Ryerson University’s MedTech Talent Accelerator, in association with McGill University’s Biological & Biomedical Engineering (BBME) Student Society, recently hosted its virtual 2-day Biomedical Engineering symposium on May 5-6, 2021. Its main goal was to provide students with an opportunity to showcase their work to peers, faculty, and invited guests. As part of the Symposium a virtual […]
Ryerson University’s MedTech Talent Accelerator, in association with McGill University’s Biological & Biomedical Engineering (BBME) Student Society, will be hosting a virtual 2-day Biomedical Engineering symposium on May 5-6, 2021. As part of the program, a virtual panel discussion entitled ‘Explore Medtech: Combating COVID-19’ will be held May 6th, 2021 at 2:30 PM EDT – […]
The Montreal based, COVID-19 Digital Health Task Force held its most recent quarterly meeting on February 26th, 2021. The Mission of the Task Force is to help raise the level of COVID-19 related digital health projects in the ecosystem and to guide them with their resources, experience and community to ensure they can adequately meet a real […]
The last meeting of the Montreal-based COVID-19 Emergency Digital Health Task Force took place on February 26th, 2021. The topic of discussion was the potential utility of COVID-19 rapid testing and tracing in Canada, an important topic considering the impact COVID-19 has had on our citizens and our economic and social lives. And the knowledge […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, myriad efforts and strategies have been explored to slow the spread of the virus and contain the damage it causes. The primary strategy deployed has been a series of lockdowns and restrictions on social and economic activity. The intention of these lockdowns is to ‘flatten the […]