Finance committee  Yes. I appreciate that most of the time, when you talk about biotechnology, everybody envisions scientists only, PhDs and those who are creating new and innovative ideas. The biotechnology sector, in order to be competitive and to grow, absolutely needs other skills that are in o

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Good morning. Bonjour. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Colette Rivet and I'm the executive director of the Biotechnology Human Resource Council. Biotechnology is comprised of such technologies as cell and tissue culture an

Human Resources committee  That is the case in biotechnology. If we could show them what to do in terms of production, they would be hired.

Human Resources committee  Yes, the federal government could certainly help us with putting in internships. And how would the companies help? They would actually take the time away from trying to keep their companies surviving and help train these people and make them competitive and marketable, and help

Human Resources committee  Right now the federal government does subsidize what's called a career focus program, and we administer that program. The federal government subsidizes one-third of the salary of the people who are going in. They are people who have never worked in biotechnology; we are trying to

Human Resources committee  Prior to today, I might have had trouble answering your question, but I now have a better understanding of the issue of health and pharmacology products and new companies. They often need to be close to one another to continue to develop biotechnology. Not all companies will surv

Human Resources committee  We're starting to work with them to see exactly what they provide, etc. We're also developing online modules for immigrants, which they could take even before they come to Canada, on things like terminology in our biotechnology environment, acronyms, what it is like to work in bi

Human Resources committee  At this very moment I would say no, it isn't ready. And what the industry also wants the council to help them with is to get to the curriculum and modify it as much as possible, but recognizing again that we will need more competencies in the future and we'll have to modify it co

Human Resources committee  That would be my pleasure. You're right, most of the biotechnology that you hear about is an individual in a research lab with a great discovery who takes off and forms a company, and all of a sudden he is faced with human resource things, soft skills, and has to organize it and

Human Resources committee  Thank you for asking me this question. I am very anxious to answer it. We are indeed looking for ways to assist such people and assess their skills. I did not have the opportunity to talk to you about this, but it is an issue which was referred to in our written brief. Over the

Human Resources committee  In biotechnology it's not only the shortage of people we're going to experience, but also it's mainly skills development, because it takes a lot of years to get the skills required to work in the biotechnology sector. Therefore, we need to find a way of getting the skills into ou

Human Resources committee  Good morning. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the committee, and ladies and gentlemen, for the opportunity to share in your examination of employability issues in Canada. My name is Colette Rivet and I am Executive Director of the Biotechnology Huma