IARC’s next Monograph topic will be “Cannabis smoking & and cancer”. They are seeking scientific experts on this issue – if you would like to contribute – please contact imonews@iarc.who.int by Dec 16, 2025.
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CIHR-ICR had a very productive meeting with Ness O’Sullivan, Graham Campbell, and Victoria Mico from the Medical Research Council (MRC)/UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Claire Millington from CIHR
CIHR-ICR was delighted to host the Institute of Aging's Scientific Director, @jane-rylett.bsky.social at the ICR office today during her meeting with visitors from the Medical Research Council (MRC)/UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)!
Excited to share that the Editorial written by my colleagues Drs. Karim Khan, Rae Yeung, and myself has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Views expressed are my own and not those of CIHR. Read more here: bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Also congrats for Dr Lee-Hwa Tai - inducted on Saturday as a new College Member of the Royal Society of Canada
So proud of my brother Dr. Peter Liu, inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada on Saturday in Montreal!
Congratulations Peter!
Great to be a part of the #CCRC2025 Opening Ceremony and introduce the members of the Executive Planning Committee with my co-Chair Dr. Paula Robson
Beyond grateful to this group for their outstanding session on meaningful #PatientEngagement in research at ICR's ECR Workshop. My sincerest thanks to Dr. Cedric Tremblay, Carolyn Van, Dr. Doreen Ezeife, Dana Bellis, Megan Sewell and Martina Wood for your sharing your insights and experiences! 👏
Such a pleasure to co-moderate Dr. Paul Hébert's presentation on Day 1 of the #CCRC2025 with the Director General of CIHR's Program Design and Delivery branch, Paula Kirton.
Our talented and highly-engaged 2025 Early Career Researcher Workshop cohort! ⭐
Such a fantastic panel on "How to Get the Grant Money" at ICR's ECR Workshop. Shout-out to the incredible panelists Drs. Mona Shafey, Kathy McCoy and Winson Cheung and our outstanding moderator Dr. Judy Bray. Thanks for your participation on this panel!
An honour to co-host a fireside chat with CIHR President, Dr. Paul Hébert at ICR's Early Career Researcher (ECR) Workshop in Calgary this past Saturday. Thank you Dr. Hébert for taking the time to join us and share your insights. It was great to see such high engagement from our ECRs!
Thank you to our ICR IAB members for yet another successful and productive meeting this past Friday Oct 31, 2025 in Calgary!
ICR's Assistant Director, Dr. Emma Ito represented CIHR/Canada at the TRANSCAN-3 JTC 2023 Symposium in Milan, Italy. Great to connect with Dr. Manoj Lalu from OHRI and Dr. Julie Lessard from REACTION, the team co-funded by ICR in the 2023 JTC.
Very promising study highlighting a new potential technology for cancer early detection, one of ICR's research priorities. Looking forward to the results of the ongoing trial.
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Dr. Ito (Assistant Director, CIHR-ICR) and Dr. Haibe-Kains (Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) attending the fantastic ARCHIMEDES Health Data Summit, hosted by Dr. Peter Liu (NPA, Brain-Heart Interconnectome).
Excited to be attending the 13th Conference of the #GA4GH in Uppsala, Sweden! Thrilled to re-connect with Dr. Peter Goodhand (GA4GH CEO) and Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs, @genomecanada.ca).
Excellent meeting this morning in Ottawa between Elisabete Weiderpass (Director, IARC) and Pamela Aung-Thin (Assistant Deputy Minister of the Health Products and Food Branch) and Kelly Robinson (Director General of the Pharmaceutical Drugs Directorate) from Health Canada!
Another productive meeting between Dr. Weiderpass and our Health Canada colleagues Dr. Robin Churchill (Director, Bureau of Chemical Safety in the Food and Nutrition Directorate) and Dr. Tim Singer (Director General, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate). Thanks for meeting!
Great meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and our friends and colleagues @genomecanada.ca, Dr. Étienne Richer (Director, Genomics Programs), Ms. Sapna Mahajan (Director, Research and Innovation), and Dr. Rob Annan (CEO) in Ottawa!
Wonderful meeting with Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass and Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, to discuss IARC's impactful cancer research programs. Thank you for meeting with us Dr. Nemer!
Honoured to have hosted and introduced Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass for her seminar today on "The Global Cancer Burden: IARC's Evolving Research and Prevention Strategies" at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre—a fantastic session with valuable insights and discussion on #GlobalCancerPrevention!
Excited to be welcoming Dr. Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), to her first day of her one week visit to Canada!
Grateful to our CIHR President, Dr. Paul Hébert, for visiting our Institute of Cancer Research yesterday and taking the time to meet with leadership, as well as early- and mid-career researchers across our cancer research community @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca. Thanks for the visit!
Congratulations to these outstanding awardees! Your groundbreaking work has been transformational for #CancerResearch in Canada. So well-deserved! ⭐
Fantastic meeting today with Jennifer Bernard, President and CEO @sickkidsvs.bsky.social. Many thanks for stopping by the ICR office!
It was wonderful to sit down with @drfeifeiliu.bsky.social while at @theaacr.bsky.social's #AACR25 to learn about what is top of mind for Canada. Enjoy our conversation!
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Some more photos from the 67th session of IARC's Governing Council! Honoured to have been a part of these great discussions about what is happening in #CancerResearch on the global scale. Looking forward to the next session in May 2026!
At the CRUK Cancer Prevention Research Conference in London, UK, with this fantastic group of Canadian attendees and research talent! #PrevConf25
