Tonight I watched Kieran O’Neill from Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre speak about “Long-read sequencing of an advanced cancer cohort” as part of London Calling 2025. This centre, O’Neill explained is one of the largest sequencing centers in Canada. The centre has a cohort of 189 diverse advanced cancer patients. With their personalized oncogenomics […]
The London Calling 2021 session “CanSeq150: high-resolution genomic sequencing and assembly of 150 Canadian species” caught my attention today. Jahanshah Ashkani from Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Center was the speaker. The goal is to save Canada’s rich biodiversity by sequencing unique species. Loss of biodiversity is an issue: there are over 700 species at […]
Happy birthday, Amada! You turned seven! Today I also had the opportunity to speak to a group from Ireland as part of an Open Cafe! Tonight’s session from Open Ed 2021 was entitled “Building Capacity for Open Education at a Canadian Community College” and presented by Emily Schudel, an Instructional Designer at Camosun College. The […]
We have had fantastic student panels as part of RLOE Cohort 2! I also had the opportunity to talk to NC State students this evening. Tonight, I watched the Open Ed 2021 recorded student panel entitled “Ask Student OER Champions: Advocacy and Allyship.” Several students from across Canada spoke about their work with OER. After […]
I have learned so much from presentations about Open Education from people in Canada and Canadian RLOE collaborators. The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Open Education Across Canada” included several panelists: Amanda Coolidge, Danielle Dubien, Heather Ross, Cynthia Holt, Urooj Nizami, Verena Roberts, and Alex Enkerli. Amanda Coolidge was the moderator. Urooj is amazing and […]
The OpenEd 2021 session “Developing an Open Educational Resource Repository for The Public Sector with an Inclusive Lens” by Ksenia Cheinman, Manager of Research at the Canada School of Public Service exposed me to OERs in government. I appreciate how Cheinman started with a brief discussion of the connections between land, stewardship, gifts, reciprocity, and […]