Knowledge Transfer Activities

• Jessica Hamzelou, « “Why we need safeguards against genetic discrimination” », Interviewed by MIT Technology Review, July 19, 2024.
• « et l’homme créa la génomique », Participation to a citizen conference, Montreal Science Centre, Feb. 5, 2005.
• « Protection and sharing of health data at the time of electronic health records and cloud computing », Radio Interview on CHOQ FM Toronto, Guillaume Touzel Bond, Oct. 29, 2015.
• « You look good in those genes », Canadian communication and knowledge transfer website RESEARCH2REALITY on the topic of DTC-GT, April 12, 2017.
• Dr. Nicole Rusk, « Sharing epigenomes globally », Editorial piece published in Nature Methods in March 2018, Feb. 8, 2018.
• « Participation à une Table Ronde », Modifications génétiques: humanité à deux vitesses?, au musée de la civilisation à Québec, Nov. 28th, 2019.
• Martin Drainville, « bioethics and the refusal to wear a mask », Radio Interview by Martin Drainville, 98.5fm, Oct. 5th, 2020.
• Sharon Kirbey, « I think it’s a dangerous idea: The case for and against domestic vaccine passports », Interview on COVID vaccine passport for CBC News | The National, July 14th, 2021.
• « Interviewed for Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response », Public Policy Forum, Oct. 25, 2021.
• « WHO consultation on WHO principles for human genome access », use and sharing, Geneva, Switzerland, Mar. 4-5 2024.
• « The Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) and the Genetics Discrimination Observatory (GDO) », Presented at the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) Global Health Networking Night 2021, Feb. 2nd, 2021.
• « I think it’s a dangerous idea’: The case for and against domestic vaccine passports », Interview on COVID vaccine passport for CBC News | The National by Sharon Kirbey, July 15, 2021.
• « Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response », Interviewed for Public Policy Forum, Oct. 25, 2021.
• « In genetic arms race with COVID-19 variants, Canada’s labs fight for better ways to share findings with each other and the world », Interviewed for The Globe and Mail, Nov. 25, 2021 .
• « Genomic data sharing for pandemics preparedness », Presented to Deputy Minister Stephen Lucas and variant of concern leadership group, Sept 9, 2022.
• « Increasing diversity in genomic research can deliver better health outcomes for all Canadians », Interviewed for McGill Reporter, Oct. 28, 2022.
• « Panel discussion: the Canadian legal landscape and impact on genetic », Presented at the UBC Genetic Counselling Continuing Ed series, March 1, 2023 .
• « Panel discussion: The Future of Medicine: Beyond mRNA vaccines », Presented at RNA & the Future of Medicine, Jun. 1, 2023.
• « The ethical, social and policy issues of genetics », Interview on Double-Stranded by Mike Kazemi, Jun. 21, 2023.
• « Interview on genetic test and insurance », Radio-Canada, Mauricie, Centre du Québec, Jan 31, 2024.
• « Interview on genetic test and insurance », CBC Montreal radio, Host: Samantha Marandola, Feb 6, 2024.
• « Interview on genetic test, the GNDA and insurance », Canadian Press, Samira Ait Kaci Ali, Feb 18th 2024.
• « WHO principles for human genome access, use and sharing », WHO consultation, Geneva, Switzerland, Mar. 4-5 2024.
• « Quand la science et l’éthique se croisent, ça donne la bioéthique! », Entrevue pour l’émission de radio CL’Hebdo, Sujet : Quand la science et l'éthique se croisent, ça donne la bioéthique!, 7 March 2019 .
• « Interviewed for The Globe and Mail », In genetic arms race with COVID-19 variants, Canada’s labs fight for better ways to share findings with each other and the world, 25 November 2021.
• « Interviewed for the Public Policy Forum », Interviewed for Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response, 25 Oct 2021.
• « The Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) and The Genetics Discrimination Observatory (GDO) », Presented at the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) Global Health Networking Night 2021 , 2 February 2021.
• « Interviewed for La Voix de l’Est », Interview by Jean-Benoit Legault on bioethics in the COVID context, 20 September 2020.
• « Interviewed for 98.5 FM », Radio Interview by Martin Drainville, 98.5fm, "On COVID, bioethics and the refusal to wear a mask", 5 October 2020.
• « What You Need To Know Before Taking a Genetic Test », Interviewed by Miriam Pinkesz for Top Class Actions Canada , 30 October 2020.
