ReDiscovery of the Banting Legacy

The Banting Research Foundation is pleased to announce it will celebrate 100 years of successful biomedical Discovery granting in 2025!

Please join us for an extraordinary pre-birthday celebration on Monday, November 6 at 7:00 pm ET in dialogue with Ivan Semeniuk, science journalist, editor, broadcaster, longtime staff reporter of The Globe and Mail, and select distinguished Banting Discovery Award Laureates.

This special virtual panel discussion event is open to the public. We will rediscover the legacy of Frederick Banting, examine his values of access and equity that have gone on to shape a century of work, and share exciting new discoveries

Host & moderator:

Hosted by Dr. Gareth Lim, associate professor of medicine and Canada Research Chair in adipocyte development at the University of Montreal. (Laureate 2017).

Moderated by Ivan Semeniuk, The Globe and Mail’s national science reporter.

Banting Discovery Award Laureate Panelists:

Dr. Jayne Danska, immunologist and senior scientist in genetics and genome biology at the Hospital for Sick Children, professor of medicine and the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Molecular Medicine at the University of Toronto. (Laureate 1995).

Dr. Margaret Hahn, MD, PhD, FRCPC, clinician scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, professor of psychiatry, and the Kelly and Michael Meighen Chair in Psychosis Prevention at the University of Toronto. (Laureate 2013).

Dr. Jennifer McAlister Geddes, associate professor and Canada Research Chair of molecular & cellular biology, and director of bioinformatics at the University of Guelph. (Laureate 2020).

Dr. Alanna Weisman, MD, PhD, FRCPC, clinician scientist, endocrinologist at the Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, and assistant professor of endocrinology at the University of Toronto. (Laureate 2021).

Dr. Ian Patterson, assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Brock University. (Laureate 2022).

Where and when

November 6, 2023, 7:00 pm.

This event is virtual.

To join please RSVP events@bantingresearchfoundation.ca