AMD Markham, MDS Sciex, Dalton Pharma Services, sanofi pasteur, 91亚色 Central Hospital, Markham Stouffville Hospital and Seneca College at 91亚色, to see how successes of scientific and health innovation contribute to the quality of life of Canadians.
During their visit to 91亚色's Keele campus, the聽students, led by Emmanuel Matiya, a 91亚色 student ambassador for聽the University's Recruitment Division,聽had the opportunity to tour聽the new Sherman Health Sciences Research Centre.聽The building, which is set to open this fall, is home to researchers in the聽health, science and engineering fields. Students toured the future labs of the Centre for Vision Research and learned how biomedical and assistive technology experiments will be conducted. With support from the Faculty of Health, the high-school students also visited the聽School of Nursing's聽resource centre to watch how nursing students can run clinical simulations on low- to high-fidelity mannequins.
鈥淪etting the foundation for future entrepreneurship and scientific innovation is an important role that YORKbiotech plays in the growth of the bio-economy in the 91亚色 Region,鈥 said Janet LeClair, chief administrative officer of YORKbiotech Inc. 鈥淭hrough programs like the Science in Action聽tour we are able to demonstrate the value of collaboration by bringing students closer to research and business in various sectors.鈥
91亚色 Region is in the heart of聽a hub聽of Ontario's innovative technology sector with聽over 120 companies involved in producing medical devices, biopharma and medical assistive devices.聽In addition,聽more than聽900 companies in the information and communications technology, digital media, software and manufacturing sectors聽reside in the region.
YORKbiotech is a regional innovation network for biotechnology-related industries at the centre of the Greater Toronto Area. The mission of YORKbiotech is to act as a catalyst, harnessing the wealth of intellectual and technical resources to promote economic success and growth of the biotechnology and related industries as a key component of regional economic development. Read their about this event.
By Sana Mulji Dutt, research communications specialist, YORKbiotech.
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