• « Interviewed for CBC News | The National », Interview on COVID vaccine passport, “‘I think it's a dangerous idea’: The case for and against domestic vaccine passports” by Sharon Kirbey , 14 July 2021.
• « L’émission les francs-tireurs », Participation à l’émission les francs-tireurs avec Benoit Dutrizac (Télévision Télé-Québec), January 15th, 2020.
• « Modifications génétiques: humanité à deux vitesses? », Participation à une Table Ronde (Modifications génétiques: humanité à deux vitesses?) au musée de la civilisation à Québec , Québec , November 28th, 2019.
• « Curium Science techno et société », Interviewed by Annie Labrecque for Curium Science techno et société December 2019 issue pp.30-32 (Direct to consumer genetic tests), October 24th, 2019.
• « The implications of the new biomarkers identified by Deelen et al. », Interviewed on Radio-Canada by P enelope Mcquade on the implications of the new biomarkers identified by Deelen et al. , Montreal, Canada, August 29th, 2019.
• « Taking stock of the implications of genomic advances », Interviewed by Patrick McDonagh for the McGill News Alumni Magazine., August, 14 2019.
• « The ethics of gene editing », Interviewed on CJMF-FM93 by Elisabeth Crête , June 25th, 2019.
• « Le citoyen et ses renseignements génétiques: pour qui et pourquoi? », Participation to a Café Scientifique , Saint Houblon, Montréal, June 20th, 2019.
• « Interviewed for the Herald Monthly newspaper », Interviewed by Shirley Chan for the Herald Monthly newspaper on CRISPR Cas9 gene editing in China , December 6, 2018.
• « Interviewed for The Link », Interviewed by Victor Depois The Link, Genetic Discrimination: A Reality for Both Residents and Immigrants., November 6, 2018.
• « Was in the cast of ‘A User’s Guide to Cheating Death’ », Was in the cast of ‘A User's Guide to Cheating Death’ (Season 1, Episode 3) Playing on VisionTV and Netflix., January 15, 2018.
• « Interviewed for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) », Interviewed by Brian Owens on the topic of ‘Use of direct-to-consumer genetic tests and ancestry websites by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)’, interview published in Chemistry World on 31st August 2018., August 28, 2018.
• « Interviewed for le Devoir », Interviewed by Hélène Buzzeti of the Journal le Devoir on the Genetic Discrimination Observatory project., Montreal , August 8, 2018.
• « Interviewed for La Presse », Interviewed by Alexis Riopel of the Journal La Presse on the commercialization of genetic data by private genetic testing companies., Montreal, February 21, 2018.
• « Interviewed for Nature Methods Editorial », Interviewed by Dr. Nicole Rusk for an Editorial piece published in Nature Methods in March 2018, ''Sharing epigenomes globally'' 15(3): 151., Montreal, February 8, 2018.
• « Short Video on Genetic Discrimination (Réseau Rose) », Filmed for a public short video on the topic of genetic discrimination, to be featured on the website of the Réseau Rose: https://www.reseaurose.ca/., Montreal, November 24, 2017.
• « Interviewed for Le Journal de l’Assurance », Interviewed by Denis Méthot for Le Journal de l'Assurance on the topic of genetic discrimination and insurance., Montreal, November 24, 2017.
• « Interview for Le Devoir on topic of Cloud Computing Ethical and Legal Issues », Interviewed by Miriane Demers-Lemay for le Devoir on the topic of Cloud Computing Ethical and Legal Issues, Montreal, October 16, 2017.
• « Genetic Discrimination », Presentation on Genetic Discrimination at a scientific coffee event organized by Genome Quebec (Animation Jean-François Cliche, Le Soleil)., Montreal, October 5, 2017.
• « Whole genome sequencing of healthy adults », Interviewed by Aggie Mika for the Scientist. Piece published on June 27, 2017., June 26, 2017.
• « DTC-GT », Interviewed by Canadian communication and knowledge transfer website RESEARCH2REALITY. The interview was published on April 13, in an article entitled "You look good in those genes"., April 12, 2017.
• « DTC-GT and whole genome sequencing », Interviewed by Ruth Williams of The Scientist - article published on the same day., March 21, 2017.
