The MBP Career Development Association is honoured to host Dr. Jeff Stainsby, a Principal Scientist in the MR division at Synaptive Medical. Dr. Stainsby's will overview his career trajectory to give examples of where a degree in Medical Biophysics can lead and describe some details about the design and development of a novel MRI system that has been undertaken in Toronto.

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Join the Science 2 Business Network's Kingston Chapter for an evening panel discussion featuring experienced professionals from scientific publishing houses. During this session, panelists will highlight how they embarked on their careers, what a day-in-life in a publishing house is like, how the field has changed in light of current events, e.g. COVID-19, and what advice they would give to those aspiring to leverage their academic skills to pursue a career in scientific publishing.

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Join for this virtual event where we will discuss what healthy eating means and helpful tips for eating on a budget with UHN's Samantha Chabior (Registered Dietitian). The session is open to everyone – please share with your patients, their families and teams. 

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The Science to Business Network (S2BN) is collaborating with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - for a Your Brand Matters Workshop. This workshop is designed to help young adults build awareness of their brand and use it effectively throughout their career. Speaker: Chris Zang - the Assistant Branch Manager at the RBC on Campus-University of Alberta.

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Join the President & Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation, Janet Rossant who will announce the 2022 Canada Gairdner Award laureates.

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KITE's FIBRE program invites you to an interactive workshop for scientists, clinicians, researchers, designers, trainees and other professionals working in multi-disciplinary spaces toward developing innovative health care solutions. In this first workshop, they will introduce the fundamental concepts of human-centred design in the context of health care. Attendees will participate in immersive activities to learn how these principles can be incorporated into health-related research for textile-based solutions and beyond.

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A well-written LinkedIn profile is one of the most important online presences that every job seeker should have. It is your very first “pitch” to hiring manager and recruiter who may search for candidates online.

Transform Your Future invites you to a webinar that will cover why you should have a LinkedIn profile, creating a profile that stands out to recruiters, and expanding your network on LinkedIn. 

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Interested in learning to program but don't know where to start? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of one of the world's most popular programming languages, Python! This introduction to Python will include concepts such as data types, variables, operators and loops. You will also learn how to use Jupyter Notebooks to read and write code. This workshop will establish a foundation to start exploring Python and help to get rid of any nervousness you might have about learning to code. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask any questions and practice as we go!

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Krembil Brain Institute at UHN has launched a new podcast! Explore the myths, mysteries, and medical breakthroughs of the most complex and powerful organ in your body – your brain. Weaving together expert interviews with heartfelt, inspiring snapshots of the patients and family members in the middle of it all, Heather Sherman dives into the latest science on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, stroke, concussion, spinal cord injury, brain cancer, chronic pain and other brain diseases and disorders. Along the way she uncovers surprising insights, sheds light on the latest research, and shares heroic, real life stories from the people on the front lines. 

Listen to the first two podcast episodes here.