$1.6M grant will help Quebec medical physics grads enter the workforce

Science and engineering graduates in Quebec are getting help from the Canadian government in entering the workforce.

“In addition to basic science, they’re going to learn other thing like project management, sometimes the business end of this. They’ll be interning in the private sector and learning how to translate those ideas into skills to make contributions to the private sector,” said Minister Greg Rickford.

Professor Jan Seuntjens says the grant will help students gain skills for the workplace.Professor Jan Seuntjens says the grant will help students gain skills for the workplace.

Professor Jan Seuntjens, the director of the medical physics program at McGill, says students will be able to train on high-tech equipment that’s available only in the private sector, such as the latest in cancer detection technology.

The grant is one of 15 initiatives – and $24 million of funding – that will be invested in universities and institutions across the country over six years through the CREATE program.