The current efforts to develop safe and protective vaccines against COVID-19 are unprecedented both in terms of speed and amount of data collected and shared. In response to COVID-19, the world could see the first vaccine to ever be licensed in a time period that may be only one year or so from the time of detection of the target pathogen. This presentation will highlight opportunities and challenges in therapeutic and vaccine research in Canada in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Creating a sustainable and just future will require a major shift in how humans live in, and interact with, the Earth system. But how this shift will take place and the pathways it will follow, remain vague. In this seminar, Dr. Elena Bennett will discuss efforts to develop a suite of alternative, plausible visions of futures that are socially and ecologically desirable by identifying elements of a Good Anthropocene that already exist and will show how the science of ecosystem services can be used to assess them. Registration Now Open!

Better Pandemic Preparedness – How Canadian science can be ready for future threats Click here to view the presentation. Dr. Volker Gerdts, University of Saskatchewan  The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted […]

Energy Systems and Land Reclamation: An Environmental Imperative Click here to view the presentation.  Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta As the human population increases, it urgently requires access […]

The global race towards quantum technologies: Canada's contributions and imminent opportunities Click here to view the presentation. || Cliquez ici pour voir la présentation. Dr. Alexandre Blais, l'Université de Sherbrooke Despite its […]

On the path to a net-zero carbon economy: carbon capture, utilization and storage Click here to view the presentation. Nous nous excusons sincèrement car il y avait un problème avec l'enregistrement […]

Click here to view the presentation. || Cliquez ici pour voir la présentation. Version française ci-dessous Human actions have transformed and destroyed habitats for millennia. With the relentless spread of our […]

Dr. Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo  Canada and 194 other countries reached the Paris Agreement, a plan to combat climate change, and are now determining the best strategies to control […]

Jeffrey S. Mogil, McGill University Canada is in the midst of two intertwined and deadly health crises: the opioid crisis, and the “silent epidemic” of chronic pain. Chronic pain is in fact […]

Our flagship Bacon and Eggheads breakfast series returns for the 2025–2026 parliamentary season, thanks to the generous support of the Speakers of the House of Commons and the Senate. We are delighted […]