Women in Bioscience

Celebrating women in Bioscience

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and March 8 is the International Women’s Day! In celebration of this day, and as part of the ongoing conversation about amplifying diversity, equality and inclusion, Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) has asked women-identified researchers, scientists, analysts, employees (front-end and/or back-end) to tell their stories.

Profile

Tara Bingham

Tara brings almost 30 years of political, government relations and public affairs experience with a focus on public policy advocacy, stakeholder outreach and brand reputation management to her role as Vice President at Prairie Sky Strategy.

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Lisa Bako

Lisa Bako has over 25 years of experience working with high-tech start-ups and research institutions, with the last 20 years focused exclusively on health-related initiatives and novel medical devices.

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Heather Smart

Heather Smart, joined the National Research Council of Canada in the role of Director, Research and Development at NRC - Brookside in Winnipeg, MB in November, 2021.

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Leanne Taylor

Leanne Taylor is a Compliance Officer at Medicure where her primary goals is to ensure that Medicure operates with the highest standard of professional conduct.

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Dr. Sara Good

Dr. Sara Good, Professor in the Dept. of Biology at UWinnipeg is part of a team of researchers whose recent findings have the potential to play a pivotal role in the future of Great Lakes fisheries by assisting in the control of sea lamprey populations.

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Ashley Wozniak

Ashley Wozniak is the General Manager & Vice President, Government Business at Emergent BioSolutions.

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Kim Kline

Kim is the catalyst of BAM. Her unrestrained passion for creating a strong bioscience industry in Manitoba has shaped the province in incalculable ways.

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Hailey Jefferies

Hailey Jefferies is the Co-Founder and CEO of Prairie Fava, the only toll manufacturer focused solely on fava as a “whole food ingredient” – from seed to farm to fork.

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Carla Coyle

Carla Coyle is a female entrepreneur (President and CEO of C2 Custom Furnishings Inc ) with a passion for helping people find easy solutions during difficult times.

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Apurva Bhardwaj

Apurva is a bioscience professional with over 4 years of experience in the industry around  business research, consulting, marketing and business development. Currently she is working with Intrinsic Analytics as the Business and Market Analyst.

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Irene Fakankun

Irene is a published scientist, reviewer, teacher and an Adjunct Professor at Providence University College, Otterburne, University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba. 

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Victoria Smelko

Victoria is exploring the value of the three sisters planting method to both the soil, plant, and insect communities and an extensive hands-on experience working with insects.

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Anju Bajaj

Dr. Anju Bajaj is the Vice Principal and STEM Educator at Holy Cross School, Manitoba Catholics School (MCS), Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Manisha Ajmani

Dr. Manisha Ajmani is a Research Project Manager at the University of Winnipeg working with Physics/Applied Computer Science Department on a project related to Digital Agriculture.

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Katrina Jean-Laflamme

Katrina Jean-Laflamme is one of the co-founders and the Chief Operating Officer at Ukkö Robotics. Ukkö Robotics is on a mission to change how we grow today's food and provide farmers with tools to help them be more efficient in their everyday operations. 

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Kelley Fitzpatrick

Kelley Fitzpatrick, NutriScience Solutions has over thirty years of expertise in functional food and natural health products (FFNHP) including in the areas of regulatory reviews and submissions; scientific and consumer presentations, bibliographies, newsl

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