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Career Profile: What is a Bioinformatics Scientist?

February 27th, 2017; By Jingwei Chen

Bioinformatics is an exciting, emerging field of science that combines two seemingly unrelated fields: biology and computer programming. A bioinformatics scientist is someone who is trained to analyze biological data […]


Eco Trades

January 29th, 2017; By Susan Huebert

Imagine helping to save the environment, just by going to work. Working in an eco-trade might not help you to change the world, but it could make a difference. Working […]


New Discoveries in Space

January 29th, 2017; By Laura Sciarpelletti

2016 was a big year for space news! While there was one unfortunate blunder—the ExoMars mission sent a lander and an orbiter to Mars but unfortunately the lander crashed into […]


STEM Career Profile: Astronomer

September 22nd, 2016; By Anthony Teles

The darkness of the night sky illuminates the countless stars, planets, and more that populate our universe. But have you wondered how we know all this? How can we measure […]


STEM Career Profile: Environmental Engineer

September 22nd, 2016; By Laura Sciarpelletti

Do you like researching, testing and then finding solutions to things? Do you care about lakes, forests, air pollution and just the environment in general? These things could make you […]


Career Profile: Chemical Engineer – Plastics Moulds

March 18th, 2016; By Meghan Brown

Chemical engineering is a field of engineering that encompasses aspects of the physical sciences such as physics and chemistry, along with applied mathematics and production economics, to design products and […]


Career Profile: Civil Engineer – Water Reclamation

March 18th, 2016; By Meghan Brown

Reclaimed water, also known as recycled water, is water that has been taken from an impure or contaminated source such as drainage runoff or sewage water and treated through various […]