• « Towards a Data Intensive Canadian Health Ecosystem: Opportunities and Challenges », Presentation to McGill's Medical Ethics Student's Society (MESS) , Montreal, 13 March 2017.
• « Bill S-201 to prevent genetic discrimination (Radio-Canada) », Participation to the Radio-Canada program, midi info, host: Michel C. Aguer, 10 March 2017.
• « Bill S-201 to prevent genetic discrimination (CBC Radio) », Participation to the CBC radio program, the BC Almanac, host: Michelle Eliot, 9 March 2017.
• « Genetic Discrimination (Québec Science) », Entrevue pour la revue Québec Science avec Mélissa Guillemette, 6 March 2017.
• « Genetic Discrimination and Bill S-201 (ICI Radio-Canada) », Participation to the radio program Medium Large, on ICI Radio-Canada Première (hosted by Catherine Perrin), 28 November 2016.
• « Discussed with deputies of the province of Quebec and presented a poster on normative approaches to address genetic discrimination », Participation to a special event organized by Genome Quebec and the RSSPQ at the National Assembly of Quebec (L’ADN à l’assemblé nationale) , 19 October 2016.
• « Genetic Discrimination (Interview with Fatima Syed; Canadian Magazine ‘The Walrus’) », Interview with Fatima Syed for an article on genetic discrimination in the Canadian Magazine 'The Walrus', 14 October 2016.
• « Genetic Discrimination (Radio-Canada) », Radio Interview on Radio-Canada Première on the topic of genetic discrimination, L’heure de pointe with Jean-Pierre Girard. , 30 August 2016.
• « Genetic Discrimination (Radio-Canada) », Participation to the televised show on the topic of genetic discrimination, Canada’s Genetic Database, Radio-Canada, Le Téléjournal Saguenay, Lac-St-Jean., 20 August 2016.
• « Bill S-201 moves forward to the House of Commons », Interview for the Radio of Radio-Canada (Olivier Lefebvre) Bill S-201 moves forward to the House of Commons., 5 April 2016.
• « “Cómo reducir las visitas al médico con un algoritmo matemático” », Interview published in Spanish national journal El Pais “Cómo reducir las visitas al médico con un algoritmo matemático” Miguel Angel Criado , 17 March 2016.
• « Protection and sharing of health and data at the time of electronic health records and cloud computing », Radio Interview on CHOQ FM Toronto, Guillaume Touzel Bond, Toronto, October 29, 2015.
• « Genetic Discrimination », Radio Interview on Radio-Canada Toronto (L’heure de pointe with Line Boily) on the topic of genetic discrimination., March 30, 2015.
• « An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination », Testified as an expert witness in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Bill S-201, An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination , December 10, 2014.
• « Genetic Discrimination », Participation to the radio program "The 180 with Jim Brown" on CBS radio on the topic of genetic discrimination, March 25, 2014.
• « It’s yet to be shown that discrimination exists in ‘Room for Debate’ », Publication of an editorial piece on law, genetics and life insurance in the New York Times (It’s yet to be shown that discrimination exists in Room for Debate), April 15, 2013.
• « Les implications légales et éthiques de la génomiques », Participation to the radio program 'Les samedis du monde', broadcasted on the first chain of Radio-Canada: Les implications légales et éthiques de la génomiques, February 2, 2013.
• « Editorial piece on law, genetics and life insurance », Publication of an editorial piece on law, genetics and life insurance in the 'Globe and Mail', December 10, 2012.
• « Exhibit on the ethical aspects of genetic research for the ‘Montreal Science Centre’ », Expert consultant on an exhibit on the ethical aspects of genetic research for the 'Montreal Science Centre', Montreal, July 20, 2012.
• « ‘Planète Terre diffusé sur le Canal Savoir: Un nouveau droit international à la santé?’ », Participation to the televised show: Planète Terre diffusé sur le Canal Savoir: Un nouveau droit international à la santé?, 8 janvier 2010.
• « Pharmacogenetics », Participation to two public activities of an information campaign on pharmacogenetics (coverage in The Gazette, January 14th, 2009), January/August 2009.
• « « et l’homme créa la génomique » », Participation to a citizen conference, « et l'homme créa la génomique », 'Montreal Science Center', Montreal, 5 février 2005.
• « Life insurance and genetic testing », Participation to the televised show 'Enjeux' broadcasted on Radio-Canada on life insurance and genetic testing, November 23, 2004.