Bioinformatic courses in Canada

Bioinformatic courses in Canada

Degree Programs in Canada

Numerous degree programs have been established across Canada:

• The University of Alberta offers four-year Biology or Computer Science degrees with a specialization in bioinformatics. The Faculty of Computer Science there offers Master's and PhD training in bioinformatics.
• Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia are collaborating on a new Bioinformatics training program with the British Columbia Cancer Agency. The program offers post-graduate diploma, Master's, and PhD training in Bioinformatics. Now Simon Fraser University also offers a joint major programme in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MBB) and Computer Science in Bioinformatics. UBC also now has a separate program for Master's and PhD in Bioinformatics.
• Seneca College, Toronto offers a post-graduate diploma in Bioinformatics.
• Beginning in 2003/2004 the University of Calgary will offer a bioinformatics programme.
• The University of Waterloo, Department of Computer Science offers undergraduate and graduate courses in bioinformatics. More information is here.
• The University of Western Ontario in London offers Honors BSc degrees with Honors Specializations in Bioinformatics with either a Computer Science concentration or a Biochemistry concentration. Details can be found in the current Academic Calendar.
• The University of Toronto offers both undergraduate and a variety of graduate programs in bioinformatics (such as The Collaborative Graduate Program in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics). See the for student page of activities in Bioinformatics, Computational and Genome-scale biology for a summary of the area in the university including lists of faculty members.
• In French: L'Université Lavav offre des programmes de premier cycle en bio-informatique. Dans un future proche la formation sera aussi disponible aux cycles suppérieurs.
L'Université de Montréal offre des programmes de premier cycle de même que des programmes de maîtrise et de doctorat en bio-informatique.

Advanced Short Course Training Programs in Canada

• Canada also has a national bioinformatics training program: The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops which offers a variety of 2-day hands-on training opportunities in advanced bioinformatics topics such as:
  • Informatics on High-Throughput sequencing Data
  • Gene List Analysis from -omics Data
  • Exploratory Data Analysis and Essential Statistics in Biology using R
  • Informatics and Statistics for Metabolomics
  • Microarray Data Analysis