TORONTO, June 18,
2024 /CNW/ - Sanofi Canada is pleased to
announce the winners of the 32nd annual Sanofi Biogenius
Canada Competition and recipients of the 2024 Sanofi Biogenius
Canada Grants. Part of Sanofi Canada's longstanding commitment to
improving access to hands-on science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) learning and education, the competition and grants help
to nurture the next generation of scientific talent by inspiring
Canadian youth to embrace scientific discovery.
The Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition celebrates the best
health, biotechnology and life science projects from across the
country, encouraging students to follow their curiosity and pursue
ground-breaking STEM projects.
The Sanofi Biogenius Canada Grant program awards four public
high schools with a $50,000 financial
grant to advance STEM education by renovating existing classroom
labs, purchasing new scientific equipment, and expanding
programming to enhance learning.
Stephanie Veyrun-Manetti
Country Lead and
General Manager, Specialty Care, Sanofi Canada
"We're incredibly proud to support the next generation of
scientists. For more than 30 years, the Sanofi Biogenius Canada
Program has been fostering a passion for STEM education across the
country. We've witnessed how the competition and grant program have
opened doors for students and communities, making hands-on
scientific learning more accessible and engaging. Congratulations
to the 2024 competition winners and grant recipients. Thank you to
the hundreds of students and teachers who have shared their
innovative projects and school programs with us this year. Your
unwavering enthusiasm is a testament to the inherent fascination
and significance of scientific discovery, and you continue to
inspire us each year."
Reni Barlow
Executive Director, Youth
Science Canada
"Sanofi's commitment to supporting STEM education has made a
profound impact on students, teachers, and schools nationwide,
providing them with opportunities to engage in hands-on scientific
learning and pursue their interests in STEM fields. For many years,
Sanofi Canada and Youth Science Canada have collaborated to ignite
a passion for scientific exploration, encouraging students to dream
big and pursue ground-breaking research. We are thrilled to
continue our partnership in hosting the 32nd annual
Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition and supporting with the
selection of this year's Grant recipients."
The Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition
The
32nd annual Competition took place during the
62nd edition of Youth Science Canada's (YSC) Canada-Wide
Science Fair (CWSF), held in Ottawa,
Ontario. Nine Sanofi Biogenius Canada Special Awards were
presented by Sanofi Canada across the junior, intermediate and
senior categories.
Sanofi congratulates the winners in each special awards
category, including:
Junior
- Sarah Bykewich, Alberta; Electroculture
- Sehar Sidhu, Ontario; Delving Deep Into SARS-CoV-2
- Kristina Tannert, British Columbia; From Oil Spills to Algae
Thrills
Intermediate
- Audrey Cowen, Ontario; Microbes and Molecules: The Key to
Abolishing Drug Resistance
- Jacklyn Saddler, Ontario; The Effect of Keracyanin in
Attenuating the Multifactorial Pathogenesis of Ulcerative
Colitis
- Ella Sehn, Ontario; Right On The Nose: Using a
Super-Absorbent Polymer to Improve Treatment of Chronic
Sinusitis
Senior
- Noah Bryan, Ontario; Is the water safe to drink? The rapid
test is the missing link!
- Baljot Rai, Manitoba; MopMussels: Development of a Carpet
Mussel Shell-based Biosorbent for Phosphorus
- Viduni Siriwardana, British
Columbia; Novel Nanoparticle Drug Treatment for Adult
BCP-ALL Using In-Silico Modeling
The Sanofi Biogenius Canada Grants
Sanofi
Canada has awarded four $50,000
Biogenius Grants to public high schools from across the
country.
Recipients of the 2024 Sanofi Biogenius Canada Grants
include:
- Hay Lakes School, Hay Lakes,
AB
- Exchange Met School, Winnipeg,
MB
- St. Malachy's Memorial High School, Saint John, NB
- Chief Jimmy Bruneau School,
Edzo, NWT
For more information on the Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition
and Grants, visit https://biogenius.ca.
About Sanofi Biogenius Canada
The Sanofi Biogenius
Canada Competition encourages students from coast-to-coast-to-coast
and any background to break barriers and explore real-life science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research ideas that
can change lives – all before leaving high school. The Sanofi
Biogenius Canada Grants help provide better access to hands-on STEM
learning by supporting Canadian public high schools with financial
grants to update lab equipment, launch new science programs and
take science education to the next level.
About Sanofi Canada
Sanofi is an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one
purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people's
lives. Our team, across some 100 countries, is dedicated to
transforming the practice of medicine by working to turn the
impossible into the possible. We provide potentially life-changing
treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection to millions of
people globally, while putting sustainability and social
responsibility at the center of our ambitions.
In Canada, we employ over 2,000 people and invest annually 20%
of our revenue in biopharma research, representing CAD $1.2 billion in R&D over the last decade,
creating jobs, business, and opportunity throughout the country.
We're also on track to deliver over $2
billion in new infrastructure investments by 2028, including
two new vaccine manufacturing facilities at our Toronto Campus.
In 2024, we are celebrating 110 years of heritage dedicated to
developing innovative health solutions for Canadians. What started
as a small laboratory in May of 1914, recognized for having
advanced some of the greatest contributions to public health, both
nationally and globally, has evolved to become the largest
biomanufacturing facility in Canada.
About Youth Science Canada
Youth Science Canada
fuels the curiosity of Canadian youth through STEM projects. A
registered charity incorporated in 1966, YSC delivers on its
mission through national programs including mySTEMspace, the
National STEM Fair Network, Canada-Wide Science Fair, STEM Expo,
Team Canada representation at international fairs and Smarter
Science professional development for teachers. Through these
programs, YSC provides direct support to the more than 500,000
students who do STEM projects in any given year. For more
information, visit youthscience.ca.
SOURCE Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc.