Our Vision
Serve as Canada’s engine for genomics-enabled research and discovery, supporting a healthier and more sustainable future for all Canadians.
Our Mission
Enhance Canada’s national capacity for genome sequencing and informatics analysis;
Accelerate next-generation scientific solutions underpinned by large-scale data generation, and;
Support Canadian national and international projects in sequencing, databasing and open science collaborations.
Our Impact to Date
Users: 3,000+ Principal Investigators
principal investigator laboratories supported by CGEn
Output: 12,300,000+ gigabases
generated across our national platform
People: 200+ CGEn staff
employed at the three CGEn nodes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
Training: 16,000 HQP
estimate of highly qualified personnel (HQP) trained using CGEn-generated data
Advancement of Research: 925+ publications
publications by CGEN-staff in peer-reviewed journals
Our Leadership
Meet CGEn’s Board of Directors, Scientific Advisory Board and Executive Committee
CGEn Central Team
Meredith McLaren
Chief Executive Officer
Hillete Warner
Manager, Communications
(on leave)
Shantala Hari Dass
Manager, Communications & Outreach
Vrunda Patel
Data Coordinator
Elaine Chang
Administrative Co-Ordinator, SickKids
