The CGP team took part in a wide range of sessions, including topics on: Responsible Generative AI in Genomics, Genomic Data Sharing in Asia and developing impact indicators for ELSI Research.

That’s a wrap on the @ga4gh.org Annual Connect 2026 meeting. 🧬 🌎 🧩 It was a dynamic week-long event that brought together the #GA4GH community to collaborate, advance technical work, and reflect on strategic priorities.

🧵More info below ⬇️

Thank you to all who attended the seminar “Health Law, Ethics, and AI in China,” presented by Dr. Li Du. He explored China’s evolving AI legal framework in healthcare, covering data protection, oversight, and ethical challenges. Hosted by CGP and McGill RGHL.

#HealthLaw #Ethics #AI

Visit the CGP booth at the Human Genetics Students' Society (HGSS) 2026 conference!

Where genomics meets ethics, law & policy. Connect with our mentors and explore #CGP research opportunities.

🗓️ April 27 @ 9AM – 6PM | 📍MUHC

Register Here: bit.ly/4838I9E

🗓️ Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
📍 Location: Genome Centre, 740 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Room 6001 (in-person + online)

All are welcome! See poster for more details.

#Bioinformation #DataResources

🧬 💻 🧪Join us for a special seminar happening this Friday hosted by the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine & the Centre of Genomics and Policy. Dr. Minxian Wang (China National Center for Bioinformation) will present “Data Resources of the China National Center for Bioinformation.”

#Biobanking #PublicHealth #COVID19 #HealthResearch

📢 New article! The BQC19 enabled rapid collection and sharing of samples and data to advance COVID-19 research. Our article highlights how its governance, flexible consent, and collaborative framework created a scalable model for future health crises. 🔗 bit.ly/40XAiRy

Upcoming HaploTalks seminar on Mar. 5, hosted by McGill's Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine. CGP Research Assistants, Fatoumata Binta Diallo and Charles Selva-Rivero will delve on “Rethinking Risks: Genetic Discrimination and Children’s Right to Participate in Research.” 🧬⚖️🔬

❄️ Our Winter Newsletter has arrived! 📬
Dive into the latest research, publications, upcoming events, and highlights at the Centre.

Read the latest issue here👇
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The video explores AI transparency, the black box problem, and AI’s impacts in healthcare.

🎥 Watch in English: youtu.be/SuCdsqfRd5c?...
🎥 Watch in French: youtu.be/MagllUeZaRI?...

#ArtificialIntelligence #XAI #AIExplainability

🚀 We’re excited to launch our new video on Explainable AI (XAI) which is part of the OBVIA-funded (@observatoireia.bsky.social) project "Explaining the Right to Explanation: Data Protection Legislation and Clinical Automated Decision-Making" (PI: Ma'n H. Zawati @mhzawati.bsky.social). Links below🧶

As the year comes to a close, the CGP team wishes you a happy holiday season! 💌

Just out in @natgenet.nature.com 🗞️ CGP published a new piece on the urgent need for a global #cybersecurity framework in #genomics. Fragmented #governance is increasing dual-use and data security risks. The field needs coordinated global standards.

🔗 Read the article: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Ma'n H Zawati | 2025 New College Member | McGill University YouTube video by The Royal Society of Canada

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Ma'n H. Zawati @mhzawati.bsky.social, Research Director at the CGP, on being inducted on Nov. 14 2025, as a member of the Royal Society of Canada!

🎥 Watch Prof. Zawati discuss his research and its impact on Canadian healthcare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHMc...

Foundational Projects | Cycle 2 The Foundational Projects funding program supports high-risk, early-stage projects with the potential to be game-changers in the fields of D2R’s areas of interest. In the second funding cycle launched...

We’re building tools to help researchers prioritize conditions and guide policies for fair, evidence-based implementation.

Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/dna-to-rna/f...

Foundational Projects | Cycle 2 The Foundational Projects funding program supports high-risk, early-stage projects with the potential to be game-changers in the fields of D2R’s areas of interest. In the second funding cycle launched...

