Location: Your computer Date: May 16th 2012 Time: 1:00 EDT, 11:00 MT, 10:00 PDT Length: 1 hour Proponents of agricultural genomics frequently encounter resistance based on the concern that GM products are “unnatural”. While researchers and policy-makers may be tempted to dismiss this as an irrational objection, the perceived unnaturalness of a product can serve [...]
March 20, 2013 - Brussels – Canada’s experience with agricultural biotechnology: perspectives from farmers, regulators, and academia. Mission of Canada to the European Union. Presentation entitled The Economic and Environmental Impacts of GM Canola - view Professor Peter W.B. Phillips presentation here and supporting publication here.
A presentation to the Assistant Deputy Ministers’ Committee on Science & Technology by VALGEN Investigator Jeremy de Beer on March 22, 2012. Click here to view the presentation.
A position is available to perform interdisciplinary research as part of the Value Addition Through Genomics and GE³LS (VALGEN) project team. The successful applicant will work under the leadership of Dr. David Castle (Chair of Innovation in the Life Sciences, ESRC Innogen Centre, University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Keith Culver (Professor and Director, Okanagan Sustainability [...]
VALGEN Investigator Jeremy de Beer presents to over 150 MPs, Senators and public servants, as well as many university presidents at the FedCan Big Thinking Series on January 31st, 2012. His presentation explored new options for considering intellectual property and how policies can best encourage new, creative research. He argued for a more holistic approach [...]
