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DEVELOPMENT BY SECTOR

AND PUBLIC OUTREACH

One of the main challenges of genomics consists Young people form one such constituency. We firmly
in getting its results out of the lab and into believe in the need to start from the ground up. For this
society. For this to happen, we need to design reason, we are working on introducing genomics into
schools and engaging youth in science as a way of
activities that can both mobilize stakeholders preparing the next generation of scientists.
and lead to the development of new tools. Here are some of the initiatives we have launched in

the past year:
Integrating genomics into its various areas of application
(human health, agrifood, forestry and the environment) Mobilization and Education
entails a major shift in our way of doing things.
Consequently, the appropriation by users of this disruptive • Vol450 Mini-Lab: A portable mini-lab and learning
technology requires substantive work to inform, train and situation developed by the Commission scolaire
reassure the different constituencies involved. de Laval in partnership with Génome Québec, the
McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation
Centre and the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-
des-Mille-Îles. Through the mini-lab, students are
able to launch a scientific investigation and work
with DNA. To date, the kit has been loaned to over
15 schools and more than 800 students have taken
part in the experiment.

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