Heading to Montreal for the big genetics week? 🧬 Start your trip with purpose at the Advancing Equity in Genetics and Genomics in Canada (AEG2C) and beyond symposium, on October 19-20 in Montréal! Proudly co-organized by Genome Canada, CIHR-IG, PCGL, and the McGill CERC in Genomic Medicine. ✨ Secure your spot before you arrive: 🎟️ In-person registration closes October 2 💻 Online participation registration closes October 16 👉 Register now: fourwaves.com#AEG2C2026 #Genomics #HealthEquity #Montreal #Genetics

Last chance!! Join us in Montreal for exciting talks and discussions on equity in genomics at the AEG2C symposium! In-person registration closes TODAY at 11:59 ET! event.fourwaves.com/aeg2c202…

Meet the Keynote Speakers for AEG2C 2026! As we are getting closer to the second edition of the Advancing Equity in Genetics and Genomics in Canada (AEG2C) and beyond symposium, we are honoured to introduce this year’s keynote speakers.  Dr. Loydie Jerome-Majewska @lamsciworld is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McGill University and a Senior Scientist and co-Lead of the Child Health and Human Development program at the Research Institute of the Centre universitaire de santé McGill | McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Jerome-Majewska’s group uses multiple omics approaches to understand the genetic and cellular basis of diseases. She is co-Lead of the genCARE Project and co-Founder of the Canadian Black Scientists Network / Réseau Canadien des Scientifiques Noirs, a national organization with more than 900 members, and has won numerous awards for her research and equity work. Dr. Francine Buchanan, MLIS, Ph.D., is a national leader in patient and family engagement, serving on leadership committees for POPCORN and the Home Mechanical Ventilation Research Network. A health‑services researcher and parent to a medically complex child, her work advances co‑production, shared decision‑making, and meaningful partnership across pediatric and health‑system research. Dr. Buchanan is widely recognized for her scholarship in patient engagement, co‑design, and governance, and is a sought‑after speaker on embedding lived experience in research and system transformation. Dr. Kyle Brothers serves as Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, where he is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Endowed Chair for Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Brothers is a pediatrician and bioethicist who conducts research on ethical issues in the translation of genomic technologies to clinical practice. He practices medicine at the Norton Children's Genetics Center and serves as a clinical ethics consultant at Norton Children's Hospital. We look forward to the perspectives they will bring to two days of discussion on advancing equity in genetics and genomics. Haven't secured your spot yet? Registration is open! Deadline for in-person participation : October 2, 2026 Deadline for online participation : October 16, 2026 Register here : lnkd.in/guuMnS3R Co-organizers : McGill CERC in Genomic Medicine @mcgillu CIHR nstitute of Genetics - Institut génétique des IRSC @CIHR_IG Genome Canada @GenomeCanada Pan-Canadian Genome Library

The Pan-Canadian Genome Library Initiative is hiring a EDI advisor! Come with us at McGill! More information here: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com…

'Transgender health research needed', indeed! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Science and the arts similarities are many indeed, as I have long been saying! Here highlighted as part of a profile interview of a new McGill CERC Chairholder with a unique career path mcgill.ca/medhealthsci-alumn…

L'équipe d'enquête aurait dû écouter la recommendation de Michael Landen: "Pour moi, c’est un enjeu médical. Et un enjeu médical, ça ne devrait pas être politisé. Je regrette que ça le soit chez vous. Si vous ignorez cette réalité, ce sera à vos risques et péril."

Also, for those interested, McGill offers Graduate Excellence Recruitment Awards to Black applicants to graduate degree programs through their Anti-Black Racism Initiative Recruitment Awards mcgill.ca/gps/funding/abri

Intéressé.e par la génétique des populations? Le labo Bhérer recrute un.e candidat.e pour un doctorat au Département de génétique humaine de l'Université McGill. Pour postuler: genomic-medicine-cerc.online…

Happy to share that our WEGS paper is out today in NPJ Genomic Medicine!! Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! Special kudos to Daniel Taliun who led this work with me!! nature.com/articles/s41525-0…