Kara Nadeau, Synapse Youth Profile

Future

Kara Nadeau
High-school Student, Fannystelle, Manitoba

• 2006 Enters Sanofi-Aventis Biotech Challenge for first time
• 2005 Starts kids summer camp with older sister, Jenelle, on family farm
• 2005 Passes exam for first classical ballet class
• 2000 Enters project on genetically modified organisms in province-wide science symposium

Present

Dr. Caroline Tait
Professor, Department of
Women and Gender Studies
University of Saskatchewan

• 2003 Receives PhD in Medical Anthropology from McGill University
• 1993 Is the first person in her family to receive a bachelor's degree
• 1986-1987 Travels to South Africa, witnesses apartheid, finds it similar to troubles of Canada's Aboriginal peoples
• 1970s Grows up in Saskatchewan with no phone or running water

The Future - It's yours to change

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• Finding a cure for cancer?
• Helping paralyzed people walk again?
• Keeping your family healthy for a long, long time?
• Still working on it?

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