Bioscience Education Canada Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 2
June 25, 2010 by admin
Volume 1 Issue 2
Welcome to the second newsletter of Bioscience Education Canada.
Bioscience Education Canada (BEC) is a national non-‐profit charitable organization with a mandate to improve the quality of bioscience education in Canadian schools and encourage more young Canadians to pursue studies and careers of Canada’s growing bioeconomy.
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Bioscience Education Canada appoints Program Director
June 24, 2010 by admin
The Board of Directors of the Bioscience Education Canada (BEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Legault as Program Director, effective June 21, 2010.
Mr. Legault has worked at BEC as the program coordinator for the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge in the greater Toronto area since 2003. He served as chair of the
2nd Annual National Bioscience Educators’ Conference (NBEC) is 2008 and as co-chair for NBEC 2009. He has also been responsible for organizing the annual lecture series
sponsored by The Biotechnology Initiative and Merck Frosst’s “Exploring Minds” workshops.
“We are delighted that Tony has agreed to take on additional responsibilities as program director at BEC,” said Mr. Jeff Graham, Chair of the Board. In his new role, Tony will be responsible for directing BEC’s current programs and developing new initiatives to interest more young Canadians in careers in biotechnology.
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