Centre for Blood Research PhD Candidate earns Killam Award for his work engineering platelets for improved bleeding control

Centre for Blood Research PhD Candidate earns Killam Award for his work engineering platelets for improved bleeding control Transfusion Blood Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Colton Strong Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This...

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Leslie Gentile: Novel Writing with Music – the Unexpected Connection

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Leslie Gentle. Take it away, Leslie! It started with a boring writers’ bio. When my first book, a middle grade novel called Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer, was published (Cormorant/Dancing Cat Books 2021), my writing accomplishments were...

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All-Canadian Updates for I Read Canadian Day

Happy I Read Canadian Day, everybody! If you’re not familiar, today is the day we celebrate Canadian stories by reading a Canadian book for 15 minutes. All forms of reading count, and you certainly don’t have to stop after 15 minutes. Goodness knows I never do! This IRCD, I’ll be celebrating with Weird Rules to...

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