Excited to share a new D2R-funded project led by Larry Lynd (UBC), co-led by Profs @YannJoly6 & @MHZawati (CGP, McGill): Early assessment of the value of novel #RNAtherapeutics in #genomicnewbornscreening initiatives: health, economic and ethical implications.
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Speakers:
Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers – Distinguished James McGill Professor Emerita, Founding Director of the CGP, McGill University
Prof. Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor – Faculty of Law, Heidelberg University
Michael J.S. Beauvais – PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

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The upcoming Brocher Foundation meeting will delve on the latest health data news and the ethical challenges surrounding them. Tune in on Nov. 11th, 2025 at 2PM (Geneva time).
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/j/83487320128

Bartha Knoppers awarded McGill Medal for lifetime of pioneering work in bioethics  - McGill Reporter From literature to law to genetics, the founder of McGill’s Centre of Genomics and Policy built a career at the crossroads of science and ethics

Congratulations to Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers, our Centre’s Founding Director and Distinguished James McGill Professor Emerita, on receiving the McGill Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement! 👏🏼 reporter.mcgill.ca/bartha-knopp...

Dr. Zohar Lederman (Emergency Medicine, University of Hong Kong) spoke about the Marburg outbreak in Rwanda 🦠🌍 While widely praised as a One Health & public health success, he highlighted key data gaps, limited attention to animal and environmental health and conflicting economic development goals.

New in Cell!
“Exploring Latin America one cell at a time” — we chart challenges & opportunities for single-cell & spatial genomics across LATAM.
A call for equitable funding, collaboration & capacity building.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

In Person Event | Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics: Exploring inclusive research and career opportunities Join D2R and the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute (GCI) for an event in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's History Month, in collaboration with Fondation du cancer du sein...

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗, CGP Director Yann Joly will be paneling at @d2rmcgill.bsky.social’s upcoming event on Breast Cancer & RNA Therapeutics on Oct. 22, 2025.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3J4DbuB
🗓️ Oct. 22, 2025 @ 5 - 8:30PM
📍 Atrium, Bellini Building, McGill University

🗞️ Our newsletter is fresh off the press!

Catch up on the recent research, publications, and highlights at the CGP in our Summer-Fall Issue: mailchi.mp/mcgill/cgp-n...

📃 View statement:
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Photo (left to right): Bartha Maria Knoppers, Brian Chung, Laura Blackburn, Ron Zimmern, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Colin, Ma’n H. Zawati, Anna Lewis, Edward Dove, Nicola Mulder, Jeffrey Barrett, Paul Pharoah, Marina Cornel, Anneke Lucassen, Anthony Ng, David Glazer, Katherine Littler, Jeff Skopek, Habiba Al Safar, Eric Meslin, Yann Joly, Calvin Ho, and Pete Mills.

The CGP and @phgfoundation.bsky.social co-hosted an international think tank at Ayer’s Cliff, Canada, bringing together leading scholars, professionals and practitioners to reimagine the future of #genomics, #medicine, and global population #health in a data-driven world now through 2050.

🌐 Discover our latest talks on our website:
www.genomicsandpolicy.org/en/news_even...

Prof. Calvin Ho presenting at the Bartha Maria Knoppers Annual Lecture 2025

Prof. Calvin W.L. Ho’s talk, “Polygenic Risk Scores and the Human Right to Science,” from the Annual Bartha Maria Knoppers Lecture, is now available for viewing! 🎤

Watch the recording on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/BRbpegQDF5A?...

📸 In the photo (left to right): David Rosenblatt, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Calvin W.L. Ho, Eric M. Meslin, Yann Joly, and Ma'n H. Zawati.

🎤 That’s a wrap on the 3rd Annual Bartha Maria Knoppers Lecture! Honoured to host Prof. Calvin W.L. Ho (@monashuniversity.bsky.social) for his talk, "Polygenic Risk Scores and the Human Right to Science," celebrating Knoppers' legacy in genomics and health law. Thanks to all who attended!