In the News

• VIDO part of western Canadian team developing tools to stop chronic wasting disease

  Dec 7, 2022

  Drs. Scott Napper, Philip Griebel and Suresh Tikoo are part of a western Canadian multidisciplinary team awarded a $4.24 million NSERC Alliance Grant to develop mitigation strategies for chronic wasting disease.

• New $8.1 million funding for VIDO will protect Canadians and our animals from high consequence pathogens

  Nov 16, 2022

  VIDO has received a significant investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to establish containment Level 4 capacity—the highest level of containment. Once completed, this will make VIDO the only non-government CL4 facility in Canada.

• Individual donors vital for VIDO to become Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research

  Nov 6, 2022

  VIDO is one of our province’s most outstanding success stories. An important part of its future is now up to us.