Celebrating 25 years creating real impact in Atlantic Canada

April 28, 2025 - Genome Canada, in partnership with Genome Atlantic and Genome Centres across Canada, is pleased to announce the new Indigenous Genomics Training and Capacity program, launched in April 2025.

Alarm bells began ringing for Maritime Canada’s oyster growers last July when the parasite causing MSX was first discovered in Bedeque Bay, P.E.I. Infected mollusks are harmless for human consumption, but the parasite kills oysters and now threatens to upend a regional industry with an estimated economic value of about $58 million.