On May 4, 2017 the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNA), formerly known as Bill S-201, was passed into law in Canada! The Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) has developed an informative Fact Sheet highlighting important details for discussion among health care providers and patients. Check it out here! Read more
Genomic
Access to genomic services
A recent commentary in Genetics in Medicine (Haga et al., 2014) highlighted a barrier for primary care use of genomic services – access. Do you know that many Canadian genetics centres have a genetic counsellor or geneticist on-call? Often part of this role is to answer questions from other Read more