Science Education: Amgen is committed to raising the value of science literacy in the community; attracting bright young minds into the field of science by helping educators to teach more effectively; and improving access to science resources for teachers, students and the community at large.
AASTE: One of the company’s key initiatives in this area is the annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE). Each year, four Canadian teachers, along with 30 recipients from across the United States and Puerto Rico, are recognized for their extraordinary contribution to elevating science literacy through creativity in the classroom and motivation of students. Since the program’s inception in 1992, Amgen has awarded nearly $2.5 million in North America to educators who have made exceptional science-teaching contributions and who have significantly impacted the lives of their students.
Amgen also supports:
Amgen Canada also continues to dedicate resources to strengthening and enriching healthy living initiatives in the communities in which its staff live and work. Amgen Canada, for example, supports organizations and initiatives local to its operations in Halton, ON, Peel, ON, Oakville, ON, and Burnaby, B.C.
Amgen Canada applauds the incredible commitment and volunteer spirit that drives the many community programs Holding Hands supports. It is with the help of such programs that our communities become stronger, healthier and even more vibrant.
Eureka! Festival
The Eureka! Festival is an annual celebration of science and education that attracts more than 60 000 visitors to an outdoor event held every June in the Old Port of Montreal. The festival offers visitors of all ages the opportunity to meet enthusiastic scientists, exchange ideas, ask questions and imagine the technological innovations of the future. It showcases scientific exhibits, demonstrations, workshops and interactive lectures. 2010 featured professors from UQAM who helped visitors to complete a chemistry experiment and write their own science reports, a show of Science and Magic and 60 tents with participating scientists from aerospace to biotechnology. Eureka! Festival
Ontario Science Centre's Adopt-A-Class
The Adopt-a-Class program allows school groups from under-served neighbourhoods throughout the Greater Toronto Area to experience the exhibitions and programs at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC). Ontario Science Centre
Toronto Science & Technology Fair
The Toronto Science & Technology Fair is open to participants from kindergarten to OAC students in the Toronto area. Winners proceed to the Canada Wide Science Fair. Toronto Science & Technology Fair
The UTM Smart Classroom initiative funded the Amgen Canada Inc. Smart Classroom in the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning centre at the University of Toronto at Mississauga – with access to networking, digital and audio-visual equipment, it helps students and faculty better integrate technology into their academic lives.
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UTM – Let’s Talk Science Green Roof Initiative
With Amgen’s support, the UTM chapter of Let’s Talk Science’s Green Roof Project supports graduate students from UTM lead hands-on activities and provide guidance to teachers and students on the creation of a green roof. School students actively participate in the construction of a green roof atop a garden shed.
Let's Talk Science
UTM - Green Roof
Let’s Talk Science, with the help of supporters like Amgen Canada, has been addressing science education needs through hands-on/minds-on science outreach programs across Canada. They are increasing their strategies to sustain engagement with the teen audience through a web-based program called, CurioCity. CurioCity reflects a vision of creating a place where all teens can explore science, engineering and technology in their lives through an issues-oriented, interactive, teen e-learning program that engages them in the world of science and enables teens to share interests with each other using familiar online applications. CurioCity
Amgen Canada sponsors the keynote speaker at Manitoba Science Days, an annual initiative of the provincial Ministry of Finance designed to bring students, teachers, faculty members at the University of Manitoba and researchers together.
The mission of the CBO/OCB is to provide enrichment opportunities for secondary biology students, and to select a national team to compete at the annual International Biology Olympiad (IBO). Canadian students have been successful at past International Biology Olympiads. In 2009 in Tsukuba Japan Canadian students were awarded three bronze and one silver medal and in 2008 in Mumbai, India—two bronze and two silver medals. Canadian Biology Olympiad
Medical School Scholarships and Bursary Support
Amgen Canada contributes to various medical school scholarships and bursary funds such as the Ontario Medical Association’s Bursary Fund and medical school scholarships in Atlantic Canada, all of which seek to defray the increasing cost of medical school for aspiring physicians.
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Peel Region
Amgen supports Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Peel Region's Big Bunch and Group Mentoring programs. These programs are designed for children who are waiting for their won Big Brother/Big Sister. Activities are planned by the agency and volunteers sign up to bring children to at least one outing per month. Amgen supports the Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Peel Region’s Big Bunch program by facilitating fun, exciting and interactive activities that promote science education. Amgen began this partnership in 2010 and looks forward to even more events with the Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Peel Region in 2011. Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Peel Region
The Mississauga Healthy Living Expo
Amgen Canda is the title sponsor of this annual expo put on by the Mississauga Board of Chinese Professionals & Businesses. The daylong event offers expert presentations from medical professionals on a variety of important health-related topics in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
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The Caledon Meals on Wheels SMILE Program
Caledon Meals on Wheels, established in 1984, is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit agency that provides meals services and social programs to residents living in the Town of Caledon, Orangeville and rural Dufferin, Ontario. Simple Movement to enhance Independent Living for the Elderly (SMILE) is a gentle exercise program designed specifically for seniors by the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA), to improve balance, strength and mobility. Caledon Meals on Wheels
The Canadian Public Health Association/Amgen Award for Innovation
The CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health recognizes and promotes the achievements of district / regional health authorities, local health integration networks (LHINs), and public health units in demonstrating innovation in family health-related programs, projects and initiatives. The CPHA-Amgen award is presented each year at CPHA's Annual Meeting and includes a $5,000 cash donation to a Canadian charitable organization selected by the winners. CPHA
The Credit Valley Hospital Settlement Workers program
Credit Valley Hospital (CVH) serves a diverse community of immigrants and newcomers which comprises more than 56 different languages. The Settlement Workers Program focuses on meeting the needs of the patient and family population served by CVH by providing a variety of different services that help them navigate the entire continuum of care. CVH Foundation
The Links2Care Community Support Program in Halton Hills
Links2Care is a multi-service community organization in Halton Hills, Ontario offering a wide variety of services and programs region-wide for children, youth, adults and seniors. The General Assistance and Advocacy initiative provides support to non-senior individuals and families who are experiencing difficulties, especially those who have no other place to go, or are unable to access services without assistance. Links 2 